Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Rocio Kiryczun, Director, Human Resources Department
Subject: Master Salary Resolution for Fiscal Year 2023-2024
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adoption of the Master Salary Resolution for FY 2023-2024.
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BACKGROUND:
On February 24, 2015 your Board adopted Ordinance 04733 which allowed that a resolution establish the number of all appointed County officers and employees and their compensation and benefits. The resolution is the base document identifying the number of authorized positions and classifications for all County jobs. It also establishes the compensation and certain benefits other than base pay for County officers and employees. Base pay and other compensation are established by resolution for each employee group and is listed herein as the amount paid for each bi-weekly pay period for information only.
Each year, following budget hearings, your Board adopts the annual Master Salary Resolution that enacts the decisions made by the Board concerning the number of positions in the County service. Throughout the year salary resolution amendments indicate changes in positions and the compensation established herein that occur in the various operating departments.
DISCUSSION:
The total number of positions authorized by your Board for FY 2022-2023 was 5,868 including adjustments made via salary resolution amendments throughout the year. This number includes positions authorized for the County Library System, the First 5 Commission, Retirement (SamCERA) and LAFCO and excludes Housing Authority. For FY 2023-2024 the Board authorized 5,954 positions which is a net increase of 86 positions. The FY 2023-2024 positions are distributed among the departments as follows:
|
Department/Agency |
FY 2022-23 |
FY 2023-24 |
|
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|
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Criminal Justice |
|
|
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• Coroner’s Office |
15 |
15 |
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• District Attorney’s Office |
150 |
151 |
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• Probation Department |
354 |
354 |
|
Department/Agency |
FY 2022-23 |
FY 2023-24 |
|
|
|
|
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• Sheriff’s Office |
814 |
814 |
|
|
|
|
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Health Services |
|
|
|
• Health System |
|
|
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• Aging and Adult Services |
150 |
154 |
|
• Behavioral Health and Recovery |
476 |
505 |
|
• Correctional Health |
88 |
102 |
|
• Emergency Medical Services |
10 |
10 |
|
• Environmental Health Services |
84 |
85 |
|
• Family Health Services |
174 |
174 |
|
• Health Administration |
24 |
24 |
|
• Health Coverage Unit |
26 |
26 |
|
• Health IT |
41 |
41 |
|
• Public Health, Policy and Planning |
162 |
163 |
|
• San Mateo Medical Center |
1043 |
1043 |
|
• First 5 San Mateo County |
8 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
Social Services |
|
|
|
• Department of Child Support Services |
56 |
56 |
|
• Department of Emergency Management |
10 |
10 |
|
• Human Services Agency |
791 |
798 |
|
|
|
|
|
Community Services |
|
|
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• Agriculture/Weights and Measures |
30 |
30 |
|
• County Library |
146 |
153 |
|
• Department of Housing |
25 |
29 |
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• LAFCO |
2 |
2 |
|
• Office of Sustainability |
20 |
22 |
|
• Parks Department |
75 |
75 |
|
• Parks - Coyote Point Marina |
3 |
3 |
|
• Planning and Building |
69 |
69 |
|
• Public Safety Communications |
78 |
78 |
|
• Public Works |
|
|
|
• Administration |
40 |
41 |
|
• Engineering Services |
21 |
22 |
|
• Facilities Services |
118 |
120 |
|
• Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance |
14 |
14 |
|
• Utilities |
22 |
22 |
|
• Road Construction and Operations |
77 |
79 |
|
• Construction Services |
10 |
10 |
|
• Airports |
10 |
10 |
|
Department/Agency |
FY 2022-23 |
FY 2023-24 |
|
|
|
|
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• Real Property |
6 |
6 |
|
• Solid Waste Management |
10 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
Administration and Fiscal Services |
|
|
|
• Assessor/County Clerk/Recorder |
161 |
161 |
|
• Board of Supervisors |
22 |
22 |
|
• County Executive Office/Clerk of the Board |
56 |
60 |
|
• Controller’s Office |
53 |
55 |
|
• County Attorney’s Office |
49 |
50 |
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• Human Resources Department |
67 |
71 |
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• Information Services |
139 |
137 |
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• Retirement Office |
23 |
23 |
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• Shared Services |
12 |
12 |
|
• Tax Collector/Treasurer’s Office |
34 |
34 |
|
|
|
|
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Total Positions |
5,868 |
5,954 |
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The resolution also includes special compensation and benefits other than base pay for represented and management positions that have been adopted through resolution amendments from the previous fiscal year. Furthermore, this resolution also includes new compensation changes for positions in the following departments:
All Departments
• Amend Section 11 - Extra Help-Limited Term Employees, Item 3 so that Limited Term Employees will receive a 401A plan with 3-year graded vesting as follows:
o One-third (1/3) of the County’s entire contribution (automatic contribution and matching contribution combined) will vest at the end of the first year of consecutive, limited term employment.
o An additional one-third (1/3) of the County’s entire contribution (automatic contribution and matching contribution combined) will vest at the end of the second year of consecutive, limited term employment.
o An additional one-third (1/3) of the County’s entire contribution (automatic contribution and matching contribution combined) (100% of the County’s entire contribution) will vest after two and one-half (2.5) years of consecutive, limited term employment.
County Health - All
• Set the flat hourly rate of the newly created B422, Psychiatric Resident - MAT Grant (Extra Help) classification at $101/hour.
16000 - County Attorney’s Office
• Amend Section 5 - Special Compensation to add a 5.74% lead differential for a Paralegal - Confidential who is assigned lead worker responsibilities.
30000 - Sheriff’s Office
• Set the salary range of the newly created classification of B421, Sheriff’s Executive Director of Administration - Unclassified at $91.35 to $114.17 per hour.
• Set the salary range of the newly created classification of D240, Sheriff’s Director of Communication at $64.00 to $80.00 per hour.
• See also salary adjustment to Q002 and Q005 below.
43000 - Department of Emergency Management
• Adjust salary range of Q002, Department of Emergency Management (DEM) Coordinator to $43.08 to $53.85 per hour. This is a 7.1% adjustment to current salary in order to align with median salary of our comparable market.
• Adjust salary range of Q005, Supervising Coordinator, DEM to $47.51 to $59.39 per hour. This a 1% adjustment to current salary to reduce salary compression with the DEM Coordinator classification.
This resolution has been reviewed and approved by the County Attorney’s Office as to form.
Financial Impact on County’s Retirement System
Government Code Section 31515.5 requires the County to provide the estimated financial impact that proposed benefit changes or salary increases for current employees would have on the funding status of SamCERA‘s retirement fund, the County’s retirement system.
As reflected in the attached letter from SamCERA’s actuary, Milliman, the adjustments to the salaries of Q002, DEM Coordinator and Q005, Supervising Coordinator, DEM reflected in this amendment that are in addition to the actually assumed annual salary increases of affected current employees, increases the Actuarial Accrued Liability (AAL) by approximately $85,000. While the Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liability (UAAL) of SamCERA will be higher by this amount, the funded ratio, rounded to the nearest one basis point, will be unchanged.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The total number of authorized positions for FY 2023-2024 is 5,954 including positions authorized for the County Library System, the First 5 Commission, Retirement (SamCERA) and LAFCO. The estimated annual salary and benefits cost is $1.3 billion.