DATE: January 31, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nerland, Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT: Agreement to Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Representation Unit 1 - Law Enforcement Personnel
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve the Agreement to Memorandum of Understanding regarding salary adjustments, as reflected on Appendix C, for Communications Dispatcher I/II/III/Specialist classifications within Representation Unit 1 - Law Enforcement Personnel, represented by the Fresno Deputy Sheriff's Association, effective January 30, 2017.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action would implement a salary increase for the identified classification series to address recruitment and retention issues. The 10% increase ($128,520) includes $83,538 in Net County Cost, which will be absorbed within the Sheriff's Office FY 2016-17 adopted budget.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board were not to approve the recommended action, the existing terms and conditions would remain in effect and negotiations would continue; however, the recruitment and retention issues would remain.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The total estimated cost of the recommended action for the remainder of FY 2016-17 is approximately $128,520; $83,538 in Net County Cost. The annual cost is approximately $334,152; $217,199 in Net County Cost. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenue is included in the Sheriff's Office Org 3111 adopted budget and will be included in future budget requests.
DISCUSSION:
Pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding Addendum approved by your Board on December 2, 2014, a classification and compensation study of the Communications Dispatcher classification series within Unit 1 was conducted. The study determined that this series in the Sheriff's Office has not kept pace with the compensation of local law enforcement agencies.
Though the parties are currently engaged in MOU negotiations, the most recent Unit 1 contract expired on December 18, 2016. The recom...
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