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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David Twa, County Administrator
Date:	December 4, 2012

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Salary Resolution No. 2012/495 Increasing Salaries of Certain Unrepresented Attorneys

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/04/2012

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:	Ted Cwiek, 925-335-1766
cc:	Robert Campbell, Auditor-Controller Ted Cwiek, Human Resources Director Marilyn Leedom, Retirement Administrator Mark Peterson, District Attorney Robin Lipetzky, Public Defender Linda Dippel, Child Support

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: December 4, 2012
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Resolution No. 2012/495 regarding salary increases for the Assistant County Counsel-Exempt (2ED1);Assistant District Attorney-Exempt (2KD3); Assistant Public Defender-Exempt (25D2); Attorney Basic-Child Support Services (29VA); Attorney Advanced-Child Support Services (29TA);Attorney Entry-Child Support Services (29WA); Chief Asst. County Counsel-Exempt (2ED2); Chief Asst. Deputy District Attorney-Exempt (2KD2);Chief Assistant Public Defender-Exempt (25D1);Chief Trial Deputy Public Defender (25DB);Civil Litigation Attorney-Advanced (2ETG);Civil Litigation Attorney-Standard (2ETF);Civil Litigation Attorney-Basic (2ETE);County Counsel (2EA1);Deputy County Counsel-Advanced (2ETK);Deputy County Counsel-Standard (2ETJ);Deputy County Counsel-Basic (2ETH);Public Defender (25A1);Retirement General Counsel-Exempt (97B3);Senior Deputy District Attorney-Exempt (2KD1);Senior Financial Counsel-Exempt (2ED3);and Supervising Attorney-Child Support Services (29HA) classifications.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This action has no current year, FY 2012/13, fiscal impact. The Board's action of September 13, 2011 reducing wages by 2.75% and increasing retirement contributions continues, saving approximately $433,200 in wages and benefits. In fiscal year 2013/14, the cost of a 1.5% and 2% wage increase ($130,500 and $87,000 respectively) will reduce the savings to approximately $215,700. In fiscal year 2014/15 the full year savings will be reduced to $128,600.

BACKGROUND:

Contra Costa County has historically tied unrepresented attorney classes to the represented classes in the Contra Costa Defenders' and Deputy District Attorney' Associations for purposes of salary parity. On November 6, 2012, the Board of Supervisors adopted new memoranda of understanding with the Contra Costa Defenders' and Deputy District Attorney' Associations that included wage increases. Resolution No. 2012/495 increases unrepresented attorney classification salaries by 1.5% effective July 1, 2013 and 2.0% effective January 1, 2014 in order to re-establish parity with represented attorney classes by the end of fiscal year 2014/2015.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The County could be detrimentally impacted by the potential loss of highly-trained legal personnel.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

None.