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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 9, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Employee Compensation for Fiscal Year 2000-01 <br />DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1-Approved Pay and Benefits Plan <br />2-Cost of Living Information <br />3-1999-00 Approved Pay Plans and <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director, <br />Extension 2550 <br />Proposed 2000-01 Pay Plans TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />4- Meritorious Service Awards Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />5- Estimated Expenditure Changes Chapel HIII 968-4501 <br />for 2000-01 Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane (336) 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive information on employee compensation for 2000-01 and to provide <br />guidance, as desired, to the Manager on two pay elements (recommended Cost of Living <br />Increase and In-Range Increase amounts) in developing the Manager's Recommended Budget. <br />BACKGROUND: During 1998-99, the Board of Commissioners completed a comprehensive <br />review of the employee pay and benefits plan. After consideration and discussion, the Board <br />reached consensus on the elements of the employee pay and benefits plan. The Board also <br />decided that this plan would be in effect for two years to provide for more continuity in the pay <br />plan and reduce the need to revisit the pay plan each year. The current fiscal year (1999-00) is <br />the first year of the two-year plan and the upcoming fiscal year (2000-01) is the second year of <br />the plan. <br />Attachment 1 lists the elements of the Board approved pay and benefits plan. Based on the <br />Board's adopted plan, there are two pay plan decisions to be made for 2000-01. These are: <br />- The amount of the Cast of Living Increase and <br />- The amount of the In-Range Salary progression. <br />In_the Manager's Recommended Budget, the County Manager will be recommending Cost of <br />Living and In-Range Salary progression amounts for 2000-01. The purpose of the May 9 work <br />session discussion is to provide an opportunity for the Board to receive information about the <br />pay plan, to ask questions, to identify any additional information needed and, to extent <br />Commissioners desire, to provide guidance to the Manager on the Cost of Living Increase and <br />In-Range progression for 2000-01. <br />