HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01202015 - D.3RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Ordinance No. 2015-04 repealing Ordinance No. 2014-10, which would have adjusted the salary of the
Board of Supervisors.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The estimated cost associated with the 2014 salary ordinance is $235,000, $66,876 of which is pension cost.
BACKGROUND:
On November 4, 2014, the Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 2014-10, which amended the County
Ordinance Code to adjust salary of members of the Board of Supervisors to an annual amount equivalent to seventy
percent of Superior Court judges’ salaries and provided that, prospectively, Supervisors’ salaries would be adjusted
as necessary to maintain a base salary equivalent to seventy percent of judges’ salaries. Judge’s salaries are linked to
the salary increases of State employees.
The Supervisors' salaries had not been raised since 2007 and were the lowest in the State for urban counties, and the
second lowest for counties in the Bay Area.
On January 2, 2015, a coalition of labor organizations filed a referendum petition, calling on the Supervisors to
rescind the salary increase and, effectively, suspending the ordinance that was to have taken effect on January 3,
2015. The County Registrar of Voters advised that the petition must contain 25,407 valid signatures in order to be
deemed sufficient. The petition filed on January 2 is estimated to contain approximately 39,000 signatures but the
number of valid signatures is yet to be determined by the Elections office. The signature
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 01/20/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
Contact: JOHN GIOIA (510)
231-8686
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 20, 2015
, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: , Deputy
cc:
D.3
To:Board of Supervisors
From:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Date:January 20, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:RESCISSION OF SALARY ORDINANCE NO. 2014-10 FOR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
verification is currently in process.
In recognition of the public expression through the petition process and to avoid the expenditure of time and
resources to verify the petition signatures or hold an election on the matter, the Board will consider both
rescinding the salary adjustment ordinance.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the Board of Supervisors elect to uphold the salary adjustment ordinance and the petition is found to be
sufficient, then the Board must submit the ordinance to the voters either at a future regular or special county
election.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
Speakers: Paul Graves, District Attorneys Association; Cheryl Grover, SEIU Local 2700; Eileen Bissen,
Business Agent Local One.
ADOPTED Ordinance No. 2015-04 repealing Ordinance No. 2014-10, which would have adjusted the salary of
the Board of Supervisors; and DIRECTED staff to place an item on a February 2015 agenda to explore
options in regard to a Board salary adjustment.
ATTACHMENTS
Ordinance No. 2015-04 BOS Salary Ordinance Repeal