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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 23, 2005 SUBJECT: Resident Caretaker for Little River DEPARTMENT: Personnel, Purchasing and Recreation and Parks Action Agenda Item No. .`~j-m _ anal Park PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Lori Taft, Recreation & Parks Director, Extension 2673 INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director, Extension 2550 Pam .)ones, Purchasing Director, Extension 2650 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To authorize a resident caretaker arrangement for Little River Regional Park, BACKGROUND: Little River Regional Park opened in December 2004. Part of the park plan has included relocation of the Heritage Hills house to the park property and its renovation for planned use as a caretaker residence, The renovation now is almost complete and the house will be ready for residency by the end of .tune, The specific elements of the proposed resident caretaker arrangement are outlined below: The Resident Caretaker would be a temporary, part time County employee regularly scheduled to work about 15 hours a week, in accordance with the County's policy limits on temporary employment. The hourly rate paid would be $9,34 an hour, the proposed new County Living Wage. 2, The duties of the employee would include opening and closing the park gates, unlocking and cleaning the public restraoms, checking the office, shelters and maintenance base periodically for security, 3, The employee would be required as a condition of employment to live in the house on park property and meet other terms and conditions of employment and residency as detailed in a written Residence Agreement, (The Residence Agreement is in place of a lease.)