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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05241994 - 1.63 r 1 . 63 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on May 24, 1994 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Smith, Bishop, DeSaulnier, Torlakson and Powers NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None SUBJECT: Grand Jury Report No. 9406 of the 1993-1994 Contra Costa County Grand Jury on the County' s Merit System IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the Grand Jury Report No. 9406 of the 1994-1994 Contra Costa County Grand Jury on the County' s Merit System is REFERRED to the County Administrator and the Internal Operations Committee. I iiereby 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: I q 4L3 PHIL BATCH OR,dierk of the Board Supe ors andC.Ounty Administrator V By .Deputy CC : County Administrator Internal Operations Committee County Counsel Grand Jury A REPORT BY THE 1993-94 CONTRA COSTA COUNTY GRAND JURY 1020 Ward Street Martinez, CA 94553 (510) 646-2345 RECEIVED . MAY 1 0 1994 Report No. 9406 OLM BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTRA COSTA CO. CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SUPERVISORS' MISMANAGEMENT OF_THE MERIT SYSTEM HIGH-PRICED MEDIOCRITY "When mediocrity is rewarded at the same rate as outstanding performance, it can, over time, become the norm. " Approved by the Grand Jury: Date: Ju 'th M. Mullin ran Jury Foreman Accepted f r iling: 4 i i Date ` j Richard . Arnason ( Judge of the Superior Court SECTION 933 (C) OF THE CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE . Commj133 ents and Reports on Grand Jury P_; f Recommendations. t (c) No later than 90 days after the grand jury submits . ., final report on the operations of any public agency —'subject to its reviewing authority, the governing body of the public agency shall comment to the presiding judge of the superior court on the findings and recommendations pertaining to matters under the control of the governing body, and every elective county officer or agency head for which the grand jury has responsibility pursuant to Section 914.1 shall comment within 60 days to the presiding judge of the superior court, with an information copy sent to the board of supervisors, on the findings and recommendations pertaining to matters under the control of that county officer or agency head and any agency or agencies which that officer or agency head supervises or controls. In any city and county, the mayor shall also comment on the findines and recommendations. All such comments and reports shall forthwith be submitted to the presiding judge of the superior court who impaneled the- grand jury. A copy of all responses to grand jury reports shall be placed on file with the clerk of the public agency and the office of the county clerk, or the mayor when applicable, and shall remain on file in those offices. One copy shall be placed on file with the applicable grand jury final report by, and in the control of the currently impan- eled grand jury, where it shall be maintained for a minimum of five years. Leg.H. 1961 ch. 1284, 1963 ch. 674, 1974 chs. 393, 1396, 1977 chs. 107, 187, 1980 ch. 543, 1981 ch. 203, 1982 ch. 1408 §5, 1985 ch. 221 §1, effective July 12, 1985, 1987 ch. 690 §1, 1988 ch. 1297. Cross-References Admissible evidence. Penal Code §939.6. "Grand jury" defined. Penal Code §888: Grand jury report to be based only on own investigation. Penal Code §939.9_ • � 9 SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION The Grand Jury initiated an investigation to determine if the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, in keeping with the intent of voter-mandated Merit System, has adopted and implemented policy and procedures requiring that each county employee receive: • Written annual performance objectives for their position, • Feedback on their performance throughout the year, • Written annual performance evaluation that is related to performance objectives, Compensation directly tied to documented performance. FINDINGS Merit System Employees 1. In 1980, the voters of Contra Costa County approved a Merit System Reform Ordinance to modernize the existing thirty-six year old Civil Service System. The ballot argument in favor of Merit System Reform was to: • " . . . fix public accountability for personnel matters clearly on the Board . . . " , • ". provide county department heads with more management flexibility while increasing their accountability to the Board . " • " . . . insure that merit principles form the foundation for every action and regulation . . " . 