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1 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date; January 19, 1993 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # =V-A <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution of Appreciation for Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass <br /> DEPARTMENT:Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Resolution of Appreciation Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To recognize Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass for initiating <br /> a cost-savings measure by proposing a change to the <br /> holiday pay policy. <br /> BACKGROUND: At the January 4, 1993 Board of Commissioners meeting, <br /> the Board adopted a revised holiday pay policy which <br /> will result in significant cost-savings (estimated at <br /> approximately $50,000 to $75,000 annually in the <br /> Sheriff ' s Department and in EMS) . Sheriff Pendergrass <br /> initiated the proposal to change the policy. <br /> A management team made up of Sheriff Pendergrass, EMS <br /> Director Nick Waters, Public Works Director Wilbert <br /> McAdoo and Budget and Personnel staff developed the <br /> proposed Holiday Pay Personnel Ordinance revision <br /> which was adopted by the Board and now is in place <br /> effective January 1, 1993. <br /> The Board has indicated its desire to recognize <br /> employees for making cost-savings suggestions and, <br /> specifically to recognize Sheriff Pendergrass for his <br /> holiday pay cost saving suggestion. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the <br /> Resolution of Appreciation recognizing Sheriff <br /> Pendergrass. <br />