HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011981 - 1981-154 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the matter of
Implementation of Family
Support Collections
Officer Deep Class Resolution No. 81/154
1 . The Board of Supervisors having enacted County Ordinance Code Chapter 36-18
relating to the establishment of deep classes and related compensation and terms
and conditions of employment of individuals therein employed, hereby establishes
the class of Family Support Collections Officer pursuant to said chapter, and
sets forth particular terms and conditions of employment herein.
2. Sala:-y Range. The compensation in the Family Support Collections Officer
classifi :ation shall be based upon the following salary schedules:
Mork Level Salary Schedule Step Monthly Rate P. I./Temp.
Hourly Rate
Specialized Assignment 5 1568 9.50
4 1494 9.05
C 3 1423 8.62
2 1355 8.21
1 1290 7.81
Journey 5 1380 8.36
4 1314 7.96
B 3 1252 7.58
2 1192 7.22
1 1135 6.88
Entry/Experienced 5 1210 7.33
4 1153 6.98
A 3 1098 6.65
2 1045 6.33
1 996 6.03
3. Part-Time Compensation. A Family Support Collections Officer working Permanent
Part-fine shall be paid a monthly salary in the same ratio to the full-time monthly
rate to- which the employee would be entitled as a full-time Family Support Collections
Officer as the number of hours per week in the part-time employee's work schedule
bears to the number of hours in the full-time schedule. Other benefits to which
the employee is entitled shall be assigned on the same pro-rata basis. If the
employment is periodic and irregular (permanent-intermittent) , depending on
departmental requirements, payment for hours worked shall be made at the hourly
rate and step established for the work level (hereinafter referred to as level )
to which the employee has been assigned.
4. Temporary Appointment. A person who is appointed as a Family Support Collections
Officershallcompensated at the hourly rate of the first step of the level to
which the employee has been appointed unless the employee is appointed above the
first step pursuant, to Section 36-2.008 of the County Ordinance Code.
5. Compensation for Portion of Month. Any Family Support Collections Officer who
works less than any full calendar month, except when on earned vacation or author-
ized sick leave, shall receive as compensation for his/her services an amount which
is in the same ratio to the established monthly rate as the number of days worked
is to the actual working days in such Family Support Collections Officer's normal
work schedule for the particular month; but if the employment is intermittent,
compensation shall be on an hourly basis.
6. Permanent New Appointment. A Family Support Collections Officer who meets the
minimum qual7ications for the class of Family Support Collections Officer as
established by the Contra Costa County Civil Service Commission shall be appointed
at step one (1 ) of Salary Schedule A.
A Family Support Collections Officer who has family support collection experience
in a California County which is at least equivalent to the entry/experienced level
in Contra Costa County may be appointed, at the Appointing Authority's discretion,
up to the third salary step on Schedule A as set forth below. At no time will a
Family Support Collections Officer be appointed to a salary step higher than that
indicated by his/her years of experience as stated in the schedule below:
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At least one (1 ) year of full time family support collection experience in a
California County --- Step 2.
At least two (2) years of full time family support collection experience in a
California County --- Step 3.
The appointment of a Family Support Collections Officer above the first step shall
have no affect upon the salaries of incumbents who are earning less than the step
at which the new employee enters.
7. Journey Level Assignments. A Family Support Collections Officer at the entry/
experienced level who meets the minimum qualifications for a journey level assign-
ment and is assigned by the appointing authority to perform the duties of a journey
level assignment on a permanent basis shall be placed at the salary step in
Schedule B which is next higher than the rate he/she was receiving in Schedule A.
In the event this increase is less than five percent, the employee's salary shall
be adjusted to the step in Schedule B which is five percent greater than the next
higher step if the new range permits such adjustment. Designation of and assign-
ment to the journey level is the sole prerogative of the County.
8. Specialized Assignment. A Family Support Collections Officer who meets the
minimum qualifications of the specialized assignment level and is assigned by the
appointing authority to a specialized assignment position on a permanent basis
shall be placed at the salary step in Schedule C which is next higher than the
rate he/she was receiving prior to the assignment. In the event this increase is
less than five percent, the employee's salary shall be adjusted to the step in
Schedule C which is five percent greater than the next higher step if the new
range permits such adjustment. Designation of and assignment to positions appro-
priate for specialized assignment compensation is the sole prerogative of the
County. Continued incumbency in any of the above specialized assignments shall
be dependent on the incumbent receiving a satisfactory performance evaluation from
the appointing authority or designee at the completion of six months tenure in the
assignment and annually thereafter.
9. Re-employment. Family Support Collections Officers who terminate their service
with the County in good standing and are subsequently re-employed as a Family
Support Collections Officer within two years from the date 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 appointment will be at
the first salary step of the appropriate schedule, unless otherwise provided for
by the appointing authority or designee in which case employees may be appointed
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 exist at the level the employee attained
at the time of his/her termination said employee may be appointed to a lower level
position provided that a vacant position exists at that level .
