DATE: June 12, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nerland, Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT: Salary Resolution Amendments, County Health Premium Contributions for Plan Year 2019, and Salary Step Structure Conversion for Unrepresented and Management Classifications
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve salary adjustments for Unrepresented (excluding Water/Wastewater Specialist II/III and Supervising Water/Wastewater Specialist classifications and confidential classifications covered by Footnote "y") and Management (excluding Deputy County Counsel I/II/III/IV/Senior) classifications, effective July 2, 2018, as reflected in Appendix "B".
2. Approve administrative salary adjustments of 2% for Senior Management classifications (excluding Department Heads and Elected Officials), effective July 2, 2018.
3. Approve the County Health Premium Contributions for Plan Year 2019 for Unrepresented and Management (including Senior Management) employees, effective December 17, 2018.
4. Approve the salary step structure conversion, as reflected on Appendix "B", for Unrepresented (excluding confidential classifications covered by Footnote "y") and Management (excluding Deputy County Counsel I/II/III/IV/Senior) classifications, effective January 14, 2019.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions would serve to increase salaries and County health contributions and expedite step progression (by returning to the former 5-step structure) in an effort to remain attractive and competitive in the local labor market, while retaining a quality workforce. The estimated total cost associated with Recommended Action Nos. 1 and 2 is approximately $1,949,220 and $463,051 in Net County Cost (NCC). The estimated cost for Recommended Action No. 3 is approximately $282,750 ($72,165 NCC). The estimated cost for Recommended Action No. 4 is approximately $597,918 ($145,658 NCC). Sufficient appropriations will be included in the impacted departments' FY 2018-19 recommende...
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