DATE: May 17, 2022
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Hollis Magill, Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT: Salary Resolution Amendment - Range Adjustments
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve Amendment to the Salary Resolution adjusting the range for the identified classifications, effective May 16, 2022, as reflected in Appendix "D".
2. Approve the addenda to the Memoranda of Understanding for the following representation units, represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 521, effective May 16, 2022:
o Unit 04 - Eligibility Workers
o Unit 12 - Clerical, Paramedical, Building and Service Employees
o Unit 22 - Professional, Para-professional, and Technical Employees
o Unit 36 - Supervisory Employees
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions would increase the range of the identified classifications so that their "Step 1" is at or above minimum wage and has a reasonable spread with any identified benchmark classifications. It would also eliminate advance step placements for these classifications. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board were not to approve the recommended actions, the salaries for the identified classifications would remain unchanged and classifications would continue to be placed at advanced step placements.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The total estimated cost of the recommended actions for the remainder of FY 2021-22 is approximately $102,139 ($3,960 in NCC). Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues to absorb these costs are available in the FY 2021-22 adopted budgets of each impacted department and will be included in subsequent budget requests.
DISCUSSION:
California Senate Bill 3, chaptered in 2016, approved multiple minimum wage increases reaching $15.00 per hour as of January 1, 2022. To remain competitive within the local labor market, the County correspondingly increased the starting salary for numerous classifications to be equal or above minimum wage, in some cases by starting ...
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