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To: Board of Supervisors
From: David Twa, County Administrator
Date: January  20, 2015
The Seal of Contra Costa County, CA
Contra
Costa
County
Subject: ADOPT Side Letter to amend MOU with CCC Deputy District Attorneys' Association
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On:   01/20/2015
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: Lisa Driscoll, County Finance Director (925) 335-1023
cc: Mark Peterson, District Attorney     Robert Campbell, Auditor-Controller     Paul Graves, Deputy District Attorney     Doug MacMaster, Chief Assistant District Attorney     Glynis Hughes, Labor Relations    
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  20, 2015
David Twa,
 
BY: , Deputy

 

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Resolution No. 2015/31 approving the Side Letter between Contra Costa County and the Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorneys' Association, modifying Section 17 "Professional Expense" of the current Memorandum of Understanding (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2015) to allow the Auditor-Controller to issue one check for California State Bar membership dues rather than processing individual attorney reimbursements; and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller to include specified management attorneys' 2015 State Bar dues in the same check.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No direct fiscal impact. Action is expected to reduced administrative time and expense required to process individual checks.

BACKGROUND:
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
    The existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorneys' Association includes a provision for reimbursement for California State Bar membership dues. The MOU calls for each attorney to pay their dues and then file a claim for reimbursement. Each year this process requires the processing of eighty to ninety individual claims and checks. The District Attorney, Auditor-Controller, and Deputy District Attorneys' Association are desirous of reducing the administrative work associated with the reimbursement and have come to an agreement for the Auditor's Office to issue, and the District Attorney's Office to pay, the dues directly to the State in one check. The Side Letter being considered today will authorize this action for 2015 dues.

      
    The only represented attorney not included in this action is Deputy District Attorney Brittany Armstrong, who paid her dues prior to this agreement being reached. Deputy District Attorney Armstrong will retain her right to claim for individual reimbursement for the 2015 year. The terms of this Side Letter will be incorporated into the next MOU between the County and the Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorneys' Association to include all represented attorneys.  
      
    Additionally, this action will make the same change in process for the following unrepresented individuals:

    1. CABRAL, Daniel
    2. FLYNN, Bruce T.
    3. GEORGIOU, Nancy
    4. MacMASTER, Douglass C.
    5. PETERSON, Mark A.
    6. REDMOND, Phyllis
    7. KENSOK, Thomas J.
    8. KNOX, Mary
    Unrepresented Senior Deputy District Attorney Steve Moawad, who paid his dues prior to this agreement, will retain his right to claim for individual reimbursement for the 2015 year.  
      
    Bar dues for 2015 are $430, however only $380 of that amount is reimbursable from the County. The Auditor- Controller will prepare one check in the amount of thirty-six thousand one hundred dollars ($36,100) to the State Bar of California for 2015 membership dues, thirty-three thousand sixty dollars ($33,060) for the eighty-seven attorneys listed in the Side Letter and three thousand forty dollars ($3,040) for the eight individuals listed above.  
      
    The Office of the District Attorney will process payment and any required documentation to the State Bar of California by January 30, 2015.

    CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

    Eligible members of the Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorneys Association will continue to request and receive individual reimbursement for State Bar dues.

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