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4 <br /> <br />o Continue to participate in the North Carolina Health Insurance Pool (NCHIP), and 1 <br />continue medical and prescription third party administration with Blue Cross Blue 2 <br />Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) and Prime Therapeutics, a division of 3 <br />BCBSNC, respectively. No increase to health and dental appropriations, and no 4 <br />increase to employee premium equivalent for health, dental, or vision insurance. 5 <br />o Living wage increase for temporary employees from $14.25 per hour to $14.95 per 6 <br />hour, effective July 1, 2019, consistent with the Orange County Living Wage 7 <br />formula. 8 <br />o The continuance of the additional eight hours of annual leave to be awarded at an 9 <br />employee’s anniversary date, prorated for part time employees. 10 <br />o Continue the six-week paid parental leave policy. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Travis Myren, Deputy County Manager, made the following PowerPoint presentation: 13 <br /> 14 <br />Budget Work Session #2 15 <br />County Fire Districts 16 <br />Public Safety 17 <br />General Government 18 <br />Support Services 19 <br />May 30, 2019 20 <br />Southern Human Services Center 21 <br /> 22 <br />Fire District Requests – page 262 & 266 23 <br /> 24 25 <br />• Damascus & Southern Triangle Fire Service District 26 <br />– Service Provided by North Chatham Fire Department Under Contract 27 <br />– 0.5 cent Increase Requested for Each District to 10.80 cents 28 <br />» $4,837 for Damascus 29 <br />» $11,548 for Southern Triangle 30 <br />– Consistent with the Tax Rate in Chatham County 31 <br />– Operational Costs and Equipment Replacement 32 <br /> 33 <br />• White Cross Fire District 34 <br />– One cent increase from 11.37 cents to 12.37 cents 35 <br />» $44,197 for White Cross 36 <br />– Add Staff to Provide 24 Hour Coverage Five (5) Days per Week 37 <br />– Apply $40,000 from Fund Balance to Offset Fire Training Tower Installation 38 <br /> 39