HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01182011 - SD.8RECOMMENDATION(S):
CONSIDER adopting Resolution No. 2011/14 regarding the modification of employment
benefits for the County Librarian. The modifications include removing the County
Librarian's eligibility for the Vacation Buy Back benefit and reducing the County
Librarian's maximum accruals of personal holiday hours from 40 hours to 24 hours.
FISCAL IMPACT:
While providing sufficient benefits to the employee, this Resolution may result in future
reductions to the County’s long term pension liability and thus may enhance the County’s
overall fiscal stability and ability to deliver services. The Resolution eliminates the
Librarian’s ability to elect payment of up to one-third of annual vacation accruals and
reduces maximum personal holiday leave accrual. Both of these changes reduce the amount
of annual compensation that can count towards retirement compensable compensation and
may therefore have an impact on final pension benefits. After thirty years of employment,
upon retirement the Librarian would have been eligible for up to 186 hours of vacation buy
back – this recommendation reduces the eligible sale to zero.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 01/18/2011 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Ted Cwiek, (925)
335-1766
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 on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 18, 2011
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
SD. 8
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Ted Cwiek, Human Resources Director
Date:January 18, 2011
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Modification of employment benefits for County Librarian (Exception to Management Resolution 2010/514)
BACKGROUND:
Concerns have been expressed regarding certain benefits provided to unrepresented
management which may have the effect of causing the "spiking" of pension benefits. On
a case-by-case basis, the Board of Supervisors has been evaluating new hires within the
unrepresented management classifications to determine what, if any, existing
unrepresented management benefits should be conferred upon the new hires.
In keeping with that evaluation, it is recommended that the Board of Supervisors enact an
amendment to Resolution No. 2010/514, to establish the following changes in benefits for
the newly-hired County Librarian:
1. The County Librarian may accrue a maximum of twenty four (24) hours of personal
holiday credit instead of forty (40) hours.
2. The County Librarian will not be eligible for the Vacation Buy Back benefit.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The benefit cost savings resulting from the changes referred to above will be lost.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
ADOPTED Resolution No. 2011/14 to modify employment benefits for the County
Librarian, including removing the County Librarian's eligibility for the Vacation Buy
Back benefit and reduced the County Librarian's maximum accruals of personal
holiday hours from 40 hours to 24 hours.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2011/14
Management Resolution 2010/514