2. In order for a Merit System employee to advance to the next higher step in the salary range, Contra Costa County Salary Regulations §3.2 and Personnel Management Regulations (hereinafter "PMR") §1501 and applicable Memoranda of Understanding (hereinafter "MOU") only require the appointing authority, e.g. , the department head, to certify that an employee's performance is satisfactory. The certification is accomplished by checking a box on the Salary Review Report that is sent to the Personnel Department for payroll processing. Since the Personnel Director may reject a proposed salary increase without the above referenced box checked, there appears to be general compliance with this requirement. 3 . Once an employee has reached the top step of his/her position' s salary range, which is historically obtained within three and a half years, there is no longer any requirement for the department to certify the employee' s performance as satisfactory. Subsequent salary increases, such as Cost of Living Adjustments, (hereinafter "COLA") are given on an "across-the-board" basis to- all eligible employees. 1 4. County-wide regulations and applicable MOU's do not require supervisors of Merit System employees to: • Establish, with the employee, measurable and written objectives. • Evaluate an employee's performance vs. objectives. • Document an evaluation of the employee's performance. • Obtain approval/concurrence of the proposed evaluation from their managers. • Review the performance evaluation with the employee. • Use the written performance evaluation as the basis for salary increases. 5. Since there is no county-wide requirement for the above, there is a wide variance among the departments in priority and accountability for these personnel management responsibilities. • Some departments do an outstanding job, requiring that all employees receive written performance evaluations every year, regardless of where an individual may be in the salary range. They do not consider salary "step" increases or COLA'S as "automatic" and attempt to link compensation with performance. • Employees in other departments receive salary "step" increases without receiving a written evaluation from their supervisors. • Personnel in many organizations, once they reach the top of their position rate, may not receive a written performance evaluation for several years. Salary "step" increases, as well as COLA's, are often viewed by both management and non-management employees as routine and expected. 6. Personnel management flexibility may be constrained as a result of Board approved MOU's with employee bargaining units which require that performance evaluations and related matters be negotiated under the "meet and confer" process. For example, a typical clause in the MOU states: "The performance of each employee, except employees already at the maximum step in the salary range, shall be reviewed to determine whether the salary of the employee shall be advanced to the next higher step in the salary range" (emphasis added) . 2 7. Grand Jury Report No. 9312, dated May 20, 1993, made recommendations to the Board of Supervisors to reaffirm the voter-mandated Merit Reform System and the Board's commitment to insure that merit principles formed the foundation for all personnel actions and regulations, specifically by identifying and resolving conflicting provisions of the MOU's with the Merit System's PMR's. On August 17, 1993, the Board of Supervisors accepted all of the recommendations made in Grand Jury Report No. 9312 and further stated, "the Board' s general position is that the PMR's should be followed and that the MOU's should be amended to conform to the PMR's" . The Board has failed to hold the Chief Administrative Officer (hereinafter "CAO") and the Personnel Department accountable for not implementing any of the necessary actions to implement its directives. 8. The CAO recognized that some department heads did not have plans to ensure that their employees were evaluated. On a yearly basis, the CAO sends a memorandum to all department heads outlining critical issues and the areas that should be addressed in the departmental goals and objectives for that year. In the CAO's January 15, 1992, memorandum to all department heads, "Performance Evaluation" was identified as .one of the priority areas: 118. Performance Evaluation If you have not already done so, please develop plans to make sure that all of your employees are evaluated. Please check with the Personnel Office to make sure that any plans you develop are in accord with current agreements with employee organizations. " Most departments, including the CAO's office, remain in non- compliance with the CAO' s directive. Department Heads 9. Contra Costa County department heads are exempt from the Merit System. The Board of Supervisors establishes the salary compensation program and related personnel management for these officials by Board resolution. It has been the Board practice that department heads receive annual salary increases at the same time and rate as those granted to all other County employees. 10. The policy for annual performance evaluations for department heads is embodied in Board Resolution No. 81/1007, 81/1007a, Board Orders of January 12, 1989, March 30, 1989 and August 17, 1993 . 