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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09241991 - 1.27 1--027 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on September 24, 1991 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder, Torlakson, McPeak NOES: hone ABSENT: Supervisor Powers ABSTAIN: None SUBJECT: In the Matter of adoption of a ) revised Engineering Technician ) RESOLUTION NO. 91/648 Deep Class Resolution ) WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has enacted Resolution 83/1, as amended, hereinafter referred to as the Salary Regulations, and Section 20 of that resolution relates to the compensation and terms and conditions of employment for deep classes, and Additional revisions to selected elements of the compensation provisions and terms and conditions of employment applicable to the deep class of Engineering Technician are necessary. IT IS BY THE BOARD RESOLVED that effective retroactive to April 1, 1990, .preceding resolution 85-237 governing this class is rescinded and superseded by the compensation provisions and terms of and conditions of employment contained herein. 1. Salam Range: The compensation for this deep class shall be set by the Board of Supervisors and is subject to review and change pursuant to meet and confer discussions with the bargaining agent. The responsibility level designations refer to the classification specification which defines the duties and responsibilities of the class and the levels therein. Increments between steps are 2-1/2%. Standard Performance and Outstanding Performance salary steps for each level are illustrated below. The Outstanding Performance Salary steps are awarded as provided in Section 12 of this resolution. Step Amount Levels 27 3646 Senior Outstanding 26. 3557 Performance Steps (26-27) 25 34 24 338 Senior Standard 23 330 Performance Steps (20-25) 22 322 21 314 ------------------------- 20 30 Journey Outstanding Performance Step (20) 19 299 18 2920 Journey Standard 17 2848 Performance Steps (14-19) 16 2779 15 2711 -------------------------- 14 26Ar, Entry Outstanding Performance Step (14) 13 25rU 12 2517 11 2456 10 2396 Entry Standard 9 2338 Performance Steps (1-13) 8 2281 7 2225 6 2171 5 2118 4 2066 3 2016 2 1967 1 19 Orig. Dept. : Personnel cc: Auditor-Controller County Administrator Public Works RESOLUTION N0. 91/648 Entry Level - Step 1 is the minimum and step 13 is the maximum base salary for positions allocated at this level . Step 14 is reserved for outstanding performance pay. Journey Level - Step 14 is the minimum and step 19 is the maximum base salary for positions allocated to this level . Step 20 is reserved for ' outstanding performance pay. Senior Level - Step 20 is the minimum and step 25 is the maximum base salary for positions allocated to this level . Steps 26 and 27 are reserved for outstanding performance pay. 2. Definition of Terms: a. Reassignment means the movement of an employee from one work level to another work level assignment within the Engineering Technician deep class within a single department or from one position to another position within the Engineering Technician deep class, regardless of level , within a single department. b. Y-Rate means the withholding of class-wide annual salary adjustment from an employee who has had his/her salary Y-rated and the placement of that Engineering Technician at the closest salary step of the new range by the appointing authority. c. Minimum Qualifications are established for each level . No person may be assigned to a position at a designated level for which they do not meet the minimum qualifications. 3. Initial Appointment: For purposes of initial appointment, the appointing authority may appoint an Engineering Technician at any base salary step of the responsibility level to which the position is assigned except that no appointment to an Entry Level position shall be made above Step 6. A promotional appointment to the class must result in at least a 5% salary increase not to exceed the maximum base salary level for the responsibility level to which the appointment is made, Additionally, a transfer appointment is subject to the limitation described in Section 9. 4. Anniversary Dates: Upon successful completion of probation, an incumbent in this deep class shall have an anniversary date assigned in accordance with provisions of the current MOU between Local 512 and the County. On the succeeding day, the incumbent shall be given a new and permanent anniversary. date of 1/1. All persons transferred or demoted to this deep class shall have their anniversary date changed to 1/1 upon their appointment. all persons re-employeed 'into this deep class shall have their anniversary date set as 1/1 of the following year upon their appointment. 5. Reemployment: An employee in this deep class who terminates service with the County in good standing and is subsequently appointed form a re-employment list to a position in the deep class within two years form the date of termination may be appointed at any step within the responsibility level to which the position is assigned, except that an appointment may not be made at an Outstanding Performance step unless the employee had been evaluated as having Outstanding Performance upon separation. 6. Short-Term Reassignment: An incumbent who is temporarily reassigned from his/her present position to a vacant position allocated to a higher responsibility level shall have their salary increased on the eleventh (11th) consecutive work day or 81st consecutive work hour of said assignment to the higher step and shall continue to receive the higher pay for the duration of the assignment. Upon termination of the assignment, the incumbent shall immediately revert to the salary step he/she would have received had he/she remained in his/her permanent assignment. Designation of short-term reassignments shall be the sole prerogative of the County. Such short-term reassignments may include, but not are limited to; backup for extended sick leave, vacation, leave of absence or special project. 