HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08252015 - D.7RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Ordinance No. 2015-19, providing for a 12% salary increase for members of the Board of Supervisors,
spread over three years beginning on January 1, 2016, as recommended by the Ad Hoc Committee on Board of
Supervisors' Compensation, and limiting mileage reimbursement to out-of-district mileage.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% County General Fund. The recommended increase to base salary would result in a total increased payroll cost
of approximately $91,540, of which $22,560 is employer retirement cost. The average annual incremental cost is
$30,500.
BACKGROUND:
On February 10, 2015, the Board of Supervisors considered several options for setting Board member salaries, as
well as the possible salary level. Following its deliberations, the Board directed the County Counsel to prepare two
ordinances for possible introduction on March 3: Version A, to authorize a 7% increase to the Board of Supervisors
member salaries to the level of $104,307, and Version B, to additionally link the Board's salary level to that of 56.5%
of a Superior Court Judge's salary. The 7% increase was based on a 4% general COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment)
granted to employees on July 1, 2014 plus a 3% COLA that employees received on July 1, 2015. The Board, on
March 3, decided to introduce Version A, as Ordinance No. 2015-05, and also directed the County Administrator to
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 08/25/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
Contact: Julie DiMaggio Enea
925.335.1077
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: August 25, 2015
, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: , Deputy
cc:
D.7
To:Board of Supervisors
From:David Twa, County Administrator
Date:August 25, 2015
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Subject:ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE TO ADJUST BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COMPENSATION
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
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convene an ad hoc committee to study the Board of Supervisors' compensation. The Board's 7% salary increase
took effect on June 1, 2015.
The Ad Hoc Committee refined its study methodology over a series of nine meetings, culminating in three
recommendations, which were presented to the Board of Supervisors on July 7, 2015:
Adjust the Board of Supervisors base salary by 12% spread over three years (3.855% on January 1 of 2016,
2017, and 2018). Make no other salary adjustment until July 1, 2018 except taking any proportional
reduction by ordinance to correspond to any general county employee salary and/or benefit reduction.
1.
Eliminate intra-County mileage reimbursement for Board members, making the auto benefit “$600/mo.
plus out-of-County mileage reimbursement” only.
2.
Establish an ongoing Board of Supervisors compensation review committee, composed of impartial
citizens, to review the Board's compensation triennially. This Committee should adopt a peer county review
methodology that includes quantifying total compensation and factoring in geographic cost of living
differentials. The Board should consider using this methodology in reviewing elected department head
salaries.
3.
The Board, on July 7, approved the recommended salary adjustment (Recommendation 1) in concept but was
unable to reach agreement on the automobile benefit and future salary setting methodology (Recommendations 2
and 3), and so directed the County Administrator to return to the Board with (1) the history of the vehicle and
mileage allowance, (2) mileage reimbursement history for each Supervisor (did not specify a time period), and (3)
the cost of a fleet vehicle, including maintenance and depreciation. The County Administrator reported this
information back to the Board on July 28, at which time the Board gave direction to prepare an ordinance that:
Adjusts the Board of Supervisors base salary by 12% spread over three years (3.855% on January 1 of
2016, 2017, and 2018).
Eliminates intra-Supervisorial District mileage reimbursement for Board members, making the auto benefit
“$600/mo. plus out-of-District mileage reimbursement” only.
Ordinance No. 2015-19, attached, was prepared at the Board's direction of July 28, introduced on August 18, and
is recommended for adoption today, whereupon the ordinance would take effect in 60 days, on October 24, 2015,
with the first scheduled salary increment to be effective on January 1, 2016.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
For clarity in Section C regarding vehicle and mileage allowance, inserted the phrase "Effective January 1,
2016".
ADOPTED Ordinance 2015-19 as amended today.
ATTACHMENTS
Ordinance 2015-19