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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR81-13 Merit Increase Pool for 1981RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO RESOLUTION N0. 81- /~ MERIT INCREASE POOL - BUDGET HEARINGS FOR THE 1981 FISCAL YEAR - COMPLETION OF CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY FOR THE COUNTY OF EAGLE, COLORADO. WHEREAS, pursuant to ยง 29-1-110, C.R.S. 1973, as amended, the local Government Budget Law, the Board of County Commissioners, County of Eagle, Colorado, herein- after referred to as the "Board", has the ultimate respon- sibility for the conduct of the fiscal affairs of the County including, but not limited to, the construction and adoption of an annual budget from submission from the various County departments of their anticipated financial needs for the ensuing year; and WHEREAS, pursuant to such authority, the Board, as prescribed by law, held public hearings on September 29, September 30, October 1, October 2, October 3, and October 6, 1980, respectively, to construct and establish the budget for the 1981 fiscal year for the County of Eagle, Colorado, its various departments, offices, boards, commissions, and other spending agencies; and WHEREAS, in establishing and formulating the 1981 budget, the Board took into consideration with each department's request the amount of revenue available, the needs of other county departments and the ability of the county's taxpayers to fund additional requests, as well as the requesting department's need for the expenditures; and WHEREAS, during such budget public hearings, it was brought to the attention of the Board that the present County Classification and Compensation Plan and its various amendments thereto had not adequately addressed the present needs and demands of county employees; had not resolved the problems associated with the extensive employment of additional personnel in order to meet the increased demand for county services by the populace of the County; and had not provided a fair and impartial system in compensating an individual County employee based upon the description and workload of his/her job, and his/her length of employment with the County; and WHEREAS, the Board determined to retain a Counsultant, Arthur Young & Company, to study job evaluation and classifi- cation procedures for employees of Eagle County, and to develop recommendations concerning workloads, manpower planning, and a merit/longevity pay system; and WHEREAS, in order to have revenues available to equitably and fairly compensate through merit increases and reclassification, those employees and personnel of the County who are justified in receiving additional compensation based upon the conclusions arrived at through the compen- sation and classification study referred to herein, the Board determined at the budget public hearing held October 6, 1981, to increase the salaries of all County employees and personnel by 9.5% for the 1981 fiscal year, and to retain merit increase monies derived by such salaries in a merit increase pool in the County General Fund which would not be spent until the completion of said Compensation and Classification Study and the Board's approval and determi- nation thereto of how to adequately effectuate same equit- t -2- ably and fairly amongst the County's various departments and offices; and WHEREAS, all of the various County's departments and offices were notified of the Board's consideration of how to handle the merit increase pool and were given an opportunity to be fully heard on October 6, 1981, prior to the Board's decision thereon as stated in the paragraph next above; and WHEREAS, it has been brought to the attention of the Board that prior to the completion of the Compensation and Classification Study, various departments and offices in the County have requested merit increases and reclassifications for the purpose of increasing their employees' compensation; such additional compensation to come out of the merit increase pool; and WHEREAS, the Board desires to restate it's position relative to the merit increase pool as stated during the establishment and adoption of the 1981 budget. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners, County of Eagle, Colorado: THAT, those certain monies earmarked as merit increase in the County General Fund for the 1981 budget year, and which were not included and/or specified in any respective individual department's or office's budget for 1981, shall not be appropriated, transferred or spent until such time as the Classification and Compensation Study being performed by Arthur Young & Company is completed and the Board has officially approved such study and have determined, based thereon, the proper mechanism to fairly and equitably disburse such merit increase monies to those employees justified in receiving such additional compensation through merit increase or reclassification. -3- L MOVED, READ AND UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners, County of Eagle, State of Colorado, at its regular meeting held this ~~ day of March, 1981. ATTEST: COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO By and Through its BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS By: By: erk of the d of Da e F. Grant, Chairman ounty Commissioners APPROVED AS TO FORM: L~ ~~ Keith Troxel, ommissioner Beth A. 6dhittier County Attorney \~ Dan Williams, Commissioner -4-