To: Board of Supervisors
From: District Attorney
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Advanced Salary Step Request for Deputy District Attorney Joel Buckingham and Candace Myers (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve a step increase for Joel Buckingham, Deputy District Attorney IV (class 0602, position 13) from Step D (range 525) for the advance to Step E (range 525) and the effective date for the advance to Step E is Dec. 30, 2018, pursuant to Section 7 of the Humboldt County Salary Resolution (4/5 vote required) and;
2. Approve a step increase for Candace Myers, Deputy District Attorney III (class 0602, position 03) from Step C (range 492) for the advance to Step E (range 492), and the effective date for the advance to Step E is December 30, 2018, pursuant to Section 7 of the Humboldt County Salary Resolution (4/5 vote required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Measure Z budget 1100 295, District Attorney
General fund budget 1100 205, District Attorney
DISCUSSION:
Joel Buckingham was hired in December 2017 at Deputy District Attorney IV, (class 0602, salary range 521, step C). He joined the Office with over 11 years experience as a prosecutor. Since joining the office he has taken on a very high number of homicide cases as well as providing assistance and supervision to other Deputy District Attorneys in the Office. The request to move this employee to the top step Deputy District Attorney IV position is an effort to fairly compensate Mr. Buckingham for his experience and the level of work he has very successfully taken on.
Candace Myers was hired in September 2015 at Deputy District Attorney I, (class 0602, salary range 408, step E). She joined the office with over a year of experience as a prosecutor. Since joining the office she has taken on a very high number of domestic violence, elder abuse and fraud cases as well as providing assistance to other Deputy Distr...
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