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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
December 14, 1982
Adopted this Order on --------·----------, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors PovTers, Fahden, Schroder, Torlakson, McPeak.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None ·
ABSTAIN: None·
SUBJECT:
In the Matter of Revision to ) RESOLUTION NO. 82/ 1449
the Pay and Performance )
Evaluation Plan for the Deep )
Class of Deputy District Attorney)
1. The Board of Supervisors having enacted Resolution No. 81/581 relating
to the establishment of deep classes and to the terms and conditions
of employment therein, and;
The Board of Supervisors having adopted Resolution 81/1388 effective
December 1, 1981 establishing the Deputy District Attorney deep class;
BE IT BY THE BOARD RESOLVED that effective January 1, 1983 the following revised
compensation provision and terms and conditions of employment are applicable for
the deep class of Deputy District Attorney:
2. Salary Ran ge
The compensation in the class of Deputy District Attorney is set by the
Board of Supervisors and reviewed periodically during consideration of
compensation for County management: classifications.
The following Leve l desi gnations, Experienced Level (A) and Sp ec ialized
Assignment Level (B), r efer to the Deputy District Attorney job speci-
fication in which the duties a nd responsibilities of each Level are defined
and designate the steps within eaeh Level. Increments between steps are
five percent (5%) within the basie salary progression and two and one-half
(2.5%) at the outsta nding performance level.
Level
Specialized
Assignment
(B)
Experience d
(A)
Steps
5
4
3
2
1
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Outstandin_g
Outsta ndin_g
St e p B3 is the maximum base salary step for Level Band St e p s B4 a nd BS are
reserved for Outstanding Merit Performance salary advancement as provided in
Section lOB herein. Step AS is the ma x imum base salary step for Level A and
Steps A6 and A7 are reserved for Outsta nding Merit Performance salary advancement
as provided in Section 1 0B here in.
RESOLUTION NO. 82 /1449
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7.
Initial Appointments
The init:ial appointment of a Deputy District Attorney shall be made at
the first step of the salary schedule for the Experienced Level, provided,
however, that a promotiona.L appointment to Depucy Districc Atcorney must
result in at least a five percent {5%) salary increase, provided the salary
schedule permits such an adJustment. Deputy District Attorneys are expected.
to have access to a privately owned vehicle which may be used during the course
of their employment.
Specialized Assignments
A Deputy District Attorney who meets the minimum qualifications of the
Specialized Assignment Level and iB assigned by the appointing authority
to a Specialized Assignment position on a permanent basis shall be placed
at Step 1 of Level B irrespective of whether or not this results in a salary
adjustment of less than five percent (5%). Designation of an assignment to
positions appropriate for Specialized Assignment compensation is the sole
prerogative of the County. As additional organization or operational needs
arise, Deputy District Attorney positions may be added to or deleted from
the Specialized Assignment Level. Continued incumbency in any Specialized
Assignment shall be dependent on the incumbent receiving a satisfactory per-
formance evaluation from the appointing authority or his/her designee im-
mediately preceding completion of Hix months tenure in the assignment and
annually thereafter.
Temporary Short-Term Reassignment
A Deputy District Attorney who is temporarily reassigned from a position at
the Experienced Level to a vacant position in the Specialized Assignment
Level shall have his/her salary increased on the twenty-first (21st) day of
said assignment to Step 1 of Level Band shall continue to receive this pay
for the duration of the assignment.. A Deputy District Attorney at salary
step A6 or A7 who is so reassigned shall be placed at salary step B2 and
shall continue to receive this pay for the duration of the assignment. Upon
termination of the assignment, the incumbent shall immediately revert to the
salary step he/she would have recei ved ahd he/she remained in his/her perma-
m~nt assignment. Designation of temporary short-term reassignments shall be
the sole prerogative of the County .. Short-term reassignments may include,
but are not limited to: backup for a Deputy District Attorney on extended
s:ick leave, vacation, or leave of absence.
Re-Employment
Deputy District Attorneys who terminate their employment with the County in
good standing and who are subsequently re-employed as a Deputy District At-
torney within two years from the d a te of termination may be appointed at the
level at which they were employed at the time of their termination provided
that a vacant position exists at that level. Said appo.intment will be at the
first salary step of the appropriate schedule, unless otherwise provided for
by the appointing authority or desi.gnee in which case employees may be ap-
pointed up to the salary step of the level at which they were employed at the
time of their termination. If a vacant position does not e x ist at the level
the employee attained at the time of his/her terminat i on said employee may
be appointed to a lower level position provided that a vacant position e x ists
at that level.
