HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 10031989 - 89-640 1-036
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on October 3 19,019 by the following vote:
AYES: S>>pervisors Powers , Fanden, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
In the Matter of Updating. Deep
Class Provisions for the Class Resolution No. 89/ 640
of Family Support Collections Officer
WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors has enacted Resolution 83/1 as amended,
referred to as the Salary Regulations, and Section 20 of that Resolution
relates to the compensation and terms and conditions of employment in deep
classes; and
WHEREAS the deep class of Family Support Collections Officer created via
Resolution 81/154 in February 1981 has been subject to various changes making
update to certain provisions in that Resolution appropriate; NOW THEREFORE:
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RESOLVES THAT:
1. . All provisions of Resolution 81/154 are rescinded effective September 1,
1989 and are replaced by this Resolution which relates to the terms and
conditions of employment in the deep class of Family Support Collections
Officer.
2. Salary Range Compensation in the class of Family Support Collections
Officer shall be based on the following schedule:
Level Salary Schedule Step Monthly Hourly
P.I. Rate
5 $2580 $15.63
Specialized C5-1542 4 $2457 $14.89
Assignment - C 3 $2340 $14.18
(SMTA) 2 $2229 $13.50
1 $2123 $.12.86
5 $2270 $13.75
Journey C5-1414 4 $2162 $13.10
Assignment - B 3 $2059 $12.48
(SMVB) 2 $1961 $11.88
1 $1868 $11.32
5 $1990 $11.48
Entry/Experienced C5-1282 4 $1895 $10.93
Assignment - A 3 $1805 $10.41
(SMWF) 2 $1719 $ 9.92
1 $1637 $ 9.44
RESOLUTION NO, 89/640
3. Part-Time Compensation. A Family Support Collections Officer working
Permanent Part-Time shall be paid a monthly salary in the same ratio to
the full-time monthly rate to which the employee would be entitled as a
full-time Family-Support Collection Officer as the number of hours per
week in the part-time employee's work schedule bears to the number of
hours in the full-time schedule. Other benefits to which the employee is
entitled shall be assigned on the same pro-rata basis. If the employment
is periodic and irregular (permanent-intermittent) , depending on
departmental requirements, payment for hours worked shall be made at 'the
hourly rate and step established for the work level (hereinafter referred
to as level ) to which the employee has been assigned.
4. Compensation for Portion of Month. Any Family Support Collections Officer
who works less than any full calendar month, except when on earned
vacation or authorized sick leave, shall receive as compensation for
his/her services an amount which is in the same ratio to the established
monthly rate as the number of days worked is to the actual working days in
such Family Support Collections Officer's normal work schedule for the
particular month; but if the employment is intermittent, compensation
shall be on an hourly basis.
5. Permanent new Appointment. A Family Support Collections Officer will
be appointed at step 1 of Schedule A with the exception that new Family
Support Collections . Officer with Family Support Collections Officer
experience in a California County may be appointed within Schedule A at
the appointing authority's discretion, up to the maximum step shown for
each amount of experience in the table below:
at least 6 months experience. . . . . . Step 2 of Schedule A
at least 1 year experience . . . . . . . Step 3 of Schedule A
at least 2 years experience . . . . . . Step 4 of Schedule A
at least 3 years experience . . . . . . Step 5 of Schedule A
So that incumbent employees with equivalent experience are not paid at a
lesser salary step than newly hired employees with the same experience,
when the appointing authority appoints a new Family Support Collections
Officer at above the first step of Schedule A, the experience of currently ,
employed Family Support Collections Officers at lower steps on the Family
Support Collections Officer - Schedule A salary range will be reviewed
according to the same experience-step table shown above, with the
exception of any employee who has had his/her last merit increment denied
or had a special review date set.
If a currently employed Family Support Collections Officer, not excluded
above, has experience equal to that required for initial appointment to a
step, ' the incumbent's step placement will be changed to equal the step
maximum for his/her experience effective on the first of the month
following the appointment unless the appointment is on the first work day
of the month, in which case the step placement change will be 'effective
the first of that month. At the time of the step placement change, the
employee's anniversary date will be changed to 6 months from the effective
date of the step change if the step was changed to step 2, or 1 year from
the effective date of the step change if the step was changed to step 3,
4, or 5.
6. Journey Level Assignments. A Family Support Collections Officer , at the,
entry/experienced level who meets the minimum qualifications for a journey
level assignment and is assigned by the appointing authority to perform
the duties of a journey level assignment on a permanent basis shall be
placed at the salary step in Schedule B which is next higher than the rate
he/she was receiving in Schedule A. In the event this step is less than
five percent, the employee's salary shall be adjusted to the step in
Schedule B which is not less than five percent greater than the next
higher step if the new range permits such adjustment. Designation of an
assignment to the journey level is the sole prerogative of the County.
