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Ms. Laurie Sterioti Hammeren February 15, 2008 Page 7 SUMMARY When SB 2321 was passed by the North Dakota legislature, Cass County believed the purpose was to allow counties the option to streamline their personnel systems. These proposed regulations do the opposite. Instead of focusing on areas of differences between county and state policy and working to solve those differences, these new policies create a much larger chasm. We implore the members of this committee to reject the mandates as presented in the proposed amendments to Article 4-07 and attached as Exhibit C. Cass County's goal has always been the operation of an equitable compensation, personnel and payroll package for all employees. Carving out additional exceptions, policies and procedures for Social Service employees will not allow us to consider the "opt out" merit system legislation. We do not believe that was the intent of the legislature, nor is it in the best interest of local government. If the proposed regulations pass as written, Cass County would have no choice but to continue with two separate employment systems.. .the at-will system with local policies and local compensation and the merit system for Social Service employees with state policies and state driven compensation. kl:~ Ken Pawluk, Chairman On Behalf of the Board of Cass County Commissioners cc: Cass County Commissioners Birch Burdick, State's Attorney Kathy Hogan, Cass County Social Service Director Bonnie Johnson, Cass County Administrator Mark Johnson, North Dakota Association of Counties Terry Traynor, North Dakota Association of Counties John Walstad, Legislative Council Cass County Legislators Attachments: Exhibit A SB 2321 Exhibit B Code of Federal Regulations Exhibit C Amendments to Article 4-07 K:\BJ\ADMINISTRATIVE RULES-L TR.doc