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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS AND HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN DESIGN FOR NON-UNION EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5 of the Annual Appropriation Bill and Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2015, the Cook County Board of Commissioners ("Board of Commissioners") provided that "[i]n the event that union employees receive cost of living adjustments in fiscal year 2015 as a result of negotiated and approved 2012-2016 collective bargaining agreements, non-union employees shall also receive cost of living adjustments" subject to the approval of the Budget Director, Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources and the Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners have approved salary adjustments and general wage increases for a large number of Cook County employees covered under collective bargaining agreements with said changes being both retroactive and prospective; and
WHEREAS, in consideration of the 2015 Budget Resolution, the Interim Budget Director and the Interim Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources have worked to recommend appropriate salary adjustments for the County's non-union workforce which could be implemented in fiscal year 2015 and going forward; and
WHEREAS, in order to achieve cost savings, it is recommended that any increase in salary for the County's non-union workforce be prospective in nature and not retroactive and that step increases be frozen for the County's non-union workforce in fiscal year 2016; and
WHEREAS, it is recommended that all Grade 23 and lower non-union County employees receive a non-compounded 4.5% cost of living increase effective the first pay period of October, 2015; and
WHEREAS, it is recommended that all Grade 24 and Grade 24 Equivalent positions receive an increase effective the first pay period in October, 2015; however, said increase will be tied to length in current position and certain salaried positions will be exempt from such increase; and
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