2023 - 9 RESOLUTION - Consolidating the Health Department & Social Services into the Consolidated Human Services Agency - 3-20-2023

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FILED LEE COUNTY NC PAMELA G. BRITT REGISTER OF DEEDS FILED Apr 17, 2023 AT 11:24:22 am BOOK 00003 START PAGE 0916 END PAGE 0917 INSTRUMENT# 02218 EXCISE TAX (None) Resolution of the Lee County Board of Commissioners Consolidating the Lee County Health Department and the Lee County Department of Social Services into the Lee County Consolidated Human Services Agency WHEREAS,in 2012,the North Carolina General Assembly adopted House Bill 438, amending North Carolina General Statutes 153A-77 and 153A-76, granting counties the ability to create a Consolidated Human Services Agency; and WHEREAS,North Carolina General Statute 153A-77 allows counties the option to appoint a Consolidated Human Services Board to serve as the governing board of the Consolidated Human Services Agency and gives counties the flexibility and authority to organize human services in such a way as to promote efficiency and effectiveness in the administration of human services and to strengthen the local public health infrastructure; and WHEREAS, the Lee County Board of Commissioners finds that consolidating the Lee County Health Department and the Lee County Department of Social Services into a Consolidated Human Services Agency is beneficial to the Lee County Health Department and its staff and the Lee County Department of Social Services and its staff, and most importantly to the citizens of Lee County; and WHEREAS,the Lee County Board of Commissioners, pursuant to North Carolina General Statue 153A-77, finds that upon such consolidation, it is in the best interest of the Lee County that a Consolidated Human Services Board be created to serve as the policy making, rulemaking, and administrative board of the Consolidated Human Services Agency, and that the Consolidated Human Services Director and all Agency staff/employees, operate under the personnel policies of Lee County, subject to the nine principles of the Federal Merit System, and work at the discretion of and under the supervision of the County Manager in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 153A-77(e). NOW,THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,by the Lee County Board of Commissioners the following, in sequential order: 1. The Lee County Government staff review, update, and amend the Lee County Personnel Policy to ensure any changes that need to be made to move the Department of Social Services and the Health Department employees under all aspects of the Lee County Personnel Policy and to ensure it meets the nine principles of the Federal Merit System, and any changes be adopted before the Consolidated Human Services Agency takes effect on July 12, 2023. 2. Employees who serve as staff of the Consolidated Human Services Agency will be subject to the Lee County Personnel Policy and ordinances and will no longer be subject to the North Carolina Human Resources Act effective July 12, 2023.