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June 11, 1991 <br />BUDGET WORK SESSION ON PAY <br />1. Three Pater Elements <br />There are three pay elements in the Manager's Recommended <br />Budget for Fiscal Year 1991 -92. The three elements are: <br />-A 2.5 percent cost -of- living increase, <br />- Continuation of the merit pay program, and <br />- Implementation of Phase II of the Classification <br />and Pay Study. <br />These are listed on Attachment 1 along with the estimated <br />cost for each. <br />2. Overview <br />One way to look at a pay package and compare it to <br />past years and that of other employers is to look at it <br />as a percent of payroll. <br />Attachment 2 is a chart which shows the three pay <br />elements from the Manager's Recommended Budget as a <br />percent of payroll. This Attachment is updated from the <br />one distributed earlier to reflect current estimated <br />Permanent Annual Salaries. <br />For Fiscal Year 1991 -92 the three pay elements represent <br />5.2 percent of payroll. This is shown in the "Total <br />Percent" column. Attachment 2 also shows the pay package <br />as a percent of payroll for past years. In comparison to <br />past years, the Fiscal Year 1991 -92 pay package is a <br />lesser percent of payroll. <br />Attachment 3 shows the results of a survey conducted by <br />the American Compensation Association (ACA) of projected <br />salary budget increases. According to ACA, salary budget <br />increases include general (cost -of- living type) and merit <br />increases and do not include other increases. On this <br />basis, Orange County's proposed salary budget increase <br />would be 4.4 percent. <br />