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ORD-2019-027 <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />Section VIII. Board of Commissioners' Compensation <br /> <br />The Board of County Commissioners authorizes that: <br /> Salaries of County Commissioners will be adjusted by any wage increase and/or <br />any other general increase granted to permanent County employees. For fiscal <br />year 2019-20, the approved budget includes a total 2% wage increase, effective <br />July 1, 2019. <br /> Annual compensation for County Commissioners will include the County <br />contribution for health insurance, dental insurance and life insurance that is <br />provided for permanent County employees, provided the Commissioners are <br />eligible for this coverage under the insurance contracts and other contracts <br />affecting these benefits. <br /> County Commissioners' compensation includes eligibility to continue to <br />participate in the County health insurance at term end as provided below: <br /> <br />o If the County Commissioner has served less than two full terms in office <br />(less than eight years), the Commissioner may participate by paying the <br />full cost of such coverage. (If the Commissioner is age 65 or older, <br />Medicare becomes the primary insurer and group health insurance ends.) <br /> <br />o If the County Commissioner has served two or more full terms in office <br />(eight years or more), the County makes the same contribution for health <br />insurance coverage that it makes for an employee who retires from <br />Orange County after 20 years of consecutive County service as a <br />permanent employee. If the Commissioner is age 65 or older, Medicare <br />becomes the primary insurer and group health insurance ends. The <br />County makes the same contribution for Medicare Supplement coverage <br />that it makes for a retired County employee with 20 years of service. <br /> <br />o Annual compensation for Commissioners will include a County <br />contribution for each Commissioner to the Deferred Compensation (457) <br />Supplemental Retirement Plan that is the same as the County <br />contribution for non-law enforcement County employees in the State 401 <br />(k) plan. For fiscal year 2019-20, the approved budget continues the <br />County contribution of $27.50 per pay period and a County contribution <br />match of up to $63.00 semi-monthly. <br /> <br />Section IX. Budget Control <br /> <br />General Statutes of the State of North Carolina provide for budgetary control measures <br />to exist between a county and public school system. The statute provides: <br /> <br />Per General Statute 115C-429: <br />(c) The Board of County Commissioners shall have full authority to call for, and <br />the Board of Education shall have the duty to make available to the Board of <br />County Commissioners, upon request, all books, records, audit reports, and <br />other information bearing on the financial operation of the local school <br />administrative unit. <br /> <br /> <br />13