HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011969 - 69-217 IN THE B0ARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of County �
Compensation Policy. � RESOLUTION NUMBER 691217
WHEREAS the Contra Costa Counter Board of Supervisors
adapted a Compensation Policy dated April 12, 1960; and
AREAS that Compensation Policy was amended by Resolution
Number 1074, July 24, 1962; and
WHEREAS current developments, inclusive of amendments to
Government Code Sections 3500 - 3509 effective January 1, 1969,
necessitate further amendment of the Compensation Policy;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that said policy 'is revised
to read as follows
'tContra Costa County Compensation Practices
shall be reviewed once each year in accordance
with a schedule which will provide for adoption
of adjustments' effective at the start of the
new fiscal year. Interim adjustments will be
considered only in emergency situations as deter-
rained by the Board of Supervisors Prevailing
practice for similar employments in the labor
markets from which the county recruits employees
in the various occupational fields shall be the
primary guide in determining the countyts compen-
sation practices. It is the county's policy to
oonpensa.te its svployments at a level which will
attract and retain well-qualified workers.
Prevailing practice is defined :as the prat-
tce most commonly followed by other employersboth
private and public, whose employment conditions
are similar to the county's. The Office of the
County Administrator shall be responsible for the
data compilation and evaluations bearing on the
determination of prevailing practice and, labor
markets.
Prevailing practice will be the primary'_ guide
in determining the compensation level of worker
and journeyman classes. In supervisory' and manage-
ment classes internal relationships which give
appropriate compensation recognition to the level
of duties and responsibilities will be the primary
objective. Proper recognition of levels of respon-
sibility within occupational series and equitable
treatment of similar duties, responsibilities and
minimum qualifications are the goals. Practices in
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this regard among ether employers will be
sampled to tent the county's rol.ationships,
but the needs of theContra Costa County
organization shall constitute the principal
influence in fixing relationships.
The county' s basic salary schedule shall
consist of' a series of salary ranges with several
Steps at five per cent intervals adjusted to
the nearest dollar. The range series shall in-
clude ranges with minimum rates separated by fiver
per cent and mid-ranges with minimum steps ap-
proximately
-proximately at the mid-point (two and one-half
per cent) .
In determining the pay for department head
positions due consideration shall be given to
prevailing rates as well as interna, relationships."
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of April, 1969 by the
following vote of the Board.-
AYES:
oard.-
AY SSupervisors J. P. Kenny, A. M. Bias,
T. J. Coll, E. A. Linscheid, J. E. Moriarty,
NOES: None .
ABSENTS None.