10. Allocation of Current Employees. With the approval of the Civil Service Com-
mission employees encumbering positions in the classes of Collection Services
Assistant I , Collection Services Assistant II , and Collection Services Officer in
the District Attorney' s Office at the effective date of this Resolution shall be
allocated to the salary range of the deep class of Family Support Collections
Officer as provided below and in accordance with the attached list of current
employees which is incorporated herein.
Current Classification and Salary Step Salary Schedule Allocated Step
Collection Services Officer 5 5
4 4
3 C 3
2 2
1 1
Collection Services Assistant II 5 5
4 4
3 B 3
2 2
1 1
Collection Services Assistant I 5 5
4 4
3 A 3
2 2
1 1
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11 . ProbationaryEees. Current employees having probationary status in one
of the aforementioned classifications in section 10 (ten) above as of the effec-
tive date of this Resolution shall be eligible to receive a salary increase of one
(1 ) step on the salary schedule if the employee successfully completes his/her six
(6) months probation.
12. Definitions and Application of Terms.
(a) R��_e_____a���s���s���ii�gnment means the movement from one work level to another within
the deep c aT ss or�rom one work level position to another work level position
within the deep class.
(b) Promotion Demotion, and Transfer - For the purpose of promotion, demotion
and trans er to and from the deep class of Family Support Collections Officer,
salary refers to and shall be based on the lettered salary sub-schedule established
for each of the work levels within the whole deep classification rather than on
the bottom and top salary steps of the whole deep class.
(c) Y-Rate means the withholding of a class-wide annual salary adjustment
from an individual who has had his/her salary y-rated.
13. Anniversary Dates.
(a) Current Permanent Employees. The anniversary date of an employee having
permanent status in one of the aforementioned classifications at the effective
date of this Resolution shall remain unchanged.
(b) Current Probationary and New Employees. The anniversary date of an
employee aving 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 after the
calendar month when he/she successfully completes six months full time service,
except that when he/she began work on the 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 six months full time service.
The anniversary date of a new employee who is appointed at a step other than the
first step of a salary schedule shall be one year from the date of appointment in
accordance with the procedure set forth in (b) above.
(c) Reassignment to Nigher Level Position. The anniversary date of a family
Support Collections Officer who is assigned to a journey or specialized assignment
level position shall remain unchanged.
(d) Reass gnment to Lower Level Position. The anniversary date of a Family
Support. Col ections_Officer who is reassigned from a higher level position to a
lower ' evel position (e.g. from specialized assignment to journey level ) shall
remain unchanged.
(e) Demotion. The anniversary of a Contra Costa County Employee who demotes
to the class of7amily Support Collections Officer is the first day of the calendar
month after the calendar month when the demotion became effective.
(f) Transfer. The anniversary date of an employee who transfers to the class
of Family Support Collections Officer remains unchanged.
(g) Re-Employment. The anniversary of an employee appointed from a re-employ-
ment list is determined as for a new Family Support Collections Officer in (b)
above provided that the employee is not required to serve a probation period
pursuant to applicable regulations and is appointed to the first step of the
applicable salary schedule. The anniversary date of an employee who is re-employed
at a step other than the first step of a salary schedule shall be one year from
the date of re-employment in accordance with the procedure set forth in (b) above.
14. Performance Evaluation. The performance of each Family Support Collections
Officer shall be reviewed and evaluated by the appointing authority or designee
on or before the employee's anniversary date and annually thereafter.
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15. Salary Adjustment
(a) Based upon a review of each Family Support Collections Officer's perfor-
mance the appointing authority may authorize an adjustment in the salary of that
Family Support Collections Officer except in cases where an employee is already
at the maximum salary step (step 5) of the salary schedule for his/her level .
In the case of satisfactory performance such adjustment shall consist of an
advancement of the employee's salary by one (1 ) step on the salary schedule
established for that level of the class of Family Support Collections Officer.
In the case of less than satisfactory performance, the employee's salary shall
be held until such time as the performance of the employee is satisfactory. No
salary adjustment shall be made unless an affirmative recommendation to do so is
made by the appointing 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 unconditional denial of the increment or denial
subject to review at some specified date before the next anniversary.
The salary of employees who are on leave of absence from their positions on any
anniversary date and who have not been absent from their positions on leave
without pay more than six (6) months during their anniversary year preceding the
review date shall be reviewed on the anniversary date. Employees on stipendiary
educational leave are excluded from the above six month limitation. Persons on
military leave shall receive anniversary increments that may accrue to them
during the period of military leave.
(b) Effective Date: Adjustmentsto a Family Support Collections Officer's
salary shall be effective on the employee's anniversary date.
16. Salary on Promotion. A County employee who is promoted to a Family Support
Collections Officer position from a class allocated to a lower salary range than
the Schedule A salary range for Family Support Collections Officer, shall receive
the salary on Schedule A which is next higher than the rate he/she was receiving
before promotion. In the event this increase is less than five percent, the
emplo-e-2's salary shall be adjusted to the step in Schedule A which is five
percent greater than the next higher step, if the Schedule A range permits such
adjustment.
