Cooperative Extension Memorandum of Understanding with NC Cooperative Extension

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Part to The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service and the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Program will: 1. Establish minimum requirements and qualifications for employment in Extension work. 2. Receive and examine applications for employment. 3. Interview and screen applicants to determine their qualifications and availability. 4. Consult with the Board of County Commissioners, or the County Manager as designee, regarding qualified applicants for appointment to vacant or new Extension positions. 5. Consult with the Board of County Commissioners, or the County Manager as designee, regarding the salaries of all Extension employees, including County Extension Directors, Extension Agents, Extension Paraprofessionals, Extension Secretaries, and any other Cooperative Extension-based positions. 6. Determine jointly with the County Board of Commissioners, or the County Manager as designee, the share of salaries to be paid by each and provide the University share of these salaries. 7. Prepare and submit an annual budget to the Board of County Commissioners,or the County Manager as designee, for securing the county's share of funds for salaries and operating expenses each fiscal year. 8. Provide funds for official travel necessary to conduct Extension work to the extent that funds are available and for purposes authorized by state and federal policies. 9. Provide Extension employees with funds for postage,bulletins,leaflets and other publications for delivering Extension programming and conducting regular business. 10. Accept responsibility and provide the leadership for administration and supervision for Extension programs and personnel, including compliance with affirmative action and equal employment opportunity requirements. 11. Develop and administer a personnel management plan that will provide the annual review of each worker's performance, counseling for job improvement where needed, and periodic county program reviews. 12. Provide a staff of specialists to train agents in current technology and other changes affecting agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, 4-H and youth, and community and rural development and to assist them in conducting work in these areas. 13. Provide Extension workers with training programs as needed to maintain effective program delivery. 14. Seek regular input from the County and maintain a County Advisory Leadership System to ensure that county Extension programs are based on the particular needs of people in their respective county. TREAT AS ORIGINAL