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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 8, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 1 <br />SUBJECT: Employee Pay and Benefits Work Session <br />DEPARTMENT: Personnel <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) Na <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Under separate cover, Employee Pay Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director, <br />and Benefits Report Extension 2550 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4601 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a report on employee pay and benefits and consider directions for <br />2005-06 and 2006-07. <br />BACKGROUND: Under separate cover, staff has provided an Employee Pay and Benefits <br />report. This report includes background information on employee pay and benefits over recent <br />years, an update on the staffs assessment of current pay and benefits needs/issues, and <br />information on specific pay and benefits plan elements, including cost of living increase, in- <br />range salary increases, merit awards and supplemental retirement [401 (k) plan]. <br />As noted in the report, sustaining a stable, well-qualified work force is fundamental to <br />accomplishing the County's mission of service to citizens. To that end, an essential part of the <br />infrastructure to maintain the needed work force is the employee pay and benefits plan. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The separate Employee Pay and Benefits report includes information <br />about the estimated costs of various pay and benefits options. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board discuss employee pay <br />and benefits for 2005-06 and 2006-07 and provide direction to staff.