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Attachment C <br /> List of Unmet Needs at Lane County <br /> The following is a list of unresolved economic issues currently facing Lane County: <br /> • We need to know what the impacts will be from Ballot Measure 7. <br /> • We have an unfunded Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) liability ($41 <br /> million at present). <br /> • A new PERS rate will be out soon, effective 7/1/2001. The preliminary rate increase <br /> is 0.84 points, with it being even higher for employers like Lane County who have a <br /> large unfunded liability (more like 1.4 points). <br /> • We have an as yet undetermined unfunded liability for retiree medical benefits. We <br /> will be engaging an actuarial study in the next few months to find out. We have a <br /> growing number of employee retirements on the horizon, most with fully paid <br /> medical benefits for life. Some prelim work by Tanya Heaton indicates that this cost <br /> could easily be in the millions of dollars. <br /> • The bargaining units are still in negotiation. They are looking for higher COLAs, no <br /> cost sharing of health benefit costs, and they are talking about rolling the annual merit <br /> steps back from 14 to 7 which means going from 2.5% to 5% annual merit increases. <br /> • We still have to plug a hole in the discretionary General Fund which is showing a <br /> deficit of nearly $2.8 million. <br /> • The local option levy didn't pass. Do we still beef up the Forest Work Camp or open <br /> the second pod at the Juv. Just. Center? <br /> • How much do we put into upgrading technology to move faster on web development <br /> and eGovernment? How about approving some of the technology improvements <br /> requested by the I.S. dept. to automate user support to greatly increase their <br /> productivity without adding any additional staff? <br /> • Is the county's portion of the AIRS project fully funded with State Criminal Alien <br /> Assistance Program (SCAAP) revenue or will it require General fund support? <br /> • There is also the Classification and Compensation. The result of a new study <br /> adjusting wages to more closely match market could easily cost the county an _ <br /> additional million to a million and a half dollars per year. <br /> • We also have an extensive list of deferred maintenance items that will need attention <br /> at some point. <br />