Vote: approved

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29. EXEMPTION TO THE POST EMPLOYMENT (RETIREMENT) HEALTH PLAN ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM-PUBLIC DEFENDER Approve an exemption to the Post Employment (Retirement) Health Plan Enhancement Program (RHEP), approved by the Board on March 16, 2009 and allow Legal Secretary position 00012834 to remain an active position in the Office of the Public Defender. The Office of the Public Defender requests an exemption to the RHEP requirement that positions vacated as a result of program participation be inactivated. Due to the impending retirement of a Legal Secretary the department will achieve additional budgeted savings for FY 2009-10. Hiring a less experienced Legal Secretary to replace the retiring Legal Secretary will result in approximately $9,144 in savings. Since the Office of the Public Defender has already achieved $1,520,319 in budgetary reductions in the General Fund for FY 2010, no further reductions are required at this time. (C-52-09-005-M-00)