To: Board of Supervisors
From: Human Resources
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Adoption of Resolution Clarifying Humboldt County Elected Department Head Compensation Effective Dates
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt a Resolution Clarifying Humboldt County Elected Department Head Compensation Effective Dates.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
All County funds
DISCUSSION:
On Dec. 18, 2018, your Board adopted Resolution No. 18-137, providing for the compensation plan for elected and appointed county department heads. Later, on September 3, 2019, your board adopted Resolution No. 19-88, amending the compensation plan for elected county department heads by placing elected county department heads on the step system in the same manner as was adopted for the appointed department heads in December 2018. This action was the result of a mutual agreement between authorized representatives of the county and the elected department heads. Part of the understanding of the parties was that the anniversary dates for future step increases for elected department heads would be the date of Dec. 31, 2018, as established by the first resolution, No. 18-137. However, the current language of Res. No. 19-88 does not explicitly reflect this understanding and expectation.
The resolution before your Board makes clarifying amendments to the language of Resolution No. 19-88 to ensure the understanding of the parties is clearly reflected. As was the intent of the parties, the proposed resolution makes clear that all elected department heads employed as of Dec. 4, 2018, began accrual of the 26 pay periods towards step B as of Dec. 31, 2018. Accordingly, the step B accruals occurred in January of this year, and subsequent steps will accrue 26 pay periods from that step B increase.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is minimal financial impact associated to this Board item which only offers clarification to the resolut...
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