3 11. The March 30, 1989, Board Order directed the County Administrator ". . . to complete an evaluation of each appointed department head and those elected department heads interested in participating in the evaluation program . . . " . The new Department Head Evaluation Program was designed to " . . . provide the CAO. and the Board with an objective basis for determining the extent to which a department head has achieved goals for which he or she has agreed to during a given period of time. " The Board approved an evaluation form for use in evaluating department heads. .12 . The new Department Head Evaluation Program also provided " . a basis to reward those Department Heads who not only achieve their goals but exceed them to a marked extent. " The Board authorized the CAO to allocate to each department head an amount not to exceed 5% of the department head's annual salary in recognition of outstanding performance based upon the yearly performance evaluation. 13 . Some thought had been given to extending the evaluation program to various levels of middle management staff in county departments. The evaluation program being proposed was viewed as a pilot program and limited to department heads during 1989. "Depending on the success of the program during 1989 . " , the Board would determine, " . . . the appropriateness of extending the program to other managers at various levels in County government. " 14 . In 1990, it was determined that the department head evaluation forms did not provide sufficient linkage between the department head's performance and the goals and objectives of the department and the evaluation form was discontinued. 15. The Board policy establishing the Department Head Evaluation Program, sans the "evaluation form" , continued for department heads only and was not extended to other managers in the County. 16. Procedurally, the CAO views the department heads' annual evaluation process as a year-long activity comprised of: • CAO directives on goals, objectives and performance standards; • CAO review/approval of department head's plan to achieve goals and objectives; • CAO monitoring of performance during the year; • CAO letter to department head evaluating performance. 4 17. The Grand Jury audited the CAO's compliance with the Board's Department Head Evaluation Program for performance rendered in the years 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 and related salary increases for said performance periods. These records revealed: • Of the 75 oDDortunities to Oive annual evaluations, 57% of the opportunities resulted in written evaluations and 43% resulted in no written evaluation. • Of the 75 salary increases granted to department heads, 57% had written evaluations and 43% of the increases were approved without a written evaluation. (Note: Compensation increases may have been effective in the same calendar year or in the next calendar year. ) TABLE A summarizes the audit. 18. Only 1 of the 42 department head evaluations contained any comments related to the CAO's directive to all department heads "to make sure that all your employees are evaluated. " 19. There is no requirement for the CAO's evaluation of department heads to be reviewed by the Board of Supervisors to ensure that the department head receives a fair and objective performance evaluation related to the goals for which he or she has agreed to during a given period. 20. On August 17, 1993, the Board approved an order superseding the March 30, 1989 Board Order and thereby replaced the Department Head Evaluation Program with a new Performance Based Incentive Program. The new plan included: • Identification of measurable performance indicators for each department. These objectives were to " . . . be measurable so that anyone could see whether or not they were achieved. " • Both unrepresented and represented employees (subject to meet and confer as appropriate) would be eligible to received one-time performance incentive pay if they receive outstanding performance evaluations. • The performance objectives and evaluation would need to be specific to a given employee, and departments would not be permitted to provide "across the board" financial incentives to all employees. 21. The Board directed the CAO to develop performance indicators for each department. On December 14 , 1993 , the CAO responded to the Board with department performance indicators focused on outcomes rather than just workloads or activities. 