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AD HOC COMMITTEE ON BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COMPENSATION

Meeting Date:	04/16/2015
Subject: COMPARISON OF BAY AREA COUNTY CHARACTERISTICS AND BOARD COMPENSATION FACTORS
Submitted For:	Stephen L. Weir
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:
Referral Name:
Presenter:	Steve Weir	Contact:	Julie DiMaggio Enea 925.335.1077

Information

Referral History:

At the April 9 Ad Hoc Committee meeting, the Committee asked staff to assemble the following information for the nine Bay Area counties of Santa Clara, Alameda, Sonoma, San Mateo, San Francisco, Marin, Solano, Contra Costa, and Napa:

Population
Budget (county plus special districts)
Number of positions (ideally, full-time equivalent positions)
Compensation factors for Board of Supervisors members
- Salary
- County Pension contribution and vesting
- County Health Benefits contribution
- County Retiree Health Benefits contribution and vesting
- County contribution to deferred compensation or other pension enhancement (IRA)
- Auto allowance
- Vacation, sick leave, or other paid accruals that can enhance terminal pay or retirement base
- Any other County-paid perquisites

The Committee requested the following additional information specific to the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors:

minimum requirements to maintain the elected position
a list of Board-governed special districts
a list of Board member committee assignments and associated stipends.

Referral Update:

Presented in your packet today is the information that staff was able to assemble in the four workdays since the last meeting. The means of gathering the information was via public websites, and phone and email surveys. The information is presented as an incomplete draft to permit the Committee to evaluate its relevance to the Committee's tasks and provide additional direction to staff.

Also presented is a current list of Contra Costa County Board member assignments to county and regional committees, boards and commissions and any compensation related to those assignments.

Staff researched the question of minimum requirements to maintain the elected position. Attached is Government Code section 1770, which answers the reverse question, which is "When does an office become vacant?" Item (g), for example, states that an office becomes vacant upon "His or her ceasing to discharge the duties of his or her office for the period of three consecutive months, except when prevented by sickness, or when absent from the state with the permission required by law."

There are many statutes that describe the powers of a board of supervisors but none that appear to set forth minimum job requirements for individual board members, except what is contained in GC 1770.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

RECEIVE draft compilation of research data on the characteristics of Bay Area county governments and the compensation factors of their governing bodies, and provide direction to staff on next steps.

Attachments
Bay Area County Characteristics
Elected Board Compensation Factors Among Bay Area Counties - DRAFT
2015 Contra Costa County BOS Committee Assignments
FPPC Form 806 Identifying BOS Committee Assignments That are Compensated
Government Code section 1770