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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 04031990 - 2.2 2. 2 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on April 3 , 1990 , by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson, Fanden NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ SUBJECT: Report on Use of Overtime in the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District The Board received the March 29, 1990 report from the Director of Personnel relative to the payment of overtime to incumbents of the class of Battalion Chief in the Consolidated Fire Protection District. (A copy of the report is attached and included as a part of this document. ) Supervisor Powers proposed that consideration be given to using captains in situations where overtime may be required as a cost saving procedure. IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that receipt of the referenced report is ACKNOWLEDGED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the County Administrator and the Chief of the Contra Costa County Fire District are REQUESTED to explore the use of captains in situations where overtime is required. 1 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: PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board cc: County Administrator of Supervisors and County Administrator Chief, CCFPd By - ��-� vow Deputy Personnel Department Contra Costa �; '., is Administration Bldg. o.. .. xt- :- �� 651 Pine Street County �!-rb Martinez, California 94553-1292 DATE: March 29, 1990 TO: Board of Supervisors FROM: Harry D. Cisterman, Director of Personnel SUBJECT: Battalion Chiefs' Overtime ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On March 6, the President of the International Association of Firefighters, Local 1230, met with me to discuss the payment of overtime to incumbents of the class of Battalion Chief in the Consolidated Fire Protection District. The union claimed the payment of overtime to Battalion Chiefs is unlawful . Earlier, Local 1230 had filed a grievance on a related issue. and the matter is presently before an arbitrator. In the spring of 1988, the Chief of the Consolidated Fire District requested that it be allowed to pay overtime to Battalion Chiefs when they were recalled to fill in for other absent Battalion Chiefs. District practice had been to use a Fire Captain as an Acting Battalion Chief and replace the Captain in the acting Battalion Chief's role by recalling an off-duty Captain and paying him overtime. The reason given was that paying Battalion Chiefs overtime is preferable since it results in the replacement of an absent management employee with another management employee in the same job classification. Based on this and other reasons given as to the advantages of paying Battalion Chiefs overtime, the County Administrator approved the Chief's request. Effective July 1, 1988, the Battalion Chiefs were removed from the Overtime Exclusion list by direction of the County Administrator under authority of Resolution No. 87/687, (Part D.1) . (See attached memorandum from Bill Hamilton, Personnel Department, to County Auditor, Don Bouchet dated September 1, 1988) . Resolutions 87/687 and 89/684 which generally prohibit overtime for management employees, authorize the County Administrator to exclude certain management positions from the overtime exempt list, which was done in this case. But the County Administrator has not undertaken to control the overtime authorized by the Chief of the Consolidated Fire District. On March 16, the Personnel Department reported to the County Administrator the Battalion Chief overtime authorized in the Consolidated Fire District (copy attached) . After reviewing the report, the County Administrator issued a memorandum terminating the payment of overtime to Consolidated Fire District Battalion Chiefs effective March 21, 1990 (copy attached) . The County Administrator based this action on his conclusion that the dollar amount of overtime payments were excessive and should not be continued. . Board of Supervisors -2- March 29, 1990 The position of the Fire District is that most of the overtime occurred because authorized Battalion Chief positions could not be filled. The district requested a Battalion Chief examination in December of 1988. Test development by the Fire District staff was finalized in April of 1989; the examination was announced on May 5, 1989, and the employment list promulgated on October 20, 1989. Two appointments were made on December 1, 1989. HDC:tm Attachments cc: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Chief William Maxfield, Consolidated Fire District Contra Personnel Department Costa Administration Bldg. County 651 Pine Street MarQ0 tinez, California 94553-1292 DATE: September 1 , 1988 TO: Don Bouchet, Auditor-Controller Attn: Craig Loop, Sr. Systems Analyst FROM: Bill Hamilton, Chief, Employer-Employee Relations SUBJECT: Battalion Chiefs on Overtime Exempt Exclusion List Following up on our telephone conversation of today, please be advised that the classifications of Battalion Chief and Battalion Chief-Riverview have been placed on the "overtime exempt exclusion list" per authorization by the Office of the County Administrator. Therefore, employees in these classifications are eligible to receive pay when working overtime. Thank you for your cooperation. WPH:yb ER1 :16 cc: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Harry Cisterman, Personnel Director Bill Maxfield, Chief, Consolidated FPD Allen Little, Chief, Riverview FPD Contra Personnel Department Costa� l Administration Bldg. 651 Pine Street Count` Martinez, California 94553-1292 DATE: March 16, 1990 TO: Harry Cisterman, Director of Per onnel .FROM: Jeanie Rounsaville, Office Man r� CONFIDENTIAL SUBJECT: Battalion Chief Pa Below is the information you requested for the Battalion Chief pay for Consolidated Fire District. I have the information broken down by overtime worked per year. No information appears prior to 1988 because Battalion Chiefs' were not eligible for overtime until July 1, 1988. BASE PAY OVERTIME (per year) (per year) 1988 (from 7-1-88 thru 12-31-88) Batt Chief A $ 59926.43 $ 2756.25 . . . Batt Chief B 59994.00 6158.25 Batt Chief C 59994.00 7024.50 Batt Chief D 58104.00 5512.50 Batt Chief E 59994.00 5292.00 Batt Chief F 59994.00 7355.25 Batt Chief G 59994.00 5827.50 $418000.43 $39926.25 1989 Batt Chief A $ 62707.15 $ 14433.70 Batt Chief B 55720.43 15911.06 Batt Chief C 62956.00 14808.35 Batt Chief D 62956.00 18288.55 Batt Chief E 62956.00 17196.96 " Batt Chief F 62956.00 16411.00 Batt Chief G 62956.00 21474.88 $433207.58 $118525.00 1990 (Information as of 3-10-90 payroll ) Batt Chief A $ 16847.00 $ 3738.04 Batt Chief B 16847.00 3979.49 Batt Chief C 16847.00 5668.94 Batt Chief D 16847.00 4636.98 Batt Chief E 16847.00 2861.06 Batt Chief F 16874.00 2248.74 Batt Chief G 16847.00 3036.39 Batt Chief H 15282.00 -0- Batt Chief I 15282.00 -0- $ 803.00 $T61P.R I.-Io u my Administrator Contra Board of Supervisors Tom Powers :ounty Administration Building (Costa tst District 351 Pine Street,11th Floor �! Nancy C.Fanden Martinez,California 94553 ` 'n{\/ 2nd District County � ;415)646-4080 U ly Robert 1.Schroder .3hil Batchelor a 3rd District • -- :ounty Administrator Sunne Wright McPeak 7,1 4th'District ,:i.••�-: �:,� Tom Torlaksan 5th District ��li,•4p rrls7a ('Oi;::'Yt March 16, 1990 William Maxfield, Chief Contra Costa County Fire Protection District 2010 Geary Road Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 Dear Chief Maxfield: The exclusion of the class of Battalion Chief from the overtime exclusion provisions of the Management Compensation Resolution (Board of Supervisors Resolution 89/684) is terminated effective Wednesday, March 21, 1990 . Thereafter the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Battalion Chiefs will not be entitled to .overtime compensation. Sincerely, PHIL BATCHELOR County Administrator PB:sr CC: Personnel Auditor-Controller County Counsel