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, ~ ~ . . gage 276 Oct;ber, 27;:2003 The Board of Conmiissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed s=ssio~ in' the ~ning.hall at Camp Spencer, 3155 Foxford Road, Concord, NOrth .Carolina, on Monday, O~ober 27, 2003, at 6:30 p.m. P~esent - Chairman: Robert M. Freeman Vice ChaiDman: Richard D. Sugg~ do~ssioners:' Carolyn B. Carpenter Robert.W. Car.ruth Coy c. Pr.ivette Also present were John D. Day, county Manager: .Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr" Coun~,y Atto~ney: Pam Dubois, Finance Director: Mixe Downs,. Public Safety Services Di.rector; Jim Cook, Social Services Director; Steve Little, Parks and Recreation Director; Don Cu~ngs, Ruman R~sourees Director; ant;! .Frankie, F. Bonds, Clerk, to the Board. Chairman Freeman called the meeting to. order at 6:35 p.m. commissioner Privette gave the invbcation. Closad Sassi.on OPON ~~ION of Commissione~ Privette, seconded by Commissioner Carruth and unanimously c.rried, the Board moved to go into Closed session to discuss a personnel mau.tar and to consult with the Attorney regarding pending or threat"eI'led li~ig.ation as authorized by North carolin<=!- General Statute (NCGSl l43-3lB.1l Cal (3) (6). . . UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner ~arruth and unanimously carried, t~e Boar4 moved to come out of the Closad Session. No action wa~ reported from the Closed"Session. Personnel ~aqemBnt Pol~cy .Mr. cummings' reviewed the Personnel Management Programs established in 1994 ~hat included the following: (11 Jinnua"l cost of living all,?w:"-Bce .~COLAt review and adjustment, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or the previous cale-nd'ar year,' (2) A salary study every two y.ears to compare County 'salaries for ;Like jobs in surrounding areas and with .sHuilar gove'i;ninent entides; (3) A fOlK benefit to aU. employees; and (4) Me:tit, based on perforll:lanc~) and oareer dev~lopment pay plans. .He stated th~ .pl:oqraml:! have wor)o:.ed ~ell for t~'e Coqnty, pr:ovidihg a sense of anifot:mity and consistency for employees. Further( Mr. Cummings revie~ed A~pendix G (Development and 'M:eIlit Incl:ease A8rr).i.nistrati9D Guide) of th~ Cab~rrus.' cQun:!:y Pel:S~nl!el Ordinance. He .explained an einploye;.e could receive d~velopment' increases ranging ~+Olt\ 1.5 percent to 8.5 percent baseq. on the, .annual. performance : evaluation. ijowever, at:ter a.n' empl.oyee attains job' ra1;.e at, Level 3~, the maximum merit increase that hefsQ.e is elig,ible to receive i,s only two percent. Mr. Cummings p;cesented a propcs~l to eliminatte the development and merit plans and c;-eate a single merit plan for all .employees.' Mer;i.t pay increases ~6ul.d ra;nge from' 0.5 percent to 5 percent bas~d on' an ~mp'loyee' s annu~~ performance ievaluation. " ' Mr. Day remihded the Board of action taken in January 2003 to freeze all developJ:llent an4 merit increases fox IT 2003-;2004. He recommended that' the merit program a~. p~esente4 by Mr. Cumrn~ngs be effec~ive Juiy.l,' 20p4. The Board di.;cussed the amount of the increase that an employee cou;Ld receive d.uring one year. Mr. cummings explained t;hat salary changes could occur ,as a result of the fol~owing: Cat.eqorv .promot ion Reclassification Classification', c6~pensation Study Cost. of Living (COL).) .' Performance (Annual Evaluation) Inte~im Assignment Percent Increase S . $ It S . 1.6\ - 3.0% 0.5% - 8.5% 5.0% - 20.0% There was Oiscussion concerning a oossible cap on the amount of annual increases~ incent:i, ves for certificat.ion:! - and the need tor cross training of. employees~ cdinrnissioner and life i~surance Privette introduced discussion about county paid health for e~ployees qualifying for retirement as a memoer ~f the G-1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 3 I