5 • Some of the performance indicators have been classified as "preliminary" . The CAO believes the "first round" of indicators will be refined as departments gain more experience with outcome-oriented evaluation systems. CAO Executive Staff 22 . The Grand Jury audited the extent to which senior executives on the CAO's received written performance evaluations for performances rendered in the years 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993 and salary increases for said performance periods. These records revealed: • Of the 28 opportunities to give annual evaluations, 36% of the opportunities resulted in written evaluations and 64% resulted in no written evaluations. • Of the 28 salary increases granted to executives on the CAO's staff, 36% had written evaluations, and 64% of the salary increases were approved without written evaluations. (Note: Compensation increases may have been effective in the same calendar year or in the next calendar year. ) • 5 of the 7 executives did not receive performance evaluations for three consecutive years. TABLE B summarizes the audit. County Administrator 23 . The CAO is exempt from the Merit System and reports directly to the Board of Supervisors. The Board has sole responsibility for the personnel management of the CAO, including the establishment of a compensation program. 24 . On March 3, 1992, the Board approved Resolution No. 92/128 which established a five-year, no-cut employment agreement with the CAO. The employment agreement specifies that the CAO shall receive annual salary increases at the same time and rate as are granted by the Board to all other management and unrepresented classifications. 25. Neither the CAO's employment agreement or Board policy requires the Board to: • Establish or approve annual written performance objectives for the CAO. • Give the CAO a written' anhual performance evaluation. • Link compensation increases with performance. 6 26. The Grand Jury subpoenaed all documents from the Board related to the CAO's performance objectives, performance evaluations, and salary increases for performance rendered for the years 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 . The response to the subpoena revealed that the Board of Supervisors: • Did not establish or approve any written performance objectives for the CAO for any of the years 1990, 1991, 1992, or 1993 . • Did not provide the CAO a written performance evaluation for any of the years 1990, 1991, 1992 , or 1993 . Although there was no supporting documentation provided, the Board indicated they "periodically" gave the CAO informal verbal feedback in "closed sessions" . • Awarded the CAO salary increases for services rendered in 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993. TABLE C summarizes the audit. CONCLUSIONS 1. An effective performance evaluation system requires the commitment of the Board of Supervisors, the CAO, and the department heads to invest the necessary time to make it mutually beneficial for the employee and for the County, and ultimately for the service recipient and the taxpayer. The leadership of an organization must first understand the "outcomes" it wants to achieve, and then, with each employee, determine their specific and measurable contribution to said outcomes. Line supervisors need to monitor progress, provide and take employees' feedback and take corrective action, as appropriate, throughout the year. The written performance evaluation should become the culmination of a year-long communications process between an employee and the supervisor. It should link compensation with performance and set the stage for what needs to be accomplished in an annual evaluation period. With fewer resources, Contra Costa County, now more than ever, must clearly direct its attention to meeting the demands of its citizens and taxpayers. A performance evaluation process and system is absolutely essential as a tool for establishing priorities and directing attention among the work force, from entry level personnel to the senior management team. The leadership of Contra Costa County must commit to make this strategic investment. 2 . The voter-mandated merit principles and fundamental personnel management practices have been compromised by the Board of Supervisors, the CAO, and many department heads and management employees. Employees, at all levels, can go several years without ever receiving: 7 • Written performance objectives for which they are responsible and accountable. • Written performance evaluations based on previously established objectives . . . while still continuing to receive increases in salary which may not be linked to their performance results. 3. The county's personnel management policies and practices are deficient for both new employees, as well as those who typically reach the top of their salary range in 3 1/2 years. Prior to an employee reaching the top step of their salary range, the regulations at least require the department to certify that an employee's performance is satisfactory before their salary is increased. This certification can be met, however, by merely checking a box on the Salary Review Report, since there is no explicit requirement for establishing written objectives, evaluating performance against those objectives, communicating the evaluation in writing to the employee, or linking the salary increase to the employee's performance. This personnel management deficiency is further compounded, however, once the employee reaches the top step in his/her salary .range, since at this point, there is no longer any county-wide policy or procedure compelling any review of the employee's performance. 