Definitions and Application of Terms
(a) Reassignment means the movement from one work level to another
within the deep class or from one work level position to another
work level positi on wi thin the deep c l ass.
(h) Promotion, Demotion, and Tr ansfer -For the purposes of promotion,
demotion and transfer to and from the deep class of Deputy District
Attorney, salary refers to and shall be based on the salary estab-
lised for each of the levels within the whole deep classification
rather than on the bottom a nd top salary steps of the whole deep
cla s s .
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8. Anniversary Dates
(a) Current Probationary and New Employees. The anniversary date of an
employee having probationary status in one of the aforementioned
classifications as of the effective date of this resolution and all
new employees appointed at the first salary step shall be the first
day of the calendar month a.fter the calendar month when he/she suc-
cessfully completes six months full time service, except that when
he/she began work on t h e first regularly scheduled workday of the
month for his/her position which was not the first calendar day that
month, the anniversary is the first day of the calendar month when
he/she successfully completes :,ix months full time service.
(b) Reassignment to Higher Level Position. The anniversary date of a
Depu t y District Attorney who i::; assigned to a Specialized Assignment
Level position is determine:d as for a new employee in (a) above.
(c) Reassignment to Lower Level Position. The anniversary date of a Deputy
District Attorney who is reassigned from Specialized Assignment to
Experienced Level shall remain unchanged.
9. Performance Evaluation
The performance of each Deputy District Attorney shall be reviewed and
eva luated by the appointing a uthority or designee on or before the employee's
anniversary date and annually thereafter.
10. Salary Adjustment
(a) Based upon a review of each Deputy District Attorney's performance
the appointing authori t y may authorize an adjustment in the salary
of that Deputy District Attorney, e x cept in cases where an employee
is already at the maximum salary step of the salary schedule for his/
her level. In the case of sati sfactory performance such adjustment
shall consist of an advancement: of the employee's salary by one (1)
step on the appropriate salary schedule established for that level for
the c lass of Deputy District Attorney. In the case of less tha t satis-
factory performance, the employee's salary sha ll be held until such
time a s the performance of the employee is satisfa ctory. No s alary
adjustment shall be made unles8 an affirmative recommendation to do
so is made by the appoi nting authority or designee, and no provision
of this section shall be construed to make the adjustment of salaries
mandatory on the County. The appointing authority may recommend un-
conditional denial of the increment; or make the denial subject to
review a t some date preceding the nex t anniversary. The salary o f ·
employees who are on l e ave of a.bs e nce f r om their pos itions on a ny
anniversary date and who have not been absent from their positions
on leave without: pay more than six (6) months during the ir anniversary
year preceding the review d a te shall be reviewed on the anniversary
date . Employees on stipendia ry educational leave are e x cluded from
the above six (6) month limita tion. Persons on mi lita Ty lea ve sha ll
r e cei v e anni versary incre me nts tha t may a ccr u e to them during the
p eriod o f milit a ry leav e .
(b) In cases where the employee is a t the ma x imum salary step of the Level
to which his/her position is assigned (i.e. A5 or B3) the appointing
authority ma y award add i tion a l Outsta nding Merit Performa nce salary
steps of 2 .5% in the s ame manner a s desc r ibe d in (a ) a bove . Any a dd i -
tional s t ep a warded t o reflect Out sta nding Per forma nce shall remain i n
effect until termina t e d by the appointing aut hority. 0utstanding Merit
Performance Steps A6 and B4 a re effective January 1, 1983. Outstandi ng
Me rit Performance Steps A7 and BS are effective July 1, 1983.
(c) Salary adjustments for a Deputy Distr ict Attorn ey shal l b e effective
on t h e e mp loy e e 's anniv e rsary date .
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11. Salary on Re-assignment From the Experienced Level to the Specialized
Assignment Level
An employee who is reassigned on a permanent basis from an Experienced Level
position to a position at the Specialized Assignment Level shall be eligible
for a one (1) step salary adjustment after successfull completion of six (6)
months full time service. Said adjustment shall be effective on the employee's
anniversary date in accordance with 8(b) above. After the initial salary ad-
justment referenced above, an employee will be eligible for another salary
adjustment on a.n annual basis.
