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C. 22

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Ed Woo, Chief Information Officer
Date:	May 12, 2015

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Costa

County

Subject:

Reallocate the Salary of GIS Administrator

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/12/2015

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

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	John Huie, Deputy CIO - GIS 925-313-1318
cc:	James Hicks Joanne Buenger Gladys Reid

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: May 12, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 21563 to reallocate the salary of the GIS (Geographic Information System) Administrator - (LDSA) classification (represented) from salary plan and grade ZB5 1694 ($5,782 - $7,028) to salary plan and grade ZA5 1915 ($7,197-$8,748) in the Department of Information Technology (DoIT).

FISCAL IMPACT:

Upon approval of this action, the annual cost increase will be approximately $26,151, of which $6,000 is the pension benefit increase. The costs of this action will be covered by GIS user fees. No costs are anticipated in the current fiscal year due to the time required to recruit and fill the position.

BACKGROUND:

DoIT has attempted repeatedly to recruit a GIS Administrator, but without success. We have received recurring feedback from candidates that they could not accept a position here due to our low salary levels. This is an ongoing problem that we are seeing across the entire range of Information Technology classifications, particularly with those positions requiring higher skill levels. We conducted a single-class salary survey, which showed that the current salary for this position is far lower than any of our neighboring counties for similar positions with similar duties. The County Administrator's Office has agreed to raise the salary to a level that parallels our Database Administrator classification. We are hoping that this modest increase will encourage someone with the requisite skills to apply for and accept the position.

As a part of our recommended salary reallocation, we also have revised the original job description and added language to more adequately reflect the complex nature of the position. This includes duties related to managing people as well as a wide variety of complex hardware and specialized software technologies. The position has been vacant for well over a year and we have not been able to adequately support the system during this time.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

This vacancy causes inadequate support of the GIS with longer response times to problems, and elimination of all upgrades and additional services.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.