Agenda

Return

D.6

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

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Revised Management Benefits Resolution No. 2015/386, which Supersedes Resolution No. 2015/3

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/13/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

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

ABSENT:

Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor

Contact:	Lisa Driscoll, County Finance Director (925) 335-1023
cc:	Harjit S. Nahal, Assistant County Auditor Lisa Lopez, Assistant Director of Human Resources Ann Elliott, Employee Benefits Manager

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: October 13, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Resolution No. 2015/386, which supersedes Resolution No. 2015/3, regarding compensation and benefits for the County Administrator, County Elected and Appointed Department Heads, Management, Exempt, and Unrepresented employees to reflect changes, as recommended by the County Administrator.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The terms and conditions set forth in this action have an estimated FY 2015-16 cost of $275,000, given current health plan enrollment.

BACKGROUND:

Historically, the wages and benefits granted by the County to its department heads, managers, and unrepresented employees have paralleled the wages and benefits negotiated by the County with its various labor organizations. In summary, the modifications described below modify the benefits for specified groups of unrepresented employees, and make technical non-substantive corrections.

The attached Management Resolution has been modified in the following ways:

The face sheet now provides that to the extent the Management Benefits Resolution is inconsistent with the County’s Administrative Bulletins, Salary Regulations, and Personnel Management Regulations, the terms of the Resolution govern;
Section 2.11 is amended to add a high deductible health plan option, and beginning January 1, 2018, certain high cost employer-sponsored health plans will be eliminated;
An Employee +1 Dependent option is added to the premium subsidy structure in section 2.12;
New section 2.12.1 Medical Plan Cost-Sharing on and after January 1, 2016 is added to provide three tiered Health plan premium cost-sharing for the 2016 Plan Year and beyond;
Health plan premium subsidy amounts listed for employees participating in CalPERS are corrected in section 2.19;
New section 2.32 Health Benefit Access for Employees Not Otherwise Covered is added to provide access to health plans at employee expense for employees not otherwise eligible for coverage in compliance with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
New section 30.12 Law School Loan Reimbursement Program is added. Unrepresented attorneys, other than the District Attorney, County Counsel, and Public Defender, will be eligible to receive limited reimbursement for law school loans in the same amount and on terms similar to those applicable to represented attorneys;
New section 56 Countywide Accounting Differential is added to provide a pay differential for specified classifications with responsibility for ensuring the system-wide fiscal integrity of the County and its dependent special districts; and
The job title of District Attorney is corrected in sections 21, 25, and 30.13.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the action is not taken, employees will not have access to a new high deductible health plan, a three tier cost structure, or improved employer subsidies to health plans.