7. Reassignment Within Class: a. Movement form a salary step in the Entry Level of this deep class to a salary step in the Journey Level may occur at any time and salary step placement in the Journey Level shall be based upon the evaluation of performance at the Entry Level. Movement between these levels may only occur if the incumbent is at least at step 11 and meets all minimum requirements for the higher level . Redesignations to the Journey Level will be at step 14 except that a minimum increase of at least two 2-1/2% steps (5%) must occur. Reassignment to a vacant position at the Senior Level may occur at any time. A change in the level designation of a filled position from the Journey to the Senior Level may occur at any time. Redisignatons to the Senior Level will be at step 20 except that a minimum increase of at least two 2-1/2% steps (5%) must occur. b. Designation of and assignment to Entry, Journey and Senior Levels is the sole prerogative of the County. Continued incumbency after reassignment to an increased responsibility level shall be dependent on the incumbent receiving a satisfactory performance evaluation from the appointing authority or designee at the completion of six (6) months' tenure in the assignment and continued satisfactory performance thereafter. c. An employee who is reassigned form a higher level position to a lower level Engineering Technician position for unsatisfactory performance during his/her first six (6) months at the higher level assignment shall be placed at the salary step of the lower level position which the employee was at prior to his/her reassignment, adjusted for any approved merit, increments which he/she would have received in the prior assignment. Such reassignment may be appealed only for the grounds stated in the manner provided for in Section 905 (Rejection During Probation) of the Personnel Management Regulations. d. An employee who is reassigned form a higher level position to a lower level position in accordance with provisions of Section 12 (Layoff) or Section 24 (Dismissal , Suspension or Demotion) of the current MOU between the County and Local 512 after having been at the higher assignment level for over six (6) months shall have his/her salary, at the discretion of the appointing authority, either Y-rated or placed in the appropriate salary range for the assignment at the salary step which provides for at least a 5% reduction in base salary, to the amount provided for on the salary range. e. An employee who requests reassignment and is reassigned from a higher level assignment to a lower level assignment shall have his/her salary set on the salary range for the lower level at the base step for which the salary is equal to or the next step below the salary received at the higher level . Effective upon the date of any permanent reassignments as provided for in this Section, and continuing for a period of six (6) months thereafter, the incumbent will be subject to performance review by the appointing authority or designee and may be subject to reassignment back to the level and step previously held. 8. Reclassification of Positions: The salary of an employee whose position is reclassified form any other class to this deep class shall be established in accordance with Section 3 (Initial Appointment). The salary of an employee; whose position is reclassified form Engineering Technician to another classification shall be governed by ordinances and/or resolutions governing the classification to which the employee is reclassified. 9. Transfers: A transfer form another class by an employee with permanent status to this deep class may be accomplished if both the top and bottom steps (i .e. , the whole salary range) of the employees current class are totally within the perimeters of the Engineering Technician deep class salary range (anywhere between the lowest step for the lowest level and the highest step, including any outstanding performance steps, for the highest level), or if the salary range of the deep class is totally within the perimeters of the class being transferred from, or if the top step of the salary range of the employee's class is within 5% of the top step of Engineering Technician as provided in the Personnel Management Regulations. Salary upon transfer to this deep class' will be set by the appointing .authority as described in Section 3 provided that a transferee may not be appointed at a salary step .in this deep class which exceeds by more than 5% the base salary he/she is receiving in the class form which he/she is transferring. A transfer from this deep class by an employee with permanent status to another class may be accomplished if the salary range of the class being, transferred to is totally within the perimeters of the Engineering Technician salary range, or if this deep class is totally within the perimeters of the salary range of the class being transferred to, or if the top step of this deep class is within 5% at the top step of the class being transferred to as provided in the Personnel Management Regulations, unless these provisions conflict with those in another deep class resolution, in which case the provisions of the deep class resolution for the class being transferred to shall apply. RESOLUTION NO. 91/648 V Salary upon transfer to another class from this deep class shall be set according to the ordinances or resolutions applicable to the class to which the employee is transferring. 