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POSITION ADJUSTMENT REQUEST
No.
Date:
Dept. No.
COPERS'
Department county counsel Budget Unit �No. o 3RU q.1&g. No. 17051 Agency No. 17
Action Requested: Establish new positiSn Civil Litigation Attorney-Deep Class
(Permanent) , -eff-ective JulY: 1 ; .1991 . -
Proposed Effecti# Date: 7-1-91
Explain why adjustment is needed: to provide attorney services fort in-house
tort litigation program
Classification Questionnaire attached: Yes No x
Cost is within department's budget: Yes -� NO X NO GENERAL, FUND M NIES REQUIRED)
Total one-time costs (non-salary) associateTwith tfiis request: $ 6 . 000 (approx.
Estimated total cost of adjustment (salary/be of As2lone-time):
Total Annual Cost $:fi�9 n 6 6 Net County Cost $ -a-*
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Total This FY . $ _ o N;C.C. Thi FY .. =0
Source of Funding to. Offset. Adjustment: to he funded by Liability T, ust funds)
Department must -initiate necessary appropriation adjustment • 00
and submit to: CAO. Use 'additional "sheets for further
explanations or comments. x or Ke0artment Head
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Board of Su ervisors Action Phi Batchelor, C e o the Boar . o
Adjustment APPROVED/91"Pr-RAS on SEF 4 1991 Supervisors d County Administrator
SEP 24 1991
Date: BY: f
APPROVAL OF THIS ADJUSTMENT,-.CONSTITUTES A PERSONNEL/SALARY'.RESOLUTION, AMENDMENT,.. ,
P300 (M147) 7799 (Rev. ) f
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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on Sept. 24, 1991 , by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder, Torlakson, McPeak
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Powers
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: Establishing the Deep Class )
of Civil Litigation Attorney ) Resolution No. 91/ 647
Whereas the Board of Supervisors has enacted Resolution 83/1, as amended,
referred to as the Salary Regulations, and Section 20 of that Resolution
provides for deep classes; and
The County Counsel has requested that the deep class of Civil Litigation
Attorney. be established;
It is by the Board Resolved that effective September 1 , 1991 , t e deep
class of Civil Litigation Attorney is established, with the compensation
provisions and terms and conditions of employment contained herein.
1 . Salary Range '
Compensation for the deep class of Civil Litigation Attorney is
set by the Board of Supervisors and reviewed periodically during
consideration of compensation for County management
classifications .
The following basic and advanced salary ranges corres and with
the Civil Litigation Attorney job specifications in w ich duties
and responsibilities are defined. The steps within each level
are as follows : Basic Level (Steps 1-8 ) , Standard Level
(Steps 9=16 ) and Advanced Level (Steps 17-24 ) .
SALARY SCHEDULE
LEVEL STEPS Eff. 10/1%90
(outstanding pay steps ) 24 $7 , 153
23 6 , 978
22 6 , 808
21 6, 642
Advanced Level C 20 6 ,480
19 6 , 322
18 6 , 164
17 6 , 017
16 5 , 871
15 5 , 727
Standard Level B 14 5, 588
13 5 , 451
12 5, 318
11 5 , 189
10 5,062
09 4, 939
08 4 , 818
07 4,701
06 4 ,586
Basic Level A 05 4 ,474
04 4 , 365
03 4 , 259
02 4, 155
01 4 , 053
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RESOLUTION NO. 91/ 647
Increments between steps are two and one-half percent ( 2 1/2% )
within the salary progression. For positions given Advanced
Level assignments, step 22 is the maximum salary for excellent
performance salary advancement as provided in Section 8b herein.
For positions given Standard Level assignments, step 16 is the
maximum salary for satisfactory performance. For positions given
Basic Level assignments, step 8 is the maximum salary for
satisfactory performance.
2 . Initial Appointments :
Initial appointment into the class of Civil Litigation Attorney
shall be made at any step of the salary range for the level to
which the employee is qualified and appointed, as directed by the
County Counsel, provided however, that a promotional appointment
must result in at least a five percent (5% ) salary increase, if
the salary schedule for the level to which the position is
assigned permits such an adjustment.
3 . Reassignment to a Higher Level:
A Civil Litigation Attorney who meets the minimum qualifications
for a higher level assignment may be reassigned by the County
Counsel to the higher level, and if so reassigned shall be placed
at the first salary step of the higher level irrespective of
whether or not this results in a salary adjustment of less than
five percent (5% ) . Assignment to a higher level is t e sole
prerogative of the County Counsel . As organizational or
operational needs arise, Civil Litigation Attorney positions may
be added to or deleted from higher levels .
