2014/03/03 RESOLUTION SANDHILLS CTR IS SEEKING APPROVAL FROM NC STATE HR COMMISSION TO DESINATE THAT SANDHILLS HAS A HR SYS EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF THE STATE OF NC®Harnett
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NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA
HARNETT COUNTY
RESOLUTION
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Sandhills Center Area Authoritv for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse
Services. d /b /a Sandhills Center LME /MCO, is seeking approval from the North Carolina State Human
Resources Commission to designate that Sandhills Center has a human resources system equivalent to that of the
State of North Carolina:
WHEREAS. North Carolina General Statute Section 126 -I1 allows local Area Mental Health
Authorities to petition the State Human Resources Commission to allow the authority to establish an internal
system that is "substantially equivalent" to the system used by the North Carolina Office of Human Resources;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Sandhills Center may petition the State Human Resources Commission to
determine whether any portion of its personnel system meets the requirement of Chapter 126 of the State Human
Resources System of the North Carolina General Statutes; and
WHEREAS. said Sandhills Center human resources system and any substantial changes to the system
shall be approved by the State Human Resources Commission as substantially equivalent to the standards
established under G.S. Section 126 for employees of Mental Health Programs; and
WHEREAS. the staff and resources are available to Sandhills Center to maintain a substantially
equivalent human resources system in the areas of: System Portion I - Recruitment. Selection and
Advancement: and System Portion II - Classification and Compensation: and
WHEREAS, Sandhills Center seeks a determination of substantial equivalency in the areas of:
Svsteni Portion ! - Recruitment. Selection, and Advancement
3vstem Portion H - Classification and Compensation
WHEREAS, upon such determination, Sandhills Center employees shall be exempt from the provisions
of Chapter 126 relating to the approved portions of the Sandhills Center human resources system.
NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED• that the HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS approves and supports this petition from Sandhills Center to the State Human Resources
Commission to determine if the Sandhills Center human resources system meets the requirements for substantial
equivalency with the State Human Resources Act.
Adopted this the 3rd day of March, 2014.
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