Vote: approved

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24. EMPLOYEE AWARDS FOR REWARDING IDEAS PROGRAMS Authorize and approve the employee awards from the Rewarding Ideas Program in the amount of $7,716 and present awards on March 30, 2011. The Rewarding Ideas Merit Award Board met on February 16, 2011, and approved and recommended the employee awards. (C-20-11-047-M-00)

Vote: approved

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5. EMPLOYEE AWARDS FOR REWARDING IDEAS PROGRAMS Present the following employees awards from the Rewarding Ideas Program: Robert Stratman $1,250 and Bryan Hare, $1,250 , Environmental Services —Identified an inspection service provided by the Environmental Health Division in which revenues were not being collected to cover the cost of providing the service. A new inspection fee was proposed and approved by the Board of Supervisors in June 2010, effective August 1, 2010. Through January 2011, an additional $241,290 has been collected and is forecasted to provide the department between $400,000 and $500,000 of additional revenue annually. Christopher Johnson, $2,500 : Elections —Proposed the idea to use the National Change of Address process as a tool to acquire bad and invalid address data from the Post Office. With this data, the Elections Department can send a reduced rate mailing prior to an election to verify known bad or invalid addresses, using the data to mail approximately 125,000 reduced rate notification letters per year at .50 per piece. The new process cost the county $67,000 per year. Not using the NCOA data, annual costs to the county would be $390,000 for the Early Voting balloting materials to update invalid or out of date voter address data. Resulted in a tangible savings of $323,000. Tony Del Sol, $1,250, and Mark Clark $1,250 : MCDOT —Proposed and designed reusable Raised Pavement Markers covers, which enabled MCDOT to substantially reduce the cost for existing plastic covers. Recommendation was adopted and is currently utilized during Preservative Seal Application on county roadways. The steel covers are reusable, unlike the plastic covers which had to be disposed after each use. Resulted in tangible cost savings of $22,720. Mike Kay, $216, Clerk of Superior Court —Identified a process to secure the exhibit closet key, court seal, and various court stamps by using existing rolling top covers rather than procuring two-drawer, locking file cabinets to secure the items. The new process resulted in a tangible savings of $1,078. (C-20-11-047-M-00)