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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 16 Chair Dorosin asked if the 2% wage compensation adjustment applies to appointed employees. Brenda Bartholomew, Human Resources Director, said yes. Chair Dorosin asked if the proposed performance tiers are affected by percentage. Brenda Bartholomew said no they are not. She said the dollar amount will be added to the salary, but will equate to an hourly wage, which will increase accordingly. Chair Dorosin said that also helps with compression. Commissioner Price referred to the operations expenses in Human resource, and said the amount is going down. She asked if there is a reason for this. Brenda Bartholomew said she asked for additional funds to put a program in that would look at equity issues for salaries. She said this is not dire, and can be done in house with existing resources. Travis Myren resumed the presentation: Employee Pay and Benefits — page 469 • Health Insurance Increase (Active Employees & Pre -65 Retirees) - $750,000 • Post 65 Retiree Health Insurance Cost Increase - $95,000 • Dental Insurance Cost Increase - $125,000 • Living Wage for Permanent /Benefitted Employees • Maintain $15.00 per hour for Employees Qualifying for Benefits • Salary Schedule Adjusted to Maintain Grade Separation in Ranges 9 through 13 • Living Wage for Temporary Employees ■ Increase to $14.25 ($0.50 increase) Effective 7/1/18 for All Temporary Employees Consistent with OC Living Wage - $27,190 Employee Pay and Benefits — page 469 • Maintain Salary Savings Expectation - $2 million • Discontinue Voluntary Furlough Program ■ One Employee Currently Enrolled in the Program • Personnel Ordinance Changes • Adjustment to Performance Pay Program • Retiree Access to Insurance Benefits if Alternatively Employed Commissioner Marcoplos asked if the voluntary furlough program could be explained. Brenda Bartholomew said it was meant to offer some costs savings to the County during a financial down time. She said an employee could go out, work less hours, but still accrue time as though a full time employee. She said it has become less and less popular over the years. Brenda Bartholomew said she would send information to Commissioner Marcoplos. Commissioner Marcoplos asked if time was accrued, to what was it accrued to, and what value did it have. Brenda Bartholomew said it was a benefit to the employee, but yet they would receive a wage decrease, which was the County's savings. Commissioner Jacobs asked if there have there been many dislocations from changing health insurance carriers. Brenda Bartholomew said a minimum as of now, and staff has met repeatedly with Blue Cross Blue Shield, who assures minimum disruption. She said staff is ready to help with any problems that do arise.