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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 22, 2006 Action Agenda Item No. 5-qq SUBJECT: Supplemental Cooperative Extension Memorandum of Agreement DEPARTMENT: Cooperative Extension PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No ATTACHMENT(S): Memorandum of Agreement INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Fletcher Barber, Jr„ 245-2050 Ken Chavious, 245-2453 PURPOSE: To approve a supplemental Memorandum of Agreement between Orange County and North Carolina Cooperative Extension/North Carolina State University (NCSU) to implement a new payment process for new Cooperative Extension employees. BACKGROUND: The County Cooperative Extension currently operates under a Memorandum of Agreement that is a cost sharing agreement in which the County pays a portion of the salaries and benefits of Cooperative Extension employees, Under this current agreement, the State also pays a portion of these salaries, The current payment method involves the County issuing a paycheck bi-weekly for its portion of the salary and the State issuing a paycheck monthly for its portion of the salary, The State has adopted a new pay procedure for new Cooperative Extension employees hired as Extension Agents or County Extension Directors, Under the new procedure for these classes of employees, the State will issue monthly paychecks as well as pay all of the benefit costs, Counties will be required to send funds to the State monthly to cover its portion of the salary and benefit costs, Under the State system, a trust account will be established in the County's name and funds will be wired to this account each month, This new procedure is effective only for those Cooperative Extension employees in the job titles mentioned above and also only for those employees hired after July 1, 2006, Existing employees in all job classes will continue to operate under the current Memorandum of Agreement. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no anticipated financial impact associated with this change. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the Supplemental Memorandum of Agreement and authorize the Chair to sign.