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BK -00028 PG -0349 County Manager's Report — June 20, 2016 Ongoing Projects Courthouse Roof Project — The replacement of the main courthouse roof was completed in early June. This project came in under budget. A new 10 year warranty is in place for the roof through Firestone. Old Bowling Alley — Due to the size of the project, the building code requires the county to have architectural drawings of the renovations. Local Architect Tim Sherman is currently working on those drawings. Once the plans are approved by State Buildings and Local Building inspectors, the project will be bid — probably in July. Estimated construction time is 60 days so this project should be finished in September. Horton and Dalrymple Parks — Parks and Recreation and General Services have been working on various projects at both parks during the fiscal year. New equipment, fencing and other improvements will continue this summer. Other Items Fair Labor Standards Act — with the pending changes coming from the Federal Department of Labor, we have reviewed our exempt and non-exempt lists and went ahead and made changes to come into compliance even though we had until December 1, 2016 to make the changes. The decision was made to make the changes effective with the new fiscal year. Summer is a slower time for our organization and we have an easier time making significant organizational changes at this time. In addition, December 1 is in the middle of the holiday season which is typically a time where our services are in great demand. Making changes at that time would interrupt service delivery. In all, 29 employees were transferred from exempt to non-exempt status. This leaves 30 employees out of 362 full time employees as exempt from overtime rules. Department Heads have been given the flexibility to adjust work schedules so they can make sure we have staff in place to service the needs of our citizens. Our overall goal is to keep overtime and comp time to a minimum. By making the changes now in a slow period we can adjust to the new schedules and keep overtime under control. Kiwanis Children's Park — the City of Sanford has notified me that they are considering taking down the old JC Hut. The building is no longer being used and is falling apart. The youth but next door which the County owns is also in bad shape. We are considering putting both buildings out to bid for demolition.