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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 20, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _~ <br />SUBJECT: Employee Pay and Benefits Work Session <br />DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Under separate cover, Employee Pay <br />and Benefits Update <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director, <br />Extension 2550 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227••2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive an update on employee pay and benefits and consider directions for <br />the remainder of the current year (2003-04) and 2004-05. <br />BACKGROUND: Under separate cover, staff has provided an Employee Pay and Benefits <br />Update report. This includes a Classification and Pay Study Update, Pay Plan Elements <br />Update, requested information on Benefits for Domestic Partners, and Housing Wage Report,. <br />Classification and Pay Study Implementation Option <br />In developing the Classification and Pay Study Update section of the report, staff also has <br />identified a possible scenario using funds already approved in 2003-04 to move forward the <br />approved effective date for Phase 2 study implementation from January 19, 2004 to December <br />8, 2003 and to move forward the projected .luly 1, 2004 date far Phase 3 implementation to <br />April 26, 2004.. In this way, the County could complete Classification and Pay Study <br />implementation in 2003-04. It also reduces new funding required in 2004-05. Details as to <br />funds available and costs are shown in the report. <br />Pay Plan Elements <br />With the completion of the Classification and Pay Study either in 2003-04 as proposed here or <br />at the beginning of 2004-05 as previously projected, the County is ready to move forward with <br />establishing or reinstating the necessary pay elements to maintain the pay plan and provide <br />opportunity for employees to advance in that pay plan, The Board may wish to provide direction <br />on these elements far 2004-05 and beyond,. <br />Other Matters <br />There are two other matters on which the Board requested that staff provide information. <br />