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COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
Inter-Departmental Correspondence
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Board of Supervisors
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DATE:
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December 2, 2004
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BOARD MEETING DATE:
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December 14, 2004
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TO:
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Honorable Board of Supervisors
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FROM:
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Supervisor Mike Nevin and Supervisor Mark Church
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SUBJECT:
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Amendments to the Salary and Benefits For Elected Officials And Unrepresented Management Personnel
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Recommendation
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ADOPT A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION 65720 SETTING THE SALARIES FOR CERTAIN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND EXPRESSING THE SALARY AND BENEFITS OF UNREPRESENTED MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL OF THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO.
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Background
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Benefits for county elected officials and unrepresented management personnel are contained in Resolution 65720 “Expressing The Salary And Benefits of Unrepresented Management Personnel of The County of San Mateo” which was adopted by this Board on December 17, 2002.
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Several sections of the resolution need updating as set forth below.
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Discussion
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Salaries of Elected Officials
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This November the District Attorney received a cost of living adjustment of 3%. No other county elected official’s salary was increased this year. Based on salary surveys of comparable Bay Area County Elected Officials and the history of increases in elected officials’ salaries, it is recommended that the salaries be increased effective December 19, 2004. Accordingly, the following cost of living adjustments are recommended and are included in the resolution: Assessor-County Clerk Recorder 4%, Controller 1.5%, Coroner 5%, Sheriff 4%, Treasurer Tax Collector 4%.
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Management Resolution
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Section 1 subsection 2 D requires safety employees to share in the cost of the enhanced safety retirement benefit that will go into effect January 1, 2005. The proposed amendment would exempt the Sheriff from the requirement to share in such cost as of January 1, 2005.
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Section 1 subsection 9 requires elected officials to retire concurrently with separation from County service in order to receive payment of one month’s premium of health, dental and vision insurance coverage for the official and eligