FY2021 Budget

request for new personnel that considers impacts on customer service demand, overall service delivery quality and budget capacity.

The FY 2021 budget includes requests for 13 full-time staff positions 11 . Of the 13, four are requested for a full-year and nine are requested for mid-year (January 2021) authorization as a managed spending strategy and timing of work needs.

The following positions are requested effective July 1, 2020: ✓ Network and Security Administrator (Information Technology) ✓ Sustainability Program Coordinator (Public Works) ✓ Human Resources Specialist (Human Resources) ✓ Senior Center Recreation Program Specialist (Parks and Recreation) The following positions are requested effective January 1, 2021: ✓ MPD Traffic Unit (Police - 4 Officers) ✓ Fire Captains (Fire - 3 Officers) ✓ Enterprise System Administrator (Finance) ✓ Athletics Facilities Maintenance Technician I (Public Works)

The full personnel costs for these positions are incorporated into future year budget forecasts and would be fully funded beginning in FY 2022.

A summary of these requests and a brief justification for each position are provided as a part of the Budget Priorities Summary. Expenditures are reflected in the Department Budget Summaries. A review and discussion of the need for these investments in personnel will be shared with Town Council during presentations and work sessions. New position requests are incorporated into the Town’s pay plan according to job description, classification, and level of responsibility. Town Council adopted the job classification review recommendations for position titles, grades and entry level market pay for the Pay Plan in February 2020. Those changes are incorporated in the Pay Plan illustrated starting on page 63 of the FY 2021 proposed operating budget. New and vacant positions not reviewed in FY 2020 will be incorporated into the one-third study conducted in 2021. No additional changes to the Pay Plan are recommended at this time.

Health Care Costs

The Town joined the North Carolina Health Insurance Pool (NChip) in FY 2019 as one of six inaugural members of that group. The health insurance risk pool allows for the sharing (pooling) of medical claim costs over a certain amount to smooth and minimize the fluctuations in plan renewal based on a small number of covered lives and large claims that sometimes occur and

11 At adoption, Town Council reduced the number of new positions from the proposed 13 to a total of 6. The following positions were approved: Network & Security Administrator, Human Resources Specialist, Sustainability Program Coordinator and Athletics Facility Maintenance Technician were full year implementations; and Senior Recreation Program Specialist and Traffic Officer were designated as ½ year implementations.

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