4 . Probation:
Every initial appointment to a level and every reassignment to a
higher level is subject to a 12 month probationary period and
affirmative action by the appointing authority to confirm the
appointment or reassignment. Continued incumbency in any
Advanced Level assignment is contingent upon the incumbent
continuing to receive annual performance evaluations which are
better than satisfactory.
5 . Re-Employment:
Civil Litigation Attorneys who terminate their employment with
the County in good standing and who are subsequently ,re-employed
as a Civil Litigation Attorney within the period of their re-
employment eligibility may be appointed at the assignment level
and salary level at which they were employed at the time of their
termination provided that a vacant position exists at the former
assignment level . Said appointment will be at the first salary
step of the assignment level, unless otherwise provided for by
the appointing authority in which case employees maybe appointed
up to the salary step at which they were employed at the time of
their termination. If a vacant position does not exist at the
assignment level the employee attained at the time of termination
said employee may be appointed to a lower assignment level
position provided that a vacant position exists at that level .
6 . Definition and Application of Terms :
a . Reassignment means the movement of a position and its
incumbent, if filled, from one assignment level to another within
the deep class .
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RESOLUTION NO. 9116
b. Promotion Demotion and Transfer - for the purposes of
promotion, demotion and transfer to and from the deep class of
Civil Litigation Attorney, "salary" refers to and shall be based
on the salary range established for each of the assignment levels
within the deep class rather than on the bottom and top salary
steps of the whole deep class .
7 . Anniversary Dates :,
a . Current, Probationary and New Employees - The anniversary
date of a Civil Litigation Attorney shall be the firs, day of the
calendar month after the calendar month when the attorney
successfully completes six months full-time service.
b. Reassignment to Higher Level Position - The anniversary date
of a Civil Litigation Attorney who is reassigned to a higher
assignment level is determined as for a new employee in "a"
above .
C . Reassignment to Lower Level Position - The anniversary date
of a Civil Litigation Attorney who is reassigned from a higher
assignment level to a lower assignment level shall remain
unchanged.
8 . Salary Adjustments :
a. Merit Increments - Based upon review of each Civil Litigation
Attorney' s performance, the appointing authority may authorize a
merit increment in the salary of that Civil Litigation Attorney
effective upon the anniversary date unless deferred. Such
adjustment shall consist of an advancement of the employee's
salary by one or two steps on the salary schedule est blished for
the attorney' s assignment level . In the case of less than
satisfactory performance, and as to the Advanced Level, less than
excellent performance, the employee' s merit increment shall be
deferred until such time as the performance of the employee is
satisfactory or excellent. No merit increment shall be made
unless an affirmative recommendation to do so is made by the
appointing authority, and no provision of this section shall be
construed to make the advancement of salaries mandatory. The
appointing authority may recommend unconditional denial of the
merit increment; or make the denial subject to reviewIat some
date preceding the next anniversary date. Persons on military
leave shall receive merit increments that may accrue to them
during the period of military leave .
b. Outstanding Performance Adjustment:
If the appointing authority deems that a Civil Litigation
Attorney' s performance has been outstanding, the employee' s
salary may be advanced in any anniversary year not moire than two
steps on the appropriate salary schedule established for that
employee' s assignment level . Such adjustment may be awarded on
other than the employee's anniversary date, for outstanding merit
performance only, provided that the adjustment may not be
effective sooner than 60 days after any merit increment granted
effective on the employee's anniversary date. Any additional
step( s ) awarded to reflect Outstanding Performance shall remain
in effect for twelve months only, may be sooner terminated by the
appointing authority, and may be renewed for consecutive twelve
month periods .
C . Salary adjustments other than Outstanding Merit steps and
deferred Merit Increments shall be effective on the employee' s
anniversary date.
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RESOLUTION NO. 91/ 6 q1
9 . Demotion:
A county employee who promotes from the deep class of Civil
Litigation Attorney and is subsequently reinstated to the class
as the result of demotion or failing probation will be reinstated
to the assignment level and salary step attained prior to
promotion. Applicable rules on layoff and displacement will be
effectuated in the event a vacant position, at the assignment
level to which the employee is to be demoted, does not exist.
Whenever the demotion is the result of layoff , the salary of the
demoted employee shall be that step on the salary schedule of the
assignment level from which the employee was promoted which the
employee would have achieved had the employee remained
continuously in that position, all within range increments being
granted on the anniversary dates in the demotional position.
