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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 12021997 - 97-651 C. 52 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on December 2, 1997 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Uilkema, Gerber, Canciamilla, and DeSaulnier NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None SUBJECT: AMENDMENTS TO THE PERSONNEL ) MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS ) RESOLUTION NO. 97 651 1. The Human Resources Director has requested and the County Administrator has recommended that amendments to the Personnel Management Regulations be adopted; AND 2. These amendments being necessary to (a) fully implement agreements reached between the County and the Contra Costa Labor Coalition in negotiations for the 1995-1998 contract period and to (b) comply with directives contained in the September 10, 1996 Board Order adopting 1995-1996 Grand Jury Report Item No. 96-08 as modified and (c) to adopt other amendments recommended by the Merit Board; NOW THEREFORE, The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors in its capacity as governing Board of the County of Contra Costa, and all districts of which it is the ex-officio governing Board, RESOLVES THAT the Contra Costa County Personnel Management Regulations are amended in part, to additionally provide: Part 1603.1 Project Position Transfer shall be amended to require that employees being transferred from project to merit system status do so through a competitive examination process as follows: Project Position Transfer. When the Board of Supervisors establishes as a regular service a program initially established by the Board for a specific limited period as part of an approved project, employees who have served in project positions for at least one (1) year shall be included in the merit system if: a) The Human Resources Director recommends such inclusion and allocates the position to a class in the classification plan; and b) The Board of Supervisors approves the classification and addition of the position to the merit system; and (c) The employee was originally appointed to the project position from an eligible list on an open competitive basis. 1603.10 Requirement for Competitive Examination. In order to be included I the merit system under provisions of Section 11603, any employee who was not originally appointed to the project position being transferred from an established eligible list must obtain eligibility on an employment list through the competitive examination process and is subject to applicable certification provisions of the Personnel Management Regulations. 1 Part 13 Pre-employment Health Examinations shall have a section added as follows: (b) 1310. Drug and Alcohol Screening. In accordance with the County's Drug and Alcohol Screening Program adopted by the Board of Supervisors in Resolution 95/630 and amended in Resolution 961559, persons offered employment in classes covered by that Program shall successfully pass a drug screening test as described in the Program to be appointed to a position. Part 1006.2 Military Leave shall be amended to allow military leave of absence for employees who volunteer under mobilization by Executive Order as follows: (d) 1006.2 Military Leave. Any employee who is ordered to serve as a member of the state militia or the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or division thereof, shall be granted a military leave for the period of such service, plus ninety (90) days. Additionally, any employee who volunteers for service during a mobilization under Executive Order of the President or the Congress of the United States and/or the State Governor in time of emergency, shall be granted a leave of absence in accordance with applicable federal or state laws. Upon termination of such service, or upon honorable discharge, the employee shall be entitled to return to his/her position in the classified service provided the position still exists and the employee is otherwise qualified, without any loss of standing whatsoever. Part 707 Certification of Persons from Layoff Lists shall be amended so that the composition of a layoff list may include persons who have been involuntarily displaced as follows: 707. Certification of Persons from Layoff Lists. Layoff lists contain the name(s) . of person(s) laid, displaced or demoted by displacement or voluntarily demoted in lieu of layoff or displacement, or transferred in lieu of layoff or displace. 708. When request for personnel is received from the appointing authority of a department from which an eligible(s) was laid off, the appointing authority shall receive and appoint the eligible highest on the layoff list from the department. When a request for personnel is received from a department from which an eligible(s) was not laid off, the appointing authority shall receive and appoint the eligible highest on the layoff list who shall be subject to a probationary period. The person employed from a layoff list shall be appointed at the same step of the salary range the employee held on the day of layoff. Part 720 Certification on a Departmental Basis of Eligibles Employed for at Least Twelve Months in a Temporary Position which expired effective April 11, 1997, shall be reinstated effective April 12, 1997, and shall remain in effect for a period of 24 months following date of adoption and shall be repealed thereafter. This Part shall also be amended in paragraph (e) to replace Director of Personnel with Human Resources Director. Part 720 Certification on a Departmental Basis of Eligibles For At Least Twelve Months in Temporary Positions. The following conditions are all necessary for selective certification for such eligibles: (a) a vacancy exists in the classified merit system position; (b) the eligible worked in a temporary employment status in a position within the class or a closely related class for at least 2080 hours within the last three (3) years; (c) the person is serving in a temporary employment status within the class or a closely related class on date of adoption of this regulation; (d) the appointing authority requests the selective certification in writing; (e) the Director of Human Resources approves the requested selective certification. Part 209 Hearing Officer shall be amended to allow the Merit Board itself, rather than requiring a Hearing Officer to hear appeals from suspensions, demotions, or dismissals as follows: 209 Hearing Officer A Hearing Officer shall hear all Merit Board appeals from orders of dismissals, suspensions or reduction in rank or compensation except appeals from suspensions of ten (10) days (seventy-two hours for 24 hour shift employees), or less which may be heard by the Merit Board and except if the appellant and the appointing authority agree, the appeal may be heard by the Merit Board. The Hearing Officer may also hear other such matters as may be referred for hearing before the Merit Board. The cost of the hearing shall be borne by the County. Part 109 Definitions of Terms -."Layoff List" shall be amended to include coverage of employees who are displaced or demoted by displacement as follows: 109 Layoff List means a list of persons who have occupied positions allocated to a class in the merit system and who have been involuntarily separated by layoff, displacement, or demoted by displacement, or have voluntarily demoted in lieu of layoff or displacement, or have voluntarily transferred in lieu of layoff or displacement. 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 December 2, 1997 Phil Batchelor,Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator By /`'' Deputy Orig Dept: Human Resources (5-1716) County Counsel All Departments and Fire Districts All Employee Organizations