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~o <br />Attachment 4 <br />Meritorious Service Awards <br />Based on the approximately eight months experience to date, the Meritorious Service Awards <br />are meeting th'e Board's goal of focusing on the highest levels of performance and <br />accomplishment. <br />In budgeting for the awards in 1999-00, it had been projected that approximately 25 percent of <br />employees would receive an award. This included five to seven percent of employees receiving <br />the exceptional award. The chart below shows the awards granted through April 24, 2000. In <br />numbers these are significantly below the numbers that had been projected and budgeted.. <br />Meritorious Service Awards Granted <br />July 1, 1999 through April 26, 2000 <br />Award Type Number Granted <br />Superior - $750 44 <br />Exceptional - $1,500 14 <br />Total 58 <br />Total Number Permanent <br />Employees As of April 24 661 <br />Equity/Retention Fund <br />As with Meritorious Service Awards, this program is serving the objectives for which it was <br />approved: To implement the Equity/Retention program, Personnel staff contacted each <br />department head and met individually with those who thought they had situations needing to be <br />addressed through the Equity/Retention Fund. Personnel staff then analyzed the specific <br />salary situations identified. In the approximately eight months to date, 22 salary adjustments <br />have been granted under this program to address equitable salary relationships. <br />