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15 <br /> 1 a) The ad valorem property tax rate shall be set at 87.8 cents per $100 of assessed <br /> 2 valuation. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 b) The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools District Tax shall be set at 20.84 cents per <br /> 5 $100 of assessed valuation. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 c) The Fire District and Fire Service District tax rates shall be set at the following rates <br /> 8 (all rates are based on cents per$100 of assessed valuation): <br /> 9 <br /> 10 <br /> • Cedar Grove 7.36 <br /> • Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District 15.00 <br /> • Damascus 10.30 <br /> • Efland 7.00 <br /> • Eno 7.99 <br /> • Little River 4.06 <br /> • New Hope 10.45 <br /> • Orange Grove 7.00 <br /> • Orange Rural 8.36 <br /> • South Orange Fire Service District 10.00 <br /> • Southern Triangle Fire Service District 10.30 <br /> • White Cross 11.00 <br /> 11 <br /> 12 <br /> 13 2) County Employee Pay and Benefits Plan <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Provide a County employee pay and benefits plan that includes: <br /> 16 <br /> 17 a. A total wage increase of 3.0% for all permanent employees hired on or before June 30, <br /> 18 2016, with 2% effective July 1, 2016, and an additional 1% effective January 1, 2017. <br /> 19 b. No In-Range adjustments for FY 2016-17. <br /> 20 c. Meritorious Service Awards — recommends three levels as one-time performance <br /> 21 bonuses, effective with employee Work Planning and Performance Review (WPPR) <br /> 22 dates from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017: <br /> 23 o $500 — proficient performance <br /> 24 o $750 — superior performance <br /> 25 o $1,000 —exceptional performance <br /> 26 <br /> 27 d. Compression Reduction Program — a total of $500,000 for salary compression <br /> 28 adjustments to affected employees, effective July 1, 2016. <br /> 29 e. A Living Wage increase from $12.76/hour to $13.15/hour. <br /> 30 f. Continue the $27.50 per pay period County contribution to non-law enforcement <br /> 31 employees' supplemental retirement accounts and the County matching employees' <br /> 32 contributions up to $63.00 semi-monthly (for a maximum annual County contribution of <br /> 33 $1,512) for all general (non-sworn law enforcement officer) employees, and continue the <br />