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15 <br />1 ■ Mid - August Implementation <br />2 o Internal Web /Publications Designer Saved $8,000 in Outside Design Fees <br />3 o Integrated Message Monitors Installed in Twelve (12) County Locations <br />4 <br />5 Commissioner Price asked if staff is doing any radio. <br />6 Todd McGee, Community Relations Director, said yes, and the County still has its <br />7 agreement with WCHL. He said the outside agency funds for WHUP and WCOM are within his <br />8 budget, and in July the County will do a promotional agreement with them, allowing for more <br />9 visibility for the County. He said when the money came from the outside agencies funding, it <br />10 was considered a donation; but when it comes from his budget, it gets the County two radio <br />11 spots per month on each station. <br />12 Commissioner Rich said Chair Dorosin and Laurie Paolicelli, Visitors Bureau Director, <br />13 are on the radio regularly. <br />14 Commissioner Price asked if the County was paying for special events or programming. <br />15 Todd McGee said the agreement with WCHL is that the County gets 20 PSAs monthly, <br />16 with up to four different PSAs. He said there are also two on -air interviews per month, which <br />17 are spread out to promote various County departments. <br />18 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if a schedule of the on -air interviews could be provided <br />19 to the Board. <br />20 Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br />21 <br />22 Finance and Administrative Services — page 318 <br />23 o Total expenditure budget - $1,505,605 <br />24 ■ Increase of $99,720 Over FY2017 -18 Budget <br />25 o Cash Handling Audit Initiative - $69,750 <br />26 Audits for Twelve (12) County Departments that Process <br />27 Transactions <br />28 <br />29 Chair Dorosin asked if the audits would be done in house. <br />30 Gary Donaldson, Chief Financial Officer, said no these audits will be done by the <br />31 County's external auditor Mauldin and Jenkins. He said this firm also completed audits for the <br />32 Register of Deeds, the Sportsplex, and Animal Services, which showed no material findings, but <br />33 did show process improvements through system implementation. <br />34 Commissioner McKee thanked Gary Donaldson for putting this cash - handling audit in <br />35 place. <br />36 Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br />37 <br />38 • Human Resources — page 348 <br />39 o Total expenditure budget - $956,785 <br />40 ■ Increase of $21,340 over FY2017 -18 Budget <br />41 • Employee Pay and Benefits — page 469 <br />42 o 2% General Wage Adjustment Effective 7/1/18 - $980,000 <br />43 o Employee Performance Adjustments — $675,000 <br />44 ■ Employee Base Hourly Rate Adjusted Based on Performance <br />45 ■ Hourly Rate Equivalent to Existing Performance Tiers <br />46 ❖ Exceptional - $1,000 = $0.48 per hour <br />47 ❖ Superior - $750 = $0.36 per hour <br />48 ❖ Proficient - $500 = $0.24 per hour <br />49 ■ Rate Adjustment Continues into Subsequent Years <br />50 ■ Resolves Compression by Operation <br />