Minutes 06-11-19 Budget Work Session

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21 • 20 (Decrease $4,000 in Food Council division for one-time Equity Training that was budgeted in FY 2018-19) • 21 (Add a Storm Debris Fee Waiver option to the County Fee Schedule to allow limited storm fee waivers for residents following undeclared storm events.) • 22 (Use funds of$154,000 from additional EMS collection revenue for the Facility Accessibility, Safety and Security Improvements Capital Project for Elevator modernization at the Richard E. Whitted Facility) • 23 (Add funds of$15,000 for a Temporary position in AMS to assist with Capital Projects management) • 25 (Due to a reduction in HUD funds in the HOME Program, reduce $4,479 for the County's share of the FY 2019-20 HOME Program) VOTE: UNANIMOUS Amendment 12- (To enable funding for an ongoing full-time position for housing locator within the Community Empowerment Fund. The OCPEH will administer the contract and funding will be distributed according to current allocation within the Partnership. Offsetting Revenue from the Town's share is $21,488. Attachment B) A motion was made by Commissioner Greene, seconded by Commissioner Bedford to approve this amendment. Commissioner Greene said all three governmental entities are committed to this position. Chair Rich said she wanted to make sure this is truly a committed partnership between all the entities. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Amendment 013-(Increase the base salary to $23,591 for the County Commissioners to the regional average compensation as well as the cellphone allowance to $85/month, the internet to $75/month, and car allowance of$200/month. Attachment C) Chair Rich said this petition was brought forward by former Commissioners Mia Burroughs and Barry Jacobs in 2018, which said: "Commissioner Burroughs petitioned staff to review the County Commissioners' compensation package, taking into account the number of BOCC meetings, as well as liasionships. She said the Board of County Commissioners works very hard, and it is not a low- key, part-time job. She said this job is not sustainable for people who work full time, but are not self employed, and in an effort to recruit more diversity over time, the position needs to be attainable for a larger pool of candidates. She asked if staff would come back with a proposal during budget meetings. Commissioner Jacobs agreed." Chair Rich said she took this petition to HR to look at the Board's entire compensation package. She said this proposed amendment has three components to it: • Move car allowance out of the base salary • Raise cell phone and internet stipend • Raise base salary (based on average of regional salaries)