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F. Miscellaneous Budget Amendment 005 <br />The Board reviewed memo from OMB Director Joe Baird dated <br />November 9, 1993: <br />TO: Members of the Board <br />of County Commissioners <br />DATE. November 9, 1993 <br />SUBJECT: MISCELLANEOUS BUDGET AMENDMENT 805 <br />CONSENT AGENDA - - <br />FROM: Joseph A. Bair <br />OMB Director <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />The attached budget amendment is to appropriate funding for the following: <br />1. The State of Florida, Department of Labor, has charged Indian <br />River County for Unemployment Compensation payments to <br />former employees. A budget amendment is required to reflect <br />these payments. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the attached budget <br />amendment 005. <br />Commissioner Macht led discussion regarding the unemployment <br />compensation payments on the Budget Amendment. He thought we <br />should challenge these payments. He would like to see a case by <br />case history of each employee's claim, including the reason for <br />leaving and why we are paying the claim. <br />OMB Director Joe Baird assured the Board that the claims are <br />challenged by Personnel Director Jack Price and we win a <br />significant number of these cases. However, we challenge only the <br />claims involving employees under the jurisdiction of the Board and <br />not claims involving employees of the constitutional officers. He <br />further explained that when a claim is filed we must pay even when <br />we challenge it, and when we win the appeal, the state issues a <br />credit to us for that claim. These claims must be paid fairly <br />quickly or we are penalized. <br />Personnel Director Jack Price explained that if an employee <br />voluntarily separates from the County, obtains other employment, <br />0 <br />NOV 161993 BOOK 91 FACE 13 <br />