12. Salary on Demotion
A County employee who promotes from Deputy District Attorney and is subsequently
reinstated to the class as the result of demotion or failing probation will be
reinstated to the level he/she attained prior to promotion. Applicable rules on
layoff and displacement will be effectuated in the event a vacant position, at
the level to which the employee is to be demoted, does not exist. An employee
who demotes to Deputy District Attorney shall have his/her salary reduced on
the appropriate salary schedule to the monthly salary step of Deputy District
Attorney which is next lower than the salary he/she received before demotion.
In the event this decrease is less than five percent (5), the employee's salary
shall be adjusted to the step on the appropriate salary schedule that is five
percent (5%) less than the next lower step, if the schedule permits such adjust-
ment. Whenever the demotion is the result of layoff, the salary of the demoted
employee shall be that step on the applicable salary schedule which he/she would
have achieved had h,e/she remained continuously in the position to which he/she
has been demoted, all within range on the anniversary dates in the demotional
class. If the demotion is a result of a failure of probation, the employee
shall be placed at the level and salary step he/she was at prior to being
promoted.
13. Salary on Voluntary Demotion
Notwithstanding Section 12 above, whenever any employee voluntarily demotes to
Deputy District Attorney at a level which has a salary schedule lower than the
class from which the employee is demoting, his/her salary shall remain the same
if the steps in the new (demoted) Balary schedule permits, and if not, his/her
n ,ew salary shall be at the step next below his/her former salary.
14. Salary on Transfer
Whenever a permanent employee moves to a Deputy District Attorney position at
a work level, the salary schedule of which is allocated to the same salary range
as is the class of the position which the employee previously occupied, the
employee shall continue to be compensated at the same step of the salary schedule
to which the classes are allocated,.
15. Salary on Reassignment from a Specialized Assignment Position to an Experienced
Level Position
An employee who is reassigned from a Specialized A$signment Level position to a
position at the Experienced Level Bhall be placed on that step of salary schedule
A which he/she would have achieved had she/he remained continuously in the Ex-
perienced Level position to which i::he/he has been reassigned.
16. Reclassif ication of Position.
The salary of an employee whose pos:ition is reclassified from a class on the
basic salary schedule to the Deputy District Attorney classification shall be
established in accordance with the applicable sections of this resolution.
An employee's salary who is in a position that is reclassified from Deputy
District Attorney to another class on the basic salary schedule shall be
determined based upon the Deputy District Attorney salary schedule for his/her
level and the provisions of Resolution 81/581 or other applicable d eep class
resolutions or ordinances.
17. Seniority
An employee's seniority for layoff and displacement purposes in the deep
class of Deputy District Attorney shall be determined by adding (a) his/her
length o f service in o ther classes at the same o r h igher salary levels as
determined by the salary schedule in effect at the time of layoff and by
adding (b) his/her length of service in the abandoned classes of Deputy District
Attorney III and IV to other service described in (a) above. Employees re-
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allocated to a deep class because the duties of the position occupied are
appropriately described in the deE:p class shall carry into the deep class
the seniority accrued or carried forward in the former class and seniority
accrued in other classes which haye been included in the deep class. Service
for layoff and displacement purposes includes only the employee's last con-
tinuous permanent County employment.
Other rules affecting seniority are contained in the Personnel Management
Regulations. Additionally,
(a) For purposes of layoff and displacement, no incumbents who
occ:.upy lower level assignment positions shall be considered
as meeting the position n~quirements for higher level positions.
(b) For purposes of layoff and displacement, incumbents in
higher level positions shall be considered as meeting
the position requirements for lower level assignment
positions.
(c) Notwithstanding (b) above, incumbents of higher level
positions may not displace into positions requiring
special licenses, experiences or skills, such as bi-
lingual proficiency, unless they possess such licenses,
experiences or skills.
18. Other Provisions
The provisions of Resolution 81/581 are applicable except those provisions
which hereinafter may be modif:led by resolutions.
Orig . Dept.: Personnel
c c: Administrator
Aud itor-Contr o ller
County Counsel
District Attorney
I hereby certify 1hat this Is a tme and correct copy of
an action tarffm !lll1d ~n'!er,;i,d cm !:he mim.1tes of the
Board oi Supe-v-1,1i~r~ en the da~e. Lthown.
ATTESTEf.k -~--~~' /98<?,. ,,
.u=t outiK)rl, COLI [l,ffY CUERK
and ~ii il'.illfic!a Clerk o'i the Board
By {J 1Jr~ , Deputy
RESOLUTION NO. 8 2 / 14l~9
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