HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 08-21-2007-4lORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: August 21, 2007
Action Agenda
Item No. ~ ~'
SUBJECT: Personnel Ordinance Amendment: Repeal of Previous Article IV, Section 1.0
Worker's Compensation Leave
DEPARTMENT: Personnel/County Attorney PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
None Rod Visser, Acting Personnel Director,
919-245-2552
Annette Moore, Policy and Compliance
Officer, 919-245-2317
Geof Gledhill, County Attorney,
919-732-2196
PURPOSE: To approve the repeal of the previously existing Article IV, Section 1.0 Worker's
Compensation Leave of the Orange County Personnel Ordinance and replacement with the
revised Article IV, Section 1.0 adopted June 26, 2007.
BACKGROUND: At the June 26, 2007 Board of County Commissioners meeting, the Board
unanimously approved the new Section 1.0 of Article IV of the Personnel Ordinance regarding
worker's compensation as follows:
1.0 Worker's Compensation Leave
In accordance with the provisions of the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act,
Orange County will provide for employees protected under the Act who by accident suffer
personal injury or occupational disease arising out of and in the course of their .
employment with the County. (See NCGS 97-1, et. seq., The North Carolina Workers'
Compensation Act) The County Manager will promulgate rules and regulations
consistent with the North Carolina Worker's Compensation Act necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Article.
The action by the Board, however, did. not specifically address the disposition of the existing
Section 1.0 of Article IV. To make the Board's action clear, staff and the Attorney recommend
that the Board repeal the previously existing Article IV, Section 1.0 and replace it with the
language of the new Section 1.0 that the Board voted to approve on June 26, 2007.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Funding for Orange County worker's compensation premiums for 2007-
08 was included in the approved budget at just over $1 million. However, the action approved
by the BOCC on June 26, 2007, and subsequent direction from the County Manager conforming
Orange County's worker's compensation procedures to comport with "best practices", are
expected to lead to savings in future fiscal year premiums.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board repeal Article IV, Section
1.0 of the Personnel Ordinance as it existed prior to June 26, 2007, and ratify the Board's action
taken on June 26, 2007 changing the worker's compensation provisions as stated in the
background section of this abstract.