4. Since many MOU's state that the performance of each employee shall be reviewed, "except employees already at the maximum step in the salary range", management has put itself in a position to negotiate with the employee bargaining units to expand performance evaluations. The need to "meet and confer" on what would seem to be a clear management prerogative can constrain a department's initiative to evaluate performance beyond the first 3 1/2 years of an employee' s career. 5. Since there is questionable linkage between performance and increases in salary as an employee advances to the top step in the salary range, and no linkage required or implied from that point forward, step increases in salary, and particularly COLA's tend to be viewed as "automatic" . This can result in serious consequences. The whole notion of "merit"-based compensation providing an incentive for an individual to increase his/her productivity and professionalism was one of the expected benefits of replacing the old civil service with a merit system. Such benefits become jeopardized, however, when there is little or no substantive differentiation in financial rewards among the work force. When mediocrity is rewarded at the same rate as outstanding performance, it can, over time, become the norm. 8 6. The voters mandated that the civil service system be replaced and have trusted that their elected representatives and the County's senior management team have effectively implemented a merit system over the past 14 years. Regretfully, the public's trust has not been justified. Corrective policies by the Board can, however, restore the intent and expectations of the voters. For example, the Board's new Performance Based Incentive Program recognizes that past practices of providing "across the board" financial incentives to all employees will not be permitted in the new program. This is a positive step, since recognizing a problem is a prerequisite to finding a solution. The new Performance Based Incentive Program only applies to one-time performance incentive pay. It does not address the problem of granting across-the-board COLA's to all employees. The very term, "cost-of-living adjustment, " tends to perpetuate the stereotypical mindset of "automatic pay increases" prevalent under the previous civil service system and should be eliminated. 7. Accordingly, any increase in compensation, whether it be the result of progression within the steps of the salary range, or the periodic expansion of the salary range, or one-time bonus pay, should all be based on merit alone and directly linked to an individual's performance. As a good employer, Contra Costa County offers salary ranges that are highly competitive with the marketplace, and which can provide the desired financial incentive for outstanding performance. What is required however, is a paradigm shift on the part of the Board and the management team to fully accept and implement a merit-based system. In a true merit system, the upper end of a position's salary range should be reserved for the top performers and increasing the top of the range should not result in all employees "automatically" having their salary increased to the higher top. 8. The Board's current practice, of granting the CAO and department heads annual increases at the same time and rate as are granted to all other county employees, creates a conflict of interest for the CAO and the senior management team. With labor costs representing 85% of the budget, it is critical for management to exercise prudent control as they negotiate salary increases with employee bargaining units to ensure the delivery of quality services at the lowest possible cost. Such control, however, will have a direct and immediate impact on their own salary, since whatever salary increase is granted, or not granted, to county employees, is also granted, or not granted, to them. The taxpayer is not well served with the management team having such an inherent conflict of interest in the outcome of salary negotiations. 9 9. In addition to the absence of explicit county-wide policies requiring a performance evaluation system for all employees, the limitations of current MOU's, the county's practice of automatic "across the board" salary increases, and an inherent conflict of interest in negotiating salary increases, there also appears to be a major deficiency in leadership and accountability in the county. There is one employee classification, department heads, for which there currently exists an explicit policy requiring that they be evaluated annually, and that increases in compensation be directly linked to their individual performance. Yet, although salary increases were granted, 43% of the time written evaluations were not given to the department heads. Additionally, 