2014-05-01 Agenda Review
NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOOK 33
AGENDA REVIEW MEETING, MAY 1, 2014 PAGE 69
ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met for Agenda Review Meeting on Thursday, May 1,
2014, at 4:04 p.m. in the Harrell Conference Room at the New Hanover County Government Center, 230
Government Center Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Members present: Chairman Woody White; Vice-Chair Beth Dawson; Commissioner Jonathan Barfield,
Jr.; Commissioner Brian Berger; and Commissioner Thomas Wolfe.
Staff present: County Attorney Wanda M. Copley; County Manager Chris Coudriet; and Clerk to the Board
Sheila L. Schult.
REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF AGENDA ITEMS
Chairman White called the Agenda Review meeting to order and announced that the purpose of the
meeting is to review and discuss the Board’s May 5, 2014, Regular Session meeting agenda. The Board reviewed
the following items with discussion as noted:
Consent Agenda Item 1 – Approval of Minutes.
Consent Agenda Item 2 – Approval of 2014 Legislative Items.
Consent Agenda Item 3 – Adoption of Resolution Approving the Removal of Register of Deeds
Books.
Consent Agenda Item 4 –Approval of Board of Education General Fund Budget Amendment #8 and
Capital Outlay Fund Budget Amendment #6
.
Consent Agenda Item 5 – Adoption of Budget Ordinance Amendments.
Regular Agenda Item 6 – Consideration of Preservation Month Proclamation.
Regular Agenda Item 7 – Consideration of May is Mental Health Month Proclamation
.
Regular Agenda Item 8 – School Bond Plan Presentation.
Regular Agenda Item 9 – Community Child Protection Team Annual Report.
County Manager Chris Coudriet reported thatShore Protection Manager Layton Bedsole would be making
a presentation on the following items:
Regular Agenda Item 10 – Consideration of Carolina Beach Fall 2014 US Army Corps of Engineers
Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project.
Staff recommends support of this project.
Regular Agenda Item 11 – Consideration of Kure Beach and US Army Corps of Engineers
Advancing the Three-Year Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project Cycle.
Staff does not
recommend advancing this project but recommends maintaining the current three-year cycle schedule.
Regular Agenda Item 12 – Consideration of Adopting Resolution to Award Bid and Authorization to
Execute Contract with Monteith Construction Corporation for 320 Chestnut Street Additions and
Renovations.
Regular Agenda Item 13 – The Health and Human Services Functional Collaboration Group Action
Plan Presentation.
SOLID WASTE PROPOSAL UPDATE
In response to Board questions concerning Waste Management and Waste Industries being on the current
agenda, County Manager Chris Coudriet reported that he has not received a request from either entity to be included
on the agenda.
After brief discussion, the consensus of the Board was to direct Environmental Management Director Joe
Suleyman to touch base with the entities and advise them that the current agenda was full and if they would like to
present additional information they would need to contact the County Manager and be scheduled for the Board’s
May 19, 2014 meeting.
STAFF UPDATES:
Consent Agenda Item 2 – Approval of 2014 Legislative Items.
Public and Legislative Affairs Director Carey Ricks provided an overview of the following 2014
Legislative Items establishing the County’s intent to focus on advocacy efforts:
Education:
Lottery fund reallocation for school construction
Increased teacher pay and funding sources
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Child preparedness policies, programs and funding
Environment and Ecology:
Shoreline stabilization, policies, reauthorization and funding
‘Waters of the United States definition’ comments
Economic Vitality:
Laws, practices and funding mechanisms (to include incentives) to encourage job creation,
retention and growth
Film incentives and/or film promotion in New Hanover County
NC Historic Preservation Tax Credits
Pay and Classification Study Update:
Human Resources Director Mark Francolini provided an overview of the pay and classification study that
was conducted by Evergreen Solutions LLC at a cost of $105,600. Highlights of the study include the following:
New Hanover County is mostly competitive in the current marketplace including annual leave
policies (holidays, sick leave and personal leave), medical and dental plan coverage, and the county
paid portions of those plans. The County on average is contributing 34% toward benefits while
comparison entities are contributing 30.9 %. County benefits are almost always cited as a major factor
in drawing a new hire to New Hanover County.
Evergreen is recommending a slate of changes to the pay and classification system to ensure the
County remains long-term competitive as an employer of choice. The following recommendations are
are expected to be included in the final report which will be completed in approximately two weeks:
Create wider pay range spreads within each pay grade which will provide greater career growth;
Establish and utilize pay zones within certain pay grades to differentiate between complexities and
skills among similar positions to provide a more structured career path for employees;
Slot individual employees to the minimum of their new pay grade within their position
classification to ensure no employee is paid below the stated minimum.
Approximately 376 positions in forty classifications will be impacted by the recommendations.
The following amounts have been included in the FY14-15 budget request for the Board’s
consideration:
$414,000 – General Fund
$350,000 – Fire Services District Fund
$2,200 – Environmental Management Enterprise Fund
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairman White adjourned the meeting at 4:31 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sheila L. Schult
Clerk to the Board