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video, which has been posted to our website and YouTube channel. There is a second video on the website that talks about appraisers and what they do. We'll also place a flyer in the Sanford Herald addressing commonly asked questions about the reappraisal process, as well as placing brochures in the libraries and other public buildings. We have speaking engagements scheduled already as well. Commissioner Reives requested that all videos to be in English and in Spanish. 2023 Schedule of Values.pdf 2023 PUV Schedule Final.pdf V.D Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Proposal County Manager Dr. Crumpton asked to discuss the COLA and Longevity Pay Expansion Proposal, Items V.D and V.E, together since they are both in response to the same concerns that staff has. Since the start of COVID-19, recruitment, retention, wellness, and job improvement has been the number one issue of your employees. The County currently has 38 job openings, which is roughly 10% of our workforce not present on a daily basis. Dr. Crumpton asked for ideas from department heads on how to address this issue and received 108 responses. NCACC/ICMA Management Fellow Ben McQueary conducted a survey and presented the results to the Board. There were 29 participants and each voted for their first, second, and third priorities. Pay was a top priority, with Cost of Living Adjustment and Longevity Pay Expansion the top two priorities. Dr. Crumpton noted that this is not just a Lee County issue, but is happening across the state. It's difficult from a competitive standpoint and keeping employees when Harnett County in January gave their employees a 10% raise and followed that up in July with a 3% cost of living raise. Chatham County in July gave their employees a 7% raise and Moore County back in January gave a 3% raise and in anticipation of the 7% COLA actually gave an additional 5%, which made 8%. In his recommendation in the budget for this coming year, Dr. Crompton said he recommended 4%, mainly because we knew there were a lot of other priorities in the budget and lowering the tax rate was our number one priority. After going through the first quarter and hearing from department heads, seeing that revenues were exceeding projections, we felt it was a good time to bring both of these issues to the Board. A 2% COLA gets us to a net 6% for this fiscal year. The CPI is running at about 8%, so on July 1, staff will be looking at proposing another 8% for the Board to consider. Commissioner Carver suggested that we review the pay scales at the Board retreat in January. We used to be able to do them every five years, and now we're needing to review them every 12 months to keep up with the market. Commissioner Sharpe was not in attendance, but asked that the following be read into the record: "I fully support the COLA proposal on the agenda tonight." Retention&Recruitment Manager's Poll Results.pdf Motion: Motion to approve the 2% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Proposal for full time and permanent part time employees to take effect on January 1, 2023 in the amount of$260,884. Mover: Robert Reives For: 6 - Arianna Lavallee, Dr. Andre Knecht, Robert Reives, Kirk Smith, Bill Carver, Mark Lovick Absent: 1 - Cameron Sharpe 5