64% of the time, the CAO's Executive Staff did not receive written performance evaluations. The CAO directed the department heads to make sure that all of their employees were evaluated. It is not surprising that there is wide variance among the department heads in their compliance with the CAO's directive, when the CAO, himself, is out of compliance with the Board's policy. The CAO and department heads, as an executive team, are well compensated, with most costing the taxpayers over $100, 000 a year. They are paid to perform and are expected to perform. There is no acceptable excuse for department heads not being 100% in compliance with the CAO's directive or the CAO not being in 100% compliance with the Board's policy on the Department Head Evaluation Program. The lack of leadership is also demonstrated by our elected representatives, the Board of Supervisors. The Board has stated they want all employees to have written performance evaluations based on written performance objectives and that compensation increases should be directly linked to performance. Yet, they have consistently failed to perform these fundamental management and merit principles in fulfilling their personnel management responsibilities with the CAO. Mixed messages are coming from the Board of Supervisors and the CAO and department heads. Until their actions are "in sync" with their words, the current deficiencies identified in this investigation will continue and the public trust will continue to be violated. RECOMMENDATIONS The 1993-94 Contra Costa County Grand Jury recommends that the Board of Supervisors, within 60 days: 1. Develop and approve a county-wide performance evaluation and compensation policy that explicitly contains the following provisions: 10 a. Applies to all employees (represented and unrepresented) . b. Recognizes that all compensation is to be merit-based and accordingly: • Performance objectives, evaluation and earned compensation must be specific to a given employee. • "Across the board" salary increases or other financial incentives will not be permitted. Cost of living adjustments will be eliminated for all management employees effective, January 1, 1995 and "Phased out" for represented employees when current MOU's terminate with the respective employee bargaining units. • Salary ranges for all positions will be sufficient to attract and retain qualified employees and will continue to be monitored to ensure their competitiveness within the marketplace. • To be eligible for compensation at the top of a position's salary range, or to receive performance incentive pay, will require that an employee receive an "Outstanding" rating on his/her performance evaluation. A rating of "Completely Satisfactory" will enable an employee to be compensated up to 800 of the position's top salary. This will be effective for all management employees effective January 1, 1995 and "phased in" for represented employees when current MOU's terminate with the respective employee bargaining units. C. Require each supervisor to: • Establish, with each employee, measurable and written objectives for a given period. • Provide feedback to employees throughout the year on their performance compared to the objectives. • Prepare an annual written performance evaluation for each employee. • Obtain approval of the proposed evaluation from the respective department head. • Review the approved performance evaluation with each employee. • Use the performance evaluation as the basis for granting any salary increase. 11 2 . Eliminate the current practice, and the resulting conflict of interest, of having the CAO and department head salary increases tied to the same rate that is granted for all county employees. Instead, provide the senior management team the financial incentive to provide quality service at the lowest possible cost. 3 . Create a Personnel Committee of the Board whose responsibilities would include, but are not limited to: • Overseeing the development of policies and procedures required to implement these Grand Jury recommendations and monitoring the implementation and compliance of same. • Developing performance objectives with the CAO, and presenting same to the. total Board for approval in open session. • Monitoring performance objectives and providing quarterly reports to the Board in open session. • Drafting a proposed performance evaluation for the CAO to be approved by the total Board and reviewed with the CAO in closed session. • Recommending proposed compensation changes for the CAO to the Board for approval in open session. Proposing to the Board modifications in the CAO' s employment agreement to incorporate the applicable Grand Jury recommendations contained in this Report. • Reviewing and approving the CAO's proposed performance evaluations of department heads and CAO Executive Staff in closed session. Reviewing and approving the CAO' s proposed compensation increases for department heads and the CAO Executive Staff for the total Board to approve in open session. 