17. Salary on Demotion. A County employee who promotes from Family Support
Collections Officer 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 effec-
tuated in the event a vacant position, at the level to which the employee is to
be demoted, does not exist. When the employee demotes to a level of Family
Support Collections Officer which has a salary schedule lower than the class
from which the employee is demoting, he/she shall have his/hoer salary reduced
to the monthly salary step of Family Support Collections Officer which is next
lower than the salary he/she received before demotion. In the event this decrease
is less than five (5) percent, the employee's salary shall be adjusted to the step
on the appropriate salary schedule that is five percent less than the next lower
step, if the schedule permits such adjustment. 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 he/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.
18. Salary - On Uoluntar Demotion. Notwithstanding Section 17 above, whenever
any employee voluntarily demotes to Family Support Collections Officer 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)
salary schedule permits, and if not, his/her new salary shall be set at the step
next below his/her former salary.
19. Salar - On Transfer. Whenever a permanent employee moves to a Family
Support Collections Officer position at a work level , the salary schedule of
which -'s allocated to the same salary range as is the class of the position
which �.he employee previously occupied, the employee shall continue to be
compensated at the same step of the salary schedule/range to which the classes
are allocated. '
20. Salary on Re-assignment From a Specialized Assignment Position to a Lower
Level Pis tion. An employee who is reassigned from a specialized ass gnment
ev�el position to a lower level Family Support Collections Officer position
during his/her first six (6) months at the specialized assignment level shall
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be placed at the salary step of the lower level position which the employee was
at prior to his/her reassignment. An employee who is reassigned from a
specialized assignment level position to a lower level position after having
been at the specialized assignment level for over six (6) months shall have
his/her salary held (y-rated) until said salary is equal to or exceeded by a
step on Salary Schedule B. Said employee will then be placed on Salary Schedule
B at the step which is closest to his/her y-rated salary. If the employee's
y-rated salary falls exactly between two steps in Schedule B the employee's
salary will be set at the lower step.
21 . Reclassification of Position. The salary of an employee whose position is
reclassified from a class on the basic salary schedule to the Family Support
Collections Officer 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 Family Support Collections Officer to another class on
the basic salary schedule shall be determined based upon the Family Support Col-
lections Officer's work level salary schedule and the provisions of Division 36
of the County Ordinance Code or other applicable deep class resolutions or
ordinances.
22. Seniority. An employee's seniority for layoff and displacement purposes in
the "deep class" of Family Support Collections Officer shall be determined by
adding (a) his/her length of service in other classes at the same or higher 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 classes of Collection Services
Assistant I , Collection Services Assistant II and Collection Services Officer to
other service described in (a) above. Service for layoff and displacement
purposes includes only the employee 's last continuous permanent County employment.
Other rules affecting seniority are contained in the Rules and Regulations of
the County Civil Service Commission.
23. Other Provisions. The provisions of Ordinance Code Division 36 are applicable
except those provisions which have been modified by this resolution or those
provisions which hereinafter may be modified by resolutions.
PASSEL? by the Beard on February 3 , 1981 by unanimous
vote .
Orig : Personnel
CC : Personnel
District Attorney
County Administrator
Auditor-Controller
Retirement Officer
Resolution No. 81/154
COLLECTION SERVICES OFFICER
Anniv.
Name Date
BOCKEHUEHL, Madeline Fifth -
ELSWICK, Patricia J. Third 8/1/81
GARTLAND, Thomas Fifth -
GRINSLADE, Patricia Fifth -
McCARTHY, Nancy Fifth -
PARSONS, Tina C. Fifth -
SHERR, Herbert L. Fifth -
WHITE, Gail L. Fifth -
COLLECTION SERVICES ASSISTANT II
CARVER, Marion Fifth -
CONDIE, Suzanne K. Fourth 5/1/81
EVERTS, Peggy Fifth -
FANUCCHI , Helen Fifth -
HOLT, Evelyn H. Fifth -
IDELSON, John Fifth -
KILLINGSWORTH, Marc Fifth -
LeBRUN, Shirley M. Second 2/1/82
MERRILL, Norma A. Fourth 5/1 /81
MURPHY, Glenn F. Fifth -
NELSON, Patricia First 8/1/81
ROBERTSON, Jean K. Fifth -
ROBINSON, Mary A. Fifth
RUIZ, Dorothea A. Fourth 2/l/82
STANLEY, Trish M. First 8/1/81
STEVENS, Linda M. Fifth -
TALLEY, Arthur Fifth
WEAVER, Glenda K. Fifth -
FARR, David L. Third 7/1/81
BRENNES, Hannibal J. Fourth 8/1/81
COLLECTION SERVICES ASSISTANT I
FATHERLY, Worthen S. Second 8/l/81
HANNON, Marilyn Fifth
JONES, Donald Fourth 6/l/81
MARTIN, Dawn Fifth -
ORNELAS, Beatrice First 8/1/81
WILLIAMSON, Lois Second 8/1/81