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1 ORANGE C O U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 7, 1993 Action Agenda Item # 1/ 1-E SUBJECT: Personnel Ordinance Revision - Longevity Pay DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: 1- Draft Revised Article IV, Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director Section 19.0, "Longevity Pay" 2- Draft Revised Article II, TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Section 8.7, "Reinstatement" Hillsborough - 732-8181 3- Current Article IV, Section Durham - 688-7331 19 .0 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 PURPOSE: To revise the Longevity Pay section of the Orange County Personnel Ordinance to extend Longevity Pay eligibility to permanent employees with 10 years Orange County service and to consider making this change effective July 1, 1993. BACKGROUND: During the Fiscal Year 1993-1994 budget process, the Board of County Commissioners decided to extend Longevity Pay eligibility to permanent employees with 10 years of service beginning effective January 1, 1994 at 1.50% of base annual salary. Previously, Longevity Pay eligibility began at 15 years of service. To implement this change, the draft revised Personnel Ordinance section on Longevity Pay (Attachment 1) has been developed. In addition to the 10 year eligibility change, the attached draft Personnel Ordinance revision includes the following changes: 1) Total County Service - Item 19. 1 has been revised to clarify that Longevity Pay is based on the employee' s total Orange County service as a permanent employee and not continuous County service. This does not represent any change in the policy application. 2 ) Five Year Waiting Period - Article II, Section 8.7 has been revised to eliminate the five year waiting period before Longevity Pay eligibility is restored when an employee terminates and later returns to work for Orange County. This provides for the same application of the Longevity Pay policy as the Vacation Leave