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22 <br /> • Orange Grove 7.27 <br /> • Orange Rural 9.49 <br /> • South Orange Fire Service District 9.09 <br /> • Southern Triangle Fire Service District 11.80 <br /> • White Cross 12.34 <br /> 2) County Employee Pay and Benefits Plan <br /> Provide a County employee pay and benefits plan that includes: <br /> a. 3% wage increase for permanent employees in active status on June 30, 2022. <br /> Continuation of Merit Pay Program on employees' base salaries, payable in January <br /> 2023, at tiers of $500 for proficient performance; $750 for superior performance or <br /> $1,000 for exceptional performance. <br /> b. Deletion of Section 28-60 of the Orange County Code of Ordinances regarding in range <br /> salary increases tied to annual performance reviews as the county has replaced that <br /> program with the Merit Pay Program. <br /> c. Revision of Section 28-61 (a) (3) of the Orange County Code of Ordinances to change <br /> effective date of meritorious service awards to the first pay period of January. <br /> d. Continuation of classification and grade reviews and addressing salary compression as <br /> appropriate using compression adjustment formula. <br /> e. Adopt Step Salary Schedules for defined classifications at the Sheriff's Office <br /> (attachment 1) and Emergency Services (attachment 2) and continue to develop and <br /> implement similar step programs for other county classifications. <br /> f. A change in the salary schedule recognizing $15.85 per hour as the living wage for <br /> permanent employees and recognizing the 3% wage increase, effective July 1, 2022. <br /> g. Continue the $27.50 per pay period County contribution to non-law enforcement <br /> employees' supplemental retirement accounts and the County matching employees' <br /> contributions up to $63.00 per pay period (for a maximum annual County contribution of <br /> $1,638) for all general (non-sworn law enforcement officer) employees; continue the <br /> mandated Law Enforcement Officer contribution of 5.0% of salary, and continue the <br /> County's required contribution to the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement <br /> System (LGERS) for all permanent employees. For FY 2022-23, the Law Enforcement <br /> Officers (LEOs) rate increases from 12.10 to 13.04 percent of reported compensation, <br /> and all other employees' rate increases from 11.35 to 12.14 percent of reported <br /> compensation. <br /> h. Implement a county paid short term disability plan for eligible employees. <br /> i. Offer additional voluntary benefit offerings to employees including Pet Discount <br /> Program, Legal Insurance, Identify Theft Insurance and Long-Term Disability <br /> j. Continue to participate in the North Carolina Health Insurance Pool (NCHIP), and <br /> continue medical and prescription third party administrators with Blue Cross Blue Shield <br /> of North Carolina (BCBSNC) and Prime Therapeutics, a division of BCBSNC, <br /> respectively. No increase to health and dental appropriations. Increase funding of 5% <br /> to the Health Insurance Premium Equivalents for both active and pre-65 retirees with the <br /> amount of the increase to be fully paid by the County. <br /> k. Continue the additional eight hours of annual leave to be awarded at an employee's <br /> anniversary date, prorated for part time employees. <br /> I. Continue the six-week paid parental leave policy. <br />