4 . Issue a resolution to never again allow itself to negotiate employment agreements which will obligate the county to pay for long-term no-cut contracts. 5. Direct the CAO and the Personnel Department to immediately comply with the August 17, 1993 Board directive in order for the County to comply with the voter mandate on the Merit System. 12 TABLE A DEPARTMENT HEAD EVALUATIONS &COMPENSATION ANNUAL DEPARTMENT COMPENSATION* BENEFITS TOTAL '90 191 192 '93 HEALTH SERVICES $142,456 $38,880 $181,336 NIS Y/$ N/$ Y/$ COUNSEL $128,369 $34,935 $163,304 Y/$ N/$ N/$ Y/$ PUBLIC DEFENDER $124,692 $33,906 $158,.598 Y/$ Y/$ N/$ Y/S GMEDA $118,784 $32,252 $157,036 NA N/$ N/$ Y/S PUBLIC WORKS $109,715 $29,712 $139,427 Y/$ Y/$ N/$ Y/S SOCIAL SERVICE $109,406 $29,626 $139,032 Y/$ Y/$ N/$ Y/S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT $102,749 $27,762 $130,511 Y/$ Y/$ N/$ Y/S GENERAL SERVICES $96,983 $26,147 $123,130 Y/$ Y/$ N/$ Y/S PERSONNEL 595,861 $25,833 $121,694 Y/$ N/$ N/$ Y/S LIBRARIAN $93,771 $2.1,248 $119,019 N/$ N/$ N/$ Y/S BUILDING INSPECTION 591,810 $24,699 $116,509 Y/$ Y/$ NIS Y/S PROBATION 591,449 $24,598 $116,047 Y/$ N/$ NIS Y/S COMMUNITY SERVICES 577,943 $20,816 $98,757 N/$ N/$ N/$ Y/S WEIGHTS&MEASURE 576,911 $20,527 $97,438 Y/$ Y/$ N/$ Y/S EMERGENCY SERVICES 576,046 $20,285 $96,331 N/$ N/$ Y/$ Y/S AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 575,982 $20,267 $96,249 N/$ N/$ Y/$ Y/S ANIMAL SERVICES S75,892 $20,242 $96,134 Y/$ N/$ Y/$ Y/S AGING 569,222 $18,374 $87,596 Y/$ N/$ Y/$ N/S VETERAN SERVICES $57,109 $14,983 $72,092 Y/$ Y/$ N/$ Y/S * The annual compensation package plus the estimated cost of employee benefits equals the taxpayers'expense for these positions. Annual Compensation includes Base Salary(Board-approved Top Step effective 1/1/95),Management Longevity Pay,and Executive Automobile Allowance. It does not include Performance Incentive Pay,which can be up to 5% of the department head's base salary. LEGEND Y= A written evaluation based on performance rendered during the previous 12 months was completed. Evaluation may have been given in the same calendar year or the following calendar year,i.e.,performance evaluation could have been given in January, 1994 for performance rendered in 1993. N= A written evaluation was not.given for performance rendered during the previous 12 months. S= Increased compensation(salary step increase,COLA,or Department Head Bonus Pay) was given for performance rendered during the previous 12 months. Compensation increase may have been effective in same calendar year or in the next calendar year. For eaaluple, salary was increased increased in October, 1990 for performance rendered in 1990;salary was increased in February, 1992 for performance rendered in 1991;salary was increased in April, 1994 for services rendered in 1993. 13 TABLE B CAO EXECUTIVE STAFF EVALUATIONS &COMPENSATION ANNUAL TITLE COMPENSATION* BENEFITS TOTAL 190 191 192 '93 CHIEF ASSISTANT $98,956 $27,708 $126,664 N/S N/$ N/$ Y/$ ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR $95,073 $26,620 $121,693 N/$ N/$ N/$ Y/$ SENIOR DEPUTY $82,521 $23,106 $105,627 Y/$ N/$ N/$ Y/$ SENIOR DEPUTY $76,071 $21,300 $97,371 N/$ N/$ N/$ Y/$ SENIOR DEPUTY 576,071 $21,300 $97,371 N/$ N/$ Y/$ Y/$ DEPUTY $72,372 $20,264 $92,636 N/$ N/$ Y/$ Y/$ DEPUTY $72,372 $20,264 $92,636 N/$ N/$ N/$ Y/$ * The annual compensation package plus the estimated cost of employee benefits equals the taxpayers'expense for these positions. Annual Compensation includes Base Salary(Board-approved Top Step effective 1/1/95)and Management Longevity Pay. TABLE C CAO EVALUATIONS &COMPENSATION ANNUAL COMPENSATION* BENEFITS TOTAL 190 191 '92 '93 $152,447 $40,575 $193,022 N/$ N/$ N/$ N/$ * The annual compensation package plus the estimated cost of CAO benefits equals the:taxpayers'expense for this position. Annual Compensation includes Base Salary(Employment Agreement plus %increases approved by the Board through 1/1/95), Management Longevity Pay,Lunip-Suns Deferred Compensation,and Executive Automobile Allowance. LEGEND Y= A written evaluation based on performance rendered during the previous 12 months was completed. Evaluation may have been given in the same calendar year or the following calendar year,i.e,performance evaluation could have been given in January, 1994 for performance rendered in 1993. N= A written evaluation was not given for performance rendered during the previous 12 months. S= Increased compensation(salary step increase,COLA,or Department Head Bonus Pay)was given for performance rendered during the previous 12 months, Compensation increase may have been effective in same calendar year or in the next calendar year. For example, Salary was increased increased in October, 1990 for performance rendered in 1990;salary was increased in February, 1992 for performance rendered in 1991;salary was increased in April, 1994 for services rendered in 1993. 14