10 . Salary on Voluntary Demotion:
Notwithstanding Section 9 , whenever any employee voluntarily
demotes to Civil Litigation Attorney at an assignment level which
has a salary schedule lower than the class from which the
employee is demoting, the salary shall remain the same if the
steps in the new (demoted) salary schedule permit, and if not,
the new salary shall be at the highest permitted salary step
below the former salary.
11 . Salary on Transfer:
Whenever a permanent employee transfers to a Civil Litigation
Attorney position at an assignment level, the salary schedule of
which is allocated to the same salary range as the class of the
position which employee previously occupied, the employee shall
continue to be compensated at the same step of the salary
schedule .
12 . Salary on Reassignment from a Higher Assignment Level to Lower
Assignment Level :
A Civil Litigation Attorney who is reassigned from a higher
assignment level shall be placed at the step of lower assignment
level salary schedule which the employee would have achieved had
the employee remained continuously in the lower assignment level
to which reassigned.
13 . Reclassification of Position:
The salary of an employee whose position is reclassified to the
Civil Litigation Attorney deep class shall be established in
accordance with the applicable Sections of this Resolution. An
employee in a position that is reclassified from Civil Litigation
Attorney to another class on the basic salary schedule shall
receive a salary based upon the Civil Litigation Attorney salary
for his/her level and the provisions of Resolution 83/1 or other
applicable deep class resolutions or ordinances .
14 . Seniority:
The seniority of employees in the deep class of Civil Litigation
Attorney for layoff and displacement purposes shall be determined
by Personnel Management Regulations Rule 1205, provided that each
Civil Litigation Attorney assignment level shall be treated as a
separate class , incumbents of lower assignment level positions
shall be considered as not meeting the requirements for higher
assignment levels, and incumbents of higher assignment level
positions shall be considered as meeting the requirements for
lower assignment levels .
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RESOLUTION NO. 91/ 6q7
15 . Other Provisions :
a . The provisions of Resolution 83/1 and the Personnel
Management Regulations, as amended are applicable to the Civil
Litigation Attorney deep class subject to the provisions of this
Resolution.
b. Civil Litigation Attorneys must have the use of a privately
owned vehicle available during the course of their employment.
Orig. Dept: County Counsel
cc: County Administrator
Auditor-Controller
Personnel
Risk Manager
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I hereby certify that this Is a true and correct copy e
an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervi s on the ate shown. /9'?/
ATTESTED:
PHIL BATCH LOR,Clerk of t4Boarl�
Of Supervisors and County Administrator
Depu v
gY
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RESOLUTION NO. 91/6
POSITION ADJUSTMENT REQUEST
No.
Dept. No./ p�RStIDate:
COPER��
Department county counsel Budget Ung` NoY�W*g. No. 1705Agency No. 17
Action Requested: Establish new position Civil Litigation Attorney-Deep Class
( Permanent ), effective July= 1 , .1991 .
Proposed Effective Date: 7-1-91
Explain why adjustment is needed: to provide attorney services fort in-house
tort litigation program.
Classification Questionnaire attached: Yes No x
Cost is within department's budget: Yes i No .x NO GENERAL FUND MONIES REQUIRED)
Total one-time costs (non-salary) associate3 with t is request: $ 6 00 pr ox.
Estimated total cost of adjustment (salary/be efits/one-time):
Total Annual Cost$.. 6 X036^ Net County Cost $ -0-*
Total This FY $. -o N.C.C. This.FY .$. 0
Source of Funding to Offset Adjustment: ( t'o be funded by Liability Trust funds )
Department must initiate necessary appropriation adjustment
and submit to CAO. Use additional sheets for furtherso
explanations or comments. 9 -
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Reviewed by CAO and released to Personnel Department
Deputy County Administrator Date
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Personnel Department Recommendation Date: 9_5-91
Add (1}° one 40/40. Ci vi-1 Ll ti•gati an- Attorney`;po-sition at Sal-a`ry level T.S:2090
($4053-7153).
Amend Resolution 71/17 establishing positions and resolutions allocating` cIasses, to the
Basis/Exempt Salary Schedule, as described above.
Effective: 0 day following Board action.
lqql3
bar A�A
Datd.. fo ct Personnel
County Administrator Recommendation Date:
Approve Recommendation of Director of Personnel
_ Disapprove Recommendation of Director of Personnel_.
Other.:
for 'Cou'nty Administrator
Board of Supervisors Action Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Adjustment APPROVED, D on Sept. 24, 1991 Supervisors and County Administrator
Date: Sept. 24, 1991 By:
.APPROVAL OF THIS ADJUSTMENT CONSTITUTES A PERS.QNNEL/SALARY RESOLUTION AMEN MENT.
P300 (M347) 7/89 (Rev. )