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7. Specialized Assignment. A Family Support Collections Officer who meets
the minimum qualifications of the specialized assignment level and is
assigned by the appointing authority to a specialized assignment position
on a permanent basis shall be placed at the salary step in Schedule C
which is next higher than the rate he/she was receiving prior to the
assignment. In the event this step is less than five percent, the
employee's salary shall be adjusted to the step in Schedule C which is no
less than five percent greater than the next higher step if the new range
permits such adjustment. Designation of an assignment to positions
appropriate for specialized assignment compensation is the sole
prerogative of the County. Continued incumbency in any of the above
specialized assignments shall be dependent on the incumbent receiving a
satisfactory performance evaluation from the appointing authority or
designee at the, completion of six months tenure in the assignment and
annually thereafter.
8. Re-employment. Family Support Collections Officers who terminate their
service with the County in good standing and are subsequently re-employed
as a Family Support Collections Officer within two years from the date of
termination may be appointed at the level at which they were employed at
the time of their termination provided that a vacant position exists at
that level . Said appointment will be at the first salary step of the
appropriate schedule, unless otherwise provided for by the appointing
authority or designee in which case employees may be appointed up to the
salary step of the level at which they were employed at the time of their
termination. If a vacant position does not exist at the level the
employee attained at the time of his/her termination said employee may be
appointed to a lower level position provided that .a vacant position exists
at the level .
9. Definitions and Application of Terms.
(a) Reassignment means the movement from one work level to another within
the deep class or from one work level position to another work level
position within the deep class.
(b) Promotion, Demotion, and Transfer. For the purpose of promotion,
demotion and transfer to and from the deep class of Family Support
Collections Officer, salary refers to and shall be based on the
lettered- salary sub-schedule established for each of the work levels
within the whole deep classification rather than on the bottom and
top salary steps of the whole deep class.
(c) Y-Rate means the withholding of a class-wide annual salary
adjustment from an individual who has had his/her salary y-rated.
10. Anniversary Dates.
Anniversary dates for employees initially appointed to the class of Family
Support Collections Officer and incumbents in the class having step
placement adjusted under provisions of Section 5 above shall be set as
described below to allow both experienced and non-experienced empl-ogees to
progress through the salary range steps with similar timing of merit
reviews based upon acquired experience:
(a) The anniversary date of an employee initially appointed to the class
of Family Support Collections Officer at Steps 1 or 2 shall be the
first day of the calendar month after the calendar month when he/she
successfully completes six (6) months full-time service, except that
when he/she began work on the first regularly scheduled workday of
the month for his/her position which was not the first calendar day
that month, the anniversary is the first day of the calendar month
when he/she successfully completes six (6) months full-time service.
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(b) The anniversary date of an employee initially appointed to the class
of Family Support Collections Officer at steps 3, 4 or 5 shall be the
first day of the calendar month after the calendar month when he/she
successfully completes twelve (12) months full-time service, except
that when he/she began work on the first regularly scheduled workday
of the month for his/her position which was not the first calendar
day that month, the anniversary is the first day of the calendar
month when he/she successfully completes twelve (12) months full-time
service.
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(c) The anniversary date of an incumbent employee who has had his/her
step placement adjusted in accordance with Section 6 above due to
advanced placement of a new employee shall have his/her anniversary
date changed in accordance with paragraphs (a) or (b) above as
appropriate.
(d) Reassignment to Higher Level Position. The anniversary date of a
Family Support Collections Officer who is assigned to a journey or
specialized assignment levelposition shall remain unchanged.
(e) Reassignment to Lower Level Position. The anniversary date of a
Family Support Collections Officer who is reassigned from a higher
level position to a lower level position (e.g. from specialized
assignment to journey level ) shall remain unchanged.
(f) Demotion. The anniversary of a Contra Costa County Employee who
demotes to the class of Family Support Collections Officer is the
first day of the calendar month after the calendar month when the
demotion became effective.
(g) Transfer. The anniversary date of an employee who transfers to the
class of Family Support Collections Officer remains unchanged.
(h) Re-employment. The anniversary of an employee appointed from a
re-employment list is determined as for a new Family Support
Collections Officer in (a) or (b) above.
11. Performance Evaluation. The performance of each Family Support
Collections Officer shall be reviewed and evaluated by the appointing
authority or designee on or before the employee's anniversary date and
annually thereafter.
12. Salary Adjustment.
(a) Based upon a review of each Family Support Collections Officer's
performance the appointing authority may authorize and adjustment in
the salary of that Family Support Collections Officer except in cases
where an employee is already at the maximum salary step (step 5) of
the salary schedule for his/her level . In the case of satisfactory
performance such adjustment shall consist of an advancement of the
employee's salary by one (1) step on the salary schedule established
for that level of the class of Family Support Collections Officer.
In the case of less than satisfactory performance, the employee's
salary shall be held until such time as the performance of the
employee is satisfactory. No salary adjustment shall be made unless
an affirmative recommendation to do so is made by the appointing
authority or designee and no provision of this section shall be
construed to make the adjustment of salaries mandatory on the County.
