Discuss, consider and take appropriate action regarding request of Technology Services Department to pay non-exempt staff for overtime in the total amount not to exceed $10,000 for work performed in association with the various County building projects in lieu of giving compensatory time.
 

Currently, when a non-exempt employee in the Technology Services department works overtime, they receive comp-time rather than being paid for the time worked.  Because the various building projects will require several non-exempt employees to work over some weekends and evenings -- non-business hours -- and because we can't afford to have staff out of the office any more than they are already allowed for vacation and sick leave, we would like to be able to pay them for these specific hours worked rather than give them comp-time.  We have seven employees who would be eligible to work overtime for these projects and we don't anticipate any one of them having to work more than 8 -10 hours of overtime for any one project.  Maximum overtime cost for these projects should be significantly less than $10,000, which we have available in the budget, although, when we have the exact amount, we will need to do a line item transfer to move the funds appropriately.