HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01202015 - D.4RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution No. 2015/31 approving the Side Letter between Contra Costa County and the Contra Costa
County Deputy District Attorneys' Association, modifying Section 17 "Professional Expense" of the current
Memorandum of Understanding (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2015) to allow the Auditor-Controller to issue one check for
California State Bar membership dues rather than processing individual attorney reimbursements; and AUTHORIZE
the Auditor-Controller to include specified management attorneys' 2015 State Bar dues in the same check.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No direct fiscal impact. Action is expected to reduced administrative time and expense required to process individual
checks.
BACKGROUND:
The existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorneys'
Association includes a provision for reimbursement for California State Bar membership dues. The MOU calls for
each attorney to pay their dues and then file a claim for reimbursement. Each year this process requires the
processing of eighty to ninety individual claims and checks. The District Attorney, Auditor-Controller, and Deputy
District Attorneys' Association are desirous of reducing the administrative work associated with the reimbursement
and have come to an agreement for the Auditor's Office to issue, and the District Attorney's Office to pay, the dues
directly to the State in one check. The Side Letter being considered today will authorize this action for 2015 dues.
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
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor
Contact: Lisa Driscoll, County Finance
Director (925) 335-1023
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
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: Mark Peterson, District Attorney, Robert Campbell, Auditor-Controller, Paul Graves, Deputy District Attorney, Doug MacMaster, Chief Assistant District
Attorney, Glynis Hughes, Labor Relations
D.4
To:Board of Supervisors
From:David Twa, County Administrator
Date:January 20, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:ADOPT Side Letter to amend MOU with CCC Deputy District Attorneys' Association
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
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The only represented attorney not included in this action is Deputy District Attorney Brittany Armstrong, who
paid her dues prior to this agreement being reached. Deputy District Attorney Armstrong will retain her right to
claim for individual reimbursement for the 2015 year. The terms of this Side Letter will be incorporated into the
next MOU between the County and the Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorneys' Association to include all
represented attorneys.
Additionally, this action will make the same change in process for the following unrepresented individuals:
CABRAL, Daniel1.
FLYNN, Bruce T.2.
GEORGIOU, Nancy3.
MacMASTER, Douglass C.4.
PETERSON, Mark A.5.
REDMOND, Phyllis6.
KENSOK, Thomas J.7.
KNOX, Mary8.
Unrepresented Senior Deputy District Attorney Steve Moawad, who paid his dues prior to this agreement, will
retain his right to claim for individual reimbursement for the 2015 year.
Bar dues for 2015 are $430, however only $380 of that amount is reimbursable from the County. The Auditor-
Controller will prepare one check in the amount of thirty-six thousand one hundred dollars ($36,100) to the State
Bar of California for 2015 membership dues, thirty-three thousand sixty dollars ($33,060) for the eighty-seven
attorneys listed in the Side Letter and three thousand forty dollars ($3,040) for the eight individuals listed above.
The Office of the District Attorney will process payment and any required documentation to the State Bar of
California by January 30, 2015.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Eligible members of the Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorneys Association will continue to request and
receive individual reimbursement for State Bar dues.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2015/31
Side Letter with DDAA dated January 13, 2015