10. Promotions: A promotion from one class to this deep class occurs when an employee is appointed to Engineering Technician from another class which hay a salary range with a top step that is below the top step (including outstanding performance steps of Engineering Technician and where a deep class transfer has not occurred. Salary on promotion to Engineering Technician will be in accordance. with applicable provisions of the Salary Regulations. A promotion from Engineering Technician to another class occurs when an. employee is appointed to another class which has a salary range with a top step that is above the top step of this deep class. Salary on promotion from Engineering Technician will be set according to the ordinances or resolutions applicable to the class to which the employee is promoting. 11. Demotions: A demotion from another class to this deep class occurs when an employee is appointed to Engineering Technician from another class whichl has a salary range with a top step that is above the top step (including outstanding performance steps) of this deep class. Salary on demotion from another class to Engineering Technician shall, be in accordance with the Salary Regulations except that no demotional appointmnt may be made at any step designated as an outstanding performance step for the responsibility level of the position except when the appointing authority determines that the demoted employee previously performed in an outstanding manner duties substantially similar to those of this deep class and level designated for the position to which demoted, in which case the appointing authority maylmake a demotional appointment at an outstanding performance step in accordance with the Salary Regulations. A demotion from Engineering Technician to another class occurs when an employee is appointed to another class which has a salary range with a top step that is below the top step of this deep class and where a deep class transfer has not occurred. Salary on demotion from Engineering Technician to another class shall be in accordance with Salary Regulations or other applicable ordinances or resolutions relating to the class to which the demotion is made. 12. Standard and Outstanding Performance Salary Review and Advancement: a. Effective 1/1/86 all permanent Entry, Journey and Senior Level employees at steps 1-13, 14-19 and 20-24 respectively will be subject to evaluation of their work performance as an Engineering Technician. Effective 1/1/87 these employees shall be eligible for salary advancement of two 2-1/2% steps for satisfactory performance and one 2-1/2% step for outstanding performance except that permanent Senior Level employees at step 25 shall be eligible for salary advancement of up to two 2-1/2% steps (26 and 27) for outstanding performance. In no case however, shall such salary advancement exceed the maximum merit step for the level to which the incumbent's position is allocated unless the employee meets the minimum qualifications for the higher level and is being reassigned upward in accordance with Section 7. b. Probationary employees in this deep class shall be eligible for salary advancement of two 2-1/2% .salary steps (5%) upon successful completion of probation and are subject thereafter to annual review on the class wide permanent anniversary date of 1/1. c. Effective 12/31/86 and on that date annually thereafter, all Engineering 'Technician Entry Level employees at merit Step 14; all Engineering Technician Journey Level employees at outstanding Step 26 and all Senior Level Engineering Technician employees at outstanding Steps 26 and 27 shall revert to steps 13, 19 and 25 respectively unless a continuing outstanding performance evaluation is awarded. d. The Department Head or designee will conduct performance evaluations annually prior to the employee's anniversary date. The performance evaluation will be based on performance of assigned functions which will be established by the Department Head or designee. If an employee receives an overall rating of below standard, the employee may be denied a salary advancement and may be held Iat the current step until re-evaluated. Such employee may also be subject to Y-rate or reduction in salary as provided in the Salary Regulations. An employee who receives an overall rating of below standard may be re-evaluated at any time during the subsequent year and, if the employee then receives a rating of standard or outstanding, the employee's salary may be adjusted in accordance with the above section. The decision of the Department Head shall be final. e. Work performance evaluations of all Engineering Technicians described in this section will utilize the rating criteria and numerical scales contained in the Engineering Technician Employee Evaluation form as attached as Attachment B. 13. Classification Documentation: Movement of positions between Journey and Senior Levels will be by written documentation subject to approval of the Personnel Department. 14. Seniority and Anniversary Dates: Seniority for employees promoted, demoted or transferred to the deep class of Engineering Technician shall be governed by appropriate provisions of the County Personnel Management Regulations and the following additional clarifying provisions for multi-level deep classes: 1) For purposes of layoff and displacement, no incumbents who occupy lower level assignment positions shall be considered as meeting the position requirements for higher level positions. 2) For purposed of layoff and displacement, incumbents in higher level positions shall be considered as meeting the position requirements for lower level assignment positions. 3) Notwithstanding (2) above, incumbents of higher level positions may not displace into positions requiring special licenses, experiences or skills, such as bilingual proficiency, unless they possess such licensed, experiences or skills. 15. Other Provisions: Except as may be changed or modified by resolution hereafter, all provisions of the Salary Regulations are applicable to the Engineering Technician deep class. I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supery rs on the date shown. ATTESTED: date 2— G. ,l PHIC&1746HELOR,Cierk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator by cam'•:._. _ - ---_ ,Deput, r.. - _ RESOLUTION NO, 91/648