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Agenda - 06-11-2019 Budget Work Session
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Agenda 06-11-2019 - Item 1,3,4 - Discussion and Decisions of FY2019-20 Operating Budget, County Fee Schedule, and Tax Rates
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Agenda 06-11-2019 - Item 2 - Discussion and Decisions of FY2019-20 Capital Investment Plan
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22 <br /> Commissioner Marcoplos expressed strong support for pulling out the expense figures <br /> from the salary, and treat them as reimbursements. <br /> Commissioner Bedford said this money is taxable to the BOCC, and car allowance is the <br /> more appropriate term than mileage. <br /> Commissioner Greene agreed this is a good move. <br /> Commissioner Price said the car allowance will show on w-2s. <br /> Commissioner Bedford elaborated on all of the benefits she now receives: health <br /> insurance, contributions to her health savings account, County contribution to her retirement <br /> plan, and dental. She said if one excludes the health insurance, but includes the other benefits, <br /> with just a 2% increase it totals $29,450.80. She said the County is not age banded, and that <br /> health insurance is worth over$11,728.44. She said the grand total is $41,179.24. <br /> Commissioner Bedford said she just ran for office, and was expecting the base salary. <br /> She said she cannot support an increase. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said the comparative numbers from the other counties did not <br /> include a lot of these benefits. <br /> Chair Rich said not everyone takes the same benefits as Commissioner Bedford. <br /> Commissioner McKee referred to the regional comparative, and said Chatham, <br /> Alamance and Person counties should have been included for a true comparison as opposed to <br /> just taking the highest wealth/highest paid commissioners counties. <br /> Chair Rich said that information is all on page three, but the average was not calculated. <br /> Commissioner McKee said it should have been. <br /> Commissioner McKee said he is not going to support this because the percentage <br /> increase, the BOCC would receive, is larger than that which the County employees will be <br /> getting. <br /> Commissioner McKee said his personal base salary, under this increase, would start at <br /> $23,590; $2400 for travel; $1920 for tech; $1000 merit bonus; and he contributes the maximum <br /> for the 457 retirement, and receives the maximum County contribution, which adds another <br /> $2172. He said his cash total is $31,083, plus the health and life insurance benefits he <br /> receives. He said the Board gave itself an increase in 2015, and approving this increase would <br /> be quite a large jump over 4 years. <br /> Commissioner McKee said he came on this Board in 2010 knowing he was getting <br /> $14,000 as a base salary, which moved to $15,672 in 2013; $15,900 in 2014; $21,401 in 2015; <br /> $21,800 in 2016; $22,049 in 2017; and again in 2018 with all County employees. <br /> Commissioner McKee said if the BOCC approves this, it would be making more than the <br /> bottom 3 tiers of County employees. He said the BOCC is not working 40 hours a week, has 10 <br /> weeks off in the summer, and 6 weeks off in the winter. He said he cannot justify this proposed <br /> increase, but would support a modest increase, such as a 2% increase like the other <br /> employees. <br /> Chair Rich said former commissioners brought this up because citizens that have full <br /> time jobs find it difficult to serve as commissioners, and perhaps this increase would recruit <br /> more diversity. <br /> Commissioner McKee said he would support a modest increase. <br /> Commissioner Greene said the goal should be to reach a reasonable level and attract a <br /> broader demographic of candidates. She said she feels like Commissioner Bedford, and if the <br /> proposal were to move forward, it should not take effect until after the 2020 election. She <br /> thought the comparables made sense, but noted that municipalities dominate Durham and <br /> Wake counties, and they do not have the rural issues to navigate like Orange County. She said <br /> she works hard as heck, and she admired those Commissioners who work full time. She said it <br /> make sense to increase the salaries in hopes of recruiting more diversity. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said other entities are shocked by how much the Orange County <br /> BOCC works. He said he would ask if the Commissioners are paid equitably for the time they <br />
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