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C. 93

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David Twa, County Administrator
Date:	December 18, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Ad Hoc Committee on Board of Supervisors Compensation

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/18/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

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

Contact:

Laura Strobel (925) 335-1091

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 18, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

DIRECT the County Administrator to appoint an Ad Hoc Committee to review and make recommendations for any increased compensation for 2019 and subsequent years for the Board of Supervisors and report back within 90 days.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.

BACKGROUND:

In 2015, the Board of Supervisors appointed an Ad Hoc Committee to review the Supervisors compensation. That Committee consisted of 5 individuals representing labor, business, a past member of the Contra Costa County Civil Grand Jury, and community leaders. A copy of the Committee's Final Report and Recommendations is attached.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On July 7, 2015 the Committee recommended that the Board adjust their base salary by 12% spread over 3 years starting January 1, 2016, with the last increase of 3.855% occurring on January 1, 2018. The Committee also recommended that the Board establish an ongoing review committee, composed of impartial citizens, to review future compensation adjustments.

The Board accepted the recommendations on their salaries, but took no action at that time to establish a committee to review future compensation adjustments. Since the date of the committee report, the County has settled a number of labor contracts regarding wages and benefits for County employees.

It is the recommendation of the County Administrator that the Board of Supervisors consider appointing a new Ad Hoc Committee, composed of impartial citizens representing business, labor, and the general public. To that end, the business community will be represented by the East Bay Leadership Council (EBLC) and asked to select two members; the labor community will be asked to select two members, one from the Contra Costa Building Trades Council and one from the Contra Costa Central Labor Council; and a member at large will be selected from applications received via a public solicitation process.

To provide a reference point, below is the salary information from the 11 Counties that have been referenced in prior years when looking at salaries for the Board of Supervisors and for Elected Department Heads. The information is also shown in Table 1 sorted by Population and Table 2 sorted by Salary. Finally, Table 3 shows those Counties that use a percentage of the Judges’ salaries as compensation for Supervisors.