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January 3, 2018 (Work Session) Page 3409 Chairman Morris expressed support for the establishment of the Audit Charter and committee. Countv Manager and Human Resources - Modification to the Law Enforcement Fair Standard Labor Act (FSLA) 207(k) Exemption for Overtime Pam Dubois, Senior Deputy County Manager reported on a pay study regarding Cabarrus County law enforcement officers. She stated officers are paid under the Fair Standard Labor Act (FSLA) 207(k). There are several options to calculate hours-worked/overtime/salary within FSLA 207(k). Ms. Dubois further reported the current option does not compete with the majority of other law enforcement agencies in the area. Therefore, staff proposes to change to one of the other options in an effort to compete and retain officers. Lundee Covington, Human Resource Director presented proposed changes to the Personnel Ordinances to coincide with the proposed pay option change. The proposed changes are as follow • Article 3 Pay Plan - Overtime. Expand this section to include not just paid overtime, but also comp time. Also, add information to detail current practices. • Article 5 Conditions of Employment - Work Week Definition. Clarify the two different schedules worked by Deputies and Detention Officers. Also, add information to this section that employees would be paid overtime after 86 hours per FSLA 207(k) and 80 to 86 hours would be paid at their regular rate. • Article 5 Conditions of Employment - Work Week Definition. Change to show Fire Services employees will work 12 -hour shifts beginning in January, 2018 rather than ten-hour shifts. • Leaves of Absence / Holidays Policy. Currently holiday time is advanced to all Sheriff's Office employees. It is proposed to change the policy to advance holiday time to only the 12 -hour Sheriff's Office employees. • Vacation Leave - Manner of Accrual. Rearrange the section to improve the flow for easier understanding, reduce the number of charts and tables and improve tables to show a breakdown per hour and per pay period. • Sick Leave. Remove the accrual table since all Sheriff's Office Employees will accrue sick leave at the same rate per pay period. Lastly, Ms. Covington presented a proposed change in connection with the Retiree Health Insurance benefit. Currently, retiree health insurance is only available to full-time employees. Due to the Affordable Care Act, there are part-time employees that participate in the health insurance plan. Staff proposed a change to reflect part-time employee under the Affordable Care Act would qualify for retiree health insurance should the employee work full-time for one full year prior to retirement. A discussion ensued. During discussion, Ms. Dubois and Mike Downs, County Manager provided additional information regarding the recommendations. Chief Deputy Paul Hunt was also in attendance Countv Manager - Request Continaencv Funds for two Proiects to be Escalated to FY18 due to Funds Availability and Safety of Facilities Kyle Bilafer, Area Manager of Operations requested funds for two projects.. The first project is modernization of the two elevators in the Governmental Center. Mr. Bilafer stated that there have been many failures over the past several months. The second project is fall protection measures in several buildings to meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fall protection and elevated working surfaces requirements in relation to OSHA 1910.28 and 1910.29 guidelines. Pam Dubois, Senior Deputy County Manager reported the funds would come from the unused contingency funds set aside for the anticipated student count that did not come to fruition. A brief discussion ensued. During discussion, Mr. Bilafer responded to questions from the Board.