DATE: October 24, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Hollis Magill, Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT: Salary Resolution Amendment - Department of Agriculture
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve amendment to the Salary Resolution consolidating Agricultural/Standards Specialist Trainee with the Agricultural/Standards Specialist I classification, effective October 30, 2023, as reflected in Appendix "A"; and
2. Approve amendment to the Salary Resolution adjusting the salaries of the of the Agricultural/Standards Specialist I/II/III/Supervising, Agricultural/Standards Investigator, and Entomologist effective October 30, 2023, as reflected in Appendix "A".
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions would consolidate the Agricultural/Standards Specialist Trainee with the Agricultural/Standards Specialist I and increase the salary for the Agricultural/Standards Specialist I/II/III/Supervising, Agricultural/Standards Investigator, and Entomologist to make these classifcations more comparable within the local market and address recruitment and retention issues. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board were not to approve the recommended actions, the Agricultural/Standards Specialist series structure and associated salary would remain unchanged and uncompetitive within the local market contributing to continued recruitment and retention issues.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost of the first recommended action in FY 2023-24 is estimated at $14,976 ($4,493 NCC). The cost of the second recommended action in FY 2023-24 is estimated at $506,600 ($151,980 NCC). Sufficient appropriations are included in the Department of Agriculture's FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget for Org 4010 and will be included in future budget requests.
DISCUSSION:
The Department of Human Resources recently completed a class study of the Agricultural/Standards Specialist classification series in which the salary and series structure were evaluated. A comparative salary sur...
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