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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPENDIX B ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 21, 2002 Action Agenda Item No. 4 - b SUBJECT: Classification and Pay Study DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1- Preliminary Implementation Cost Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director, Estimate Extension 2550 2 - Estimated Phase In Implementation TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Cost By Fiscal Year Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To discuss the Classification and Pay Study status and consider any direction the Board wishes to provide to staff on the study. BACKGROUND: In June 2001, the Board initiated a countywide Classification and Pay Study of all permanent County positions (now numbering 755). Given the 12 years since the last Classification and Pay Study and the County's need to maintain a competitive, equitable pay plan, the County planned this study as a priority for 2001-02 with the target to implement the results in 2002-03. Given the fiscal circumstances the County faced during the budget process for 2002-03, the budget did not include funds for Classification and Pay Study implementation. Study Steps To Date The County engaged a consultant (Condrey and Associates)to conduct the study and the study was conducted during 2001-02. It has included: • Employee and department head meetings in August 2001, • Completion of updated position descriptions by employees in September 2001, • Consultant interviews with over 75 percent of employees in September 2001, • A labor market salary survey of 18 local government employers, • Follow up conferences with department heads to review position comparisons and salary relationships, and • Preliminary report on study results to the Board in March 2002.