The appointing authority may recommend unconditional denial of the
increment or denial subject to review at some specified date before
the next anniversary.
The salary of employees who are on leave of absence from their
positions on any anniversary date and who have not been absent from
their positions on leave without pay more than six (6) months during
their anniversary year preceding the review date shall be reviewed on
the anniversary date. Employees on stipendiary educational leave are
excluded from the above six month limitation., Persons on military
leave shall receive anniversary increments that may accrue to them
during the period of military leave.
(b) Effective Date. Adjustments to a Family Support Collections
Officer's salary shall be effective on the employee's anniversary
date.
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13. Salary on Promotion. A County employee who is promoted to a Family
Support Collections Officer position from a class allocated to a lower
salary range than the Schedule A salary range for Family Support
Collections Officer, shall receive the salary on Schedule A which is next
higher than the rate he/she was receiving before promotion.. In the event
this increase is less than five percent, the employee's salary shall be
adjusted to the step in Schedule A which is no less than five percent
greater than the next higher step, if the Schedule A range permits such
adjustment.
14. Salary on Demotion. A County employee who promotes from Family Support
Collections Officer and is subsequently reinstated to the class as the
result of demotion or failing probation will be reinstated to the level
he/she attained prior to promotion. Applicable rules on layoff and
displacement will be effectuated in the event a vacant position, at the
level to which the employee is to be demoted, does not exist. When the
employee demotes to a level of Family Support Collections Officer which
has a salary schedule lower than the class from which the employee is
demoting, he/she shall have his/her salary reduced to the monthly salary
step of Family Support Collections Officer which is next lower than the
salary he/she received before demotion. In the event this decrease is
less than five (5) percent, the employee's salary shall be adjusted to the
step on the appropriate salary schedule that is five percent less than the
next lower step, if the schedule permits such adjustment. Whenever the
demotion is the result of layoff, the salary of the demoted employee shall
be that step on the applicable salary schedule which he/she would have
achieved had he/she remained continuously in the position to which he/she
has been demoted, all within range on the anniversary dates in the
demotional class. If the demotion is a result of a failure of probation
the employee shall be placed at the level and salary step he/she was at
prior to being promoted.
15. Salary - On Voluntary Demotion, Notwithstanding Section 17 below,
whenever any employee voluntarily demotes to Family Support Collections
Officer at a level which has a salary schedule lower than the class from
which the employee is demoting, his/her salary shall remain the same if
the steps in the new (demoted) salary schedule permits, and if not,
his/her new salary shall be set at the step next below his/her former
salary.
16. Salary - On Transfer. Whenever a permanent employee moves to a Family
Support Collections Officer position at a work level , the salary schedule
of which is allocated to the same salary range as is the class of the
position which the employee previously occupied, the employee shall
continue to be compensated at the same step of the salary schedule/range
to which the classes are allocated.
17. Salary on Re-assignment from a Specialized Assignment Position to a Lower
Level ; Position. An employee who is reassigned from a specialized
assignment level position to a lower level Family Support Collections
Officer position during his/her first six (6) months at the specialized
assignment level shall be placed at the salary step of the lower level
position which the employee was at prior to his/her reassignment. An
employee who is reassigned from a specialized assignment level position to
a lower level position after having been at the specialized assignment
level for over six (6) months shall have his/her salary held (y-rated.)
until said salary is equal to or exceeded by a step on Salary Schedule B.
Said employee will then be placed on Salary Schedule B at the step which
is closest to his/hery-rated salary. If the employee's y-rated salary
falls exactly between two steps in Schedule B the employee's salary will
be set at the lower step.
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18. Reclassification of Position. The salary of an employee whose position is
reclassified from a class on the basic salary schedule to the Family
Support Collections Officer classification shall be established in
accordance with the applicable sections of this resolution. An employee's
salary who is in a, position that is reclassified from Family Support
Collections Officer to another class on the basic salary schedule shall be
determined based upon the Family Support Collections Officer's work level
salary schedule and the provisions of Division 36 of the County Ordinance
Code or other applicable deep class resolutions or ordinances.
19. Seniority. An employee's seniority for layoff and displacement purposes
in the deep class of . Family Support Collections Officer shall be
determined by adding (a) his/her length of service in other classes at the
same . or higher salary levels as determined by the salary schedule in
effect at the time of layoff and by adding (b) his/her length of service
in the classes of Collection Services Assistant I, Collection Services
Assistant II and Collection Services Officer to other service described in
(a) above. Service for layoff and displacement purposes includes only the
employee's last continuous permanent County employment.
Other rules affecting seniority are contained in the Rules and Regulations
of the County Civil Service Commission.
20. Other Provisions. Except as may be changed or modified by resolution
hereafter, all provisions of the Salary Regulations are applicable to the
deep class of Family Support Collections Officer.
I hereby certify that this Is a true and correct copy of
an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors date shown.
ATTESTED: 3 1gAq
PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County Administrator
9y --- ,Deputy
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Personnel 2nd fl
Personnel 3rd fl
District Attorney
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