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FROM: Lori Gentles, Assistant County Administrator-Director of
Human Resources �� •�LP�F�' COSTA
� I n � COUNTY
DATE: December 20, 2005
SUBJECT: Ordinance No. 2005-36 Exempting Position from Merit
System
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
ADOPT Ordinance No. 2005-36, introduced December 13, 2005, exempting from the Merit
System the classification of Chief Public Communications Officer-Exempt.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no cost associated with this action.
BACKGROUND:
The newly established classification provides for a centralized internal communications and
public information capacity to address the needs of a diverse, complex and growing
community of more than one million residents. The Chief Public Communications Officer-
Exempt is a member of the Senior Staff of the County Administrator's Office and will be
responsible for interfacing with the Board of Supervisors, elected officials, media and key
officials.
RESULT OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Denial of this action results in this class not having exempt status appropriate for senior level
classes in the County Administrator's Office.
No*
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE:
<�RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION ARD COMMITTEE
�APPROVE OTHER
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SIGNATURES
ACTION OF BOR ON � 60l�� APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED � OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT
"N4 UNANIMOUS(ABSENT � ) COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
AYES: NOES: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: SHOWN. /....—
Orig. Dept: Human Resources Department ATTESTED
Cc: County Administrator JOHN SWEETEN,CL RK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY � DEPUTY
M382
M382(10/88)
ORDINANCE NO. 2005=35
(Excluding chief public communications officer-exempt from the merit system).
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows (omitting the parenthetical
footnotes from the official text of the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance
Code):
SECTION 1: Section 33-5.307 of the County Ordinance Code is amended to exclude from the
merit system the class of chief public communications officer-exempt, to read:
33-5.307 County Administrator.
(a) The county administrator is excluded and is appointed by the board of supervisors.
(b) The following positions in the county administrator's office are excluded and are
appointed by the county administrator: chief assistant county administrator; assistant
county administrator; assistant county administrator-director of human resources; labor
relations manager; manager capital facilities and debt management-exempt; executive
assistant to the county administrator-exempt, and chief public communications officer-
exempt. (Ords. 2005-36 §1, 2004-03 §1, 2002-26 §1, 97- 47 § 1,95-41 § 1, 85-7 § 21
81-7-06 -281-32 § 1[2], 80-56 § 1, 79-43 § 21 76-21, 73-9 § 3: former § 32-2.602 (8):
prior code § 2413(h): Ords. 144991444, 1289, 1209, 703 §2, 627 §2 (8-31-51): §§ 24-
4.0029 .0047 .0121 .013).
SECTION III: EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective 30 days after passage,
and within 15 days of passage shall be published once with the Aames of the supervisors
voting for and against it in the a newspaper
published in this County.
PASSED ON 7"-111w, y the following vote:
AYES: Gioia, Piepho,DeSaulnier,Glover and Uilkema
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN-41 None
ATTEST: JOHN SWEETEN, Clerk of
the Board and County Administrator
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De uty Boar air.,
[SEAL]
VLD:IdH:10rdinances*xempt%OrdinanceskCAO 2005.wpd (11/29/05)
ORDINANCE NO, 2005-36