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Chair Jacobs said that Club Nova is his only concern because he does not want to hold Club Nova at $7,000. He wants to sort this out with Club Nova. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Nelson to keep all outside agencies at last year's funding level, except for Club Nova, until it can come to the Board and make some explanations regarding the requests. Chair Jacobs made reference to KidsCope and said that it might be an issue because it will be held at the current level and Club Nova might be getting a second chance. Commissioner Carey said that KidsCope is a different situation. Chair Jacobs asked staff to check on information from KidsCope anyway. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 5. FY 2008-09 Employee Pay and Compensation Plan • Including Recommended Funding Levels for Temporary Personnel and Overtime Laura Blackmon said that the recommendation for COLA is 2.5%. The recommendation for the in-range increases is at 1% for proficient and 3%for exceptional. The other increase is the health insurance increase that has been budgeted at 8%. Commissioner Gordon asked about the health insurance increase. Michael McGinnis said that he is getting regular input from the vendor and it is looking better than the first estimate of 11%. Laura Blackmon said that there will be time in the fall to make more adjustments to keep the costs in line. Laura Blackmon made reference to the modified sheet that was given to the County Commissioners last week regarding cost-cutting, on that list was reducing the COLA from 2.5% to 2.0%. This is shown on the chart on D-6. She thought that it would be good to look at the whole range and how much it would cost. Chair Jacobs asked about grant-funded positions. Commissioner Gordon verified that these grant-funded positions are in the current budget. Laura Blackmon said that the new information is a chart that shows whether the positions are full-time, whether it is supported by a grant, where the grant comes from, etc. 6. Further Discussions Regarding the 2008-09 Recommended Budget • Including Supplemental Information (by exception)provided in the Recommended Budget Document Appendices. For more information see FY08-09MgrRecAppendicies Laura Blackmon said that staff provided some additional information by request of the Board. This includes historical overtime expenditures and recommendations (blue sheet, Appendix E-4). There is also a list of temporary positions recommended for transition into full- time permanent. There are still some temporary positions, represented on the green sheet. Commissioner Gordon made reference to the historical overtime expenditures. She asked that staff address the ones that are $50,000 or more (green sheet). She asked for some indication on the reasoning. Nancy Coston said that the social workers used to be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act and there was an interpretation that changed that a few years ago. The line of work causes a lot of overtime, and there is a fairly high vacancy rate. She thinks this is what is happening regarding the overtime.