HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0307 (2)Add to Article VII Employee Benefits -
Section 10. Service Recognition Program
Iredell County provides a service recognition program for employees who work in is regular
fill -time or part-time (at least 20 hours per week) position. Service awards or other ttpe
recognition may be given after an employee has completed five years of continuous service and at
each five -pear increment thereafter.
Current and new employees may be given credit for time worked in a temporarijull-rime or
part-time capacity for purposes of service recognition. To be eligible for the credit, the emplovee
must be transferred from the temporary position to a regular full-time budgeted position without a
break in service.
Current emplgvees ma.V be given credit for prior service in a full-time capacity with the
county provided they returned to full-time employment (in another capacity or prior to the adoption
of the reinstatement policy) within one year of separation.
Prior service credit may be given to employees that leave full-time county ennplovment and
return to work under the provision of the reinstatement policy.
Credit for service time given under this policy will be counted to determine the level of
service award/recognition the emplayee will receive. It will not be used to make a current or new
emplovee eligible for any other benefit.
6. REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL TO PAY $6,400 TO ENERGY UNITED FOR THE
INSTALLMENT OF FOUR (4) HYDRANTS: (On March 9, 2000, hydrant purchases were
approved by the Fire Tax District Board. The hydrants were installed along Old Mountain Road.)
7. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION THAT WILL ENABLE THE
CENTRALINA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO RECEIVE STATE FUNDS:
WHEREAS, Lead Regional Organizations have established productive voluntary working
relationships with municipalities and counties across North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, the 1999 General Assembly recognized this need through the appropriation of
$900,000 for each year of the biennium to help the Lead Regional Organizations assist local
governments with grant applications, economic development, community development, and to
support local industrial development activities and other activities as deemed appropriate by their
local governments; and
WHEREAS, these funds are not intended to be used for payment of member dues or
assessments to a Lead Regional Organization or to supplant funds appropriated by the member
governments; and
WHEREAS, in the event that a request is not made by Iredell County for release of these
funds to the Lead Regional Organization, the available funds will revert to State's general fund; and
WHEREAS, in Region F, funds in the amount of $55,000 will be used f'or the preparation
of HOME and CDBG applications, land use corridor studies, hosting of regional
seminars/conferences, regional data center, regional building permit tracking system, and other
economic development activities that may be deemed appropriate.
NOW, THEREFORE BE iT RESOLVED, that the Iredell County Board of'Commissioners
requests the release of its share of these funds, $5,658.69, to Centralina Council of Governments at
the earliest possible time in accordance with the provisions of state laws.