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ORANGE C~LJNTY o o NORTH CAROLINA CELEB12ATiN (: 250 YEABS t ~L.V'1Y1~~i 7~ ~ Orange County Personnel Department 208 South Cameron Street Post Office Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Elaine Holmes Director Tel (919) 245-2550 Fax (919) 644-3009 www.co.orange.nc.us MEMORANDUM April 15, 2003 TO: Orange County Board of Commissioners John Link, County Manager FROM: Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director SUBJECT: Hiring Freeze Update This is to update you on the status and experience to date with the hiring freeze implemented for fiscal year 2002-03. Effective with the adoption of the 2002-03, the Board of Commissioners adopted a hiring freeze effective July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003. The hiring freeze applies to non-critical permanent positions openings funded from the County's general fund. It provides that anon-critical opening may not be filled for six months following the separation date of the previous incumbent. The Board provided that critical openings required to provide essential services such as those related to related public safety, health and protective services and others as designed by the Manager could be filled. The Board instituted the hiring freeze as a cost savings measure for 2002-03. The projected cost savings from the freeze was about $740,000. During the period from July 1, 2002 through April 7, 2003, there have been 76 job openings. Of these: • 37 openings were in positions designated as critical such as Deputy Sheriff, Paramedic, Telecommunicatorand Child Protective Services Social Worker and not affected by the freeze • 28 openings were non-critical openings and were frozen. Of these, 9 presently are frozen and are in the following departments. / Economic Development - 1 / Personnel - 1 / Planning - 1 / Public Works - 3 An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer