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ROAD & BRIDGE SALARY ACCOUNT - REQUEST FOR LINE TRANSFER The Board reviewed the following memo dated 4/7/83: TO: The Honorable Members of the DATE: April 7, 1982 -FILE: Board of County Comnissioners THRU: Michael Wright, County Administrator SUBJECT: Road and Bride Department psrtment Salary Account - Request for Line Transfer FROM: James W. Davis, P.E. REFERENCES: Public Works Director DESCRIPTION AND -CONDITIONS A series of circumstances has resulted in an anticipated funding short- fall for the Road and Bridge Department Salary account #004-214-541-11.12. The following is an analysis of the circumstances: I. When the 1982/83 FY Preliminary Budget was prepared in April, 1982, the then current salaries of the existing personnel (78 employees) in the Road and Bridge Department totaled $931,250. This salary figure was reported throughout the budget preparation/approval process. From April 1982 to September 30, 1982, the following activities took place to increase this figure by $41,711. to $972961 (an increase of 4.4%). 1) Merit increases of 2 to 4% were granted to certain employees during the annual evaluation process. 2) Certain Road and Bridge Department employees received adjustments in wages due to inequities in the pay structure as recommended by the Kelton Report. Also, -the Road and Bridge Deft was reorganized. 3) One employee, Chalmer Tripp (yearly salary approximately $14,800) was accidentally overlooked and not included in the original budget submitted in April, 1982. II. During the 1982/83 Budget hearing, the Board cut $35,000 for the Road and Bridge salary account because of past high employee turnover and absbnteeism. This turnover rate and absenteeism has been corrected (see attached chart), III. On October 1,1982, a 6.5*�, cost of living increase was granted to all County employees. This brought the actual Road and Bridge Salary amount to $1,036,203. However, the approved budgeted salary line amount was $956,905. As a result, the budgeted salary figure was inadequate by $79,299. IV. The County hired a much needed paralegal to work on the County's Development Code (Salary $15,600). This position began November 1, 1982, and in the past 5 months, salary totaling approximately $6000 has been charged to the Road and Bridge Department. The salary was intended to be funded by Comminity Development and Road and Bridge jointly, however, Road and Bridge has funded this entire salary without budgeting the funds. APR 2 01993 31 dav( 5 59