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15 <br /> <br />Commissioner Price asked if the County was paying for special events or programming. <br />Todd McGee said the agreement with WCHL is that the County gets 20 PSAs monthly, <br />with up to four different PSAs. He said there are also two on-air interviews per month, which <br />are spread out to promote various County departments. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos asked if a schedule of the on-air interviews could be provided <br />to the Board. <br />Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br /> <br />• Finance and Administrative Services – page 318 <br />o Total expenditure budget - $1,505,605 <br /> Increase of $99,720 Over FY2017-18 Budget <br />o Cash Handling Audit Initiative - $69,750 <br /> Audits for Twelve (12) County Departments that Process Transactions <br /> <br />Chair Dorosin asked if the audits would be done in house. <br />Gary Donaldson, Chief Financial Officer, said no these audits will be done by the <br />County’s external auditor Mauldin and Jenkins. He said this firm also completed audits for the <br />Register of Deeds, the Sportsplex, and Animal Services, which showed no material findings, but <br />did show process improvements through system implementation. <br />Commissioner McKee thanked Gary Donaldson for putting this cash-handling audit in <br />place. <br />Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br /> <br />• Human Resources – page 348 <br />o Total expenditure budget - $956,785 <br /> Increase of $21,340 over FY2017-18 Budget <br />• Employee Pay and Benefits – page 469 <br />o 2% General Wage Adjustment Effective 7/1/18 - $980,000 <br />o Employee Performance Adjustments – $675,000 <br /> Employee Base Hourly Rate Adjusted Based on Performance <br /> Hourly Rate Equivalent to Existing Performance Tiers <br /> Exceptional - $1,000 = $0.48 per hour <br /> Superior - $750 = $0.36 per hour <br /> Proficient - $500 = $0.24 per hour <br /> Rate Adjustment Continues into Subsequent Years <br /> Resolves Compression by Operation <br /> <br />Chair Dorosin asked if the 2% wage compensation adjustment applies to appointed <br />employees. <br />Brenda Bartholomew, Human Resources Director, said yes. <br />Chair Dorosin asked if the proposed performance tiers are affected by percentage. <br />Brenda Bartholomew said no they are not. She said the dollar amount will be added to <br />the salary, but will equate to an hourly wage, which will increase accordingly. <br />Chair Dorosin said that also helps with compression. <br />Commissioner Price referred to the operations expenses in Human resource, and said <br />the amount is going down. She asked if there is a reason for this. <br />Brenda Bartholomew said she asked for additional funds to put a program in that would <br />look at equity issues for salaries. She said this is not dire, and can be done in house with <br />existing resources. <br />Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br />