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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES <br />February 22, 2016 <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MET ON MONDAY: February 22, 2016 at the <br />Hillsborough Commons, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS PRESENT: Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, Chair; Ann Wilkerson; <br />Earl McKee and Pat Garavaglia. <br /> <br />GUEST: None. <br /> <br />BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS ABSENT: Claire Millar. <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Nancy Coston, Director; Lindsey Shewmaker, Human Services Manager; Denise Shaffer, <br />Assistant Director; Sharron Hinton, Human Services Manager. <br /> <br />I. Call to Order and Introductions <br /> <br />DSS Chair, Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, called the meeting to order at 4:04 pm. <br /> <br />II. Board Comments <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />III. Public Comments <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />IV. Agenda Changes <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />V. Action Items <br /> <br />On a motion by Pat Garavaglia, the Board approved the minutes of December 19, 2015. Earl McKee <br />seconded the motion. The motion was carried without dissent. <br /> <br />VI. Items for Discussion and/or Decision <br /> <br />1. Job Classification Study <br /> <br />Nancy Coston explained that the county has started on a job and classification study and will be <br />reviewing the positions in Social Services, especially in public assistance which is where the <br />agency has made a lot of changes. <br /> <br />Tamara Dempsey-Tanner asked whether the study involves salary adjustments. Ms. Coston <br />replied that the study might result in salary increases but should not result in any salary decreases if <br />positions are reclassified. <br /> <br />Earl McKee asked whether salary compression was an issue at Social Services. Ms. Coston <br />responded that it is a major issue at the agency and HR is looking at salary compression across the <br />county. <br />