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C. 16

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David Twa, County Administrator
Date:	January 13, 2015

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Costa

County

Subject:

Resolution No. 2015/16 to Provide a Salary Increase Adjustment for County Counsel and Public Defender Classes

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/13/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	David Twa, County Administrator (925) 335-1080
cc:	Harjit S. Nahal, Assistant Auditor-Controller Human Resources

I hereby 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: January 13, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Resolution No. 2015/16 to provide salary increase adjustments for the County Counsel (2EA1) and Public Defender (25A1) classifications, effective January 1, 2015.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Upon approval, this action will result in an annual cost of approximately $73,227, including approximate pension costs of $17,793.

BACKGROUND:

On July 29, 2014, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 2014/260, which provided salary increase adjustments for elected department heads. As an elected official classification, the District Attorney-Public Administrator was included in the salary increase adjustment, which resulted in an annual salary of $234,000. In order to maintain internal parity between all executive attorney classifications in the County, the salaries of the County Counsel and Public Defender classes should be increased to be consistent with the salary of the District Attorney-Public Administrator classification.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this action is not approved, the County could be detrimentally impacted by the potential loss of highly trained personnel.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.

CLERK'S ADDENDUM

ADOPTED Resolution No. 2015/16 as revised to change annual base rate of County Counsel to $228,803 and Public Defender to $214,637.