On April 16, 2019, the Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 2019-11, linking the base salary for members of the Board of Supervisors to the salary of Superior Court judges. The ordinance provides that from and after January 1, 2021, Supervisors receive 65% of judges’ salary. This includes the increases, at the same time and in the same percentage, that the judges receive, so that a base salary of 65% of Contra Costa County Superior Court judges’ salary is maintained. Ordinance No. 2019-11 requires that for all adjustments to base salary occurring after January 1, 2021, a “notice of adjustment in compensation paid to members of the board of supervisors” shall appear on the agenda of a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors at least ten (10) days prior to the date such adjustment is implemented. Each such adjustment will have the same effective date as the corresponding salary adjustment for the Contra Costa County Superior Court judges.
On July 19, 2022, the County received notice that Superior Court judges’ salary was increased to $229,125, retroactive to July 1, 2022. This was a 1.80% increase to judicial salaries. On December 1, 2022, the County received notice that the Superior Court judges' salary was increased a further 0.894% to $231,174 retroactive to July 1, 2022. The purpose of this Board Order is to provide notice, pursuant to Ordinance 2019-11, that the salaries for members of the Board of Supervisors also are increased by a further 0.894% to maintain a base salary of 65% of Superior Court Judges’ salary. The monthly salary amount for Board members increases from $12,410.94 to $12,521.93. This salary increase will be implemented on or after December 13, 2022, with an effective date of July 1, 2022.
The County will not be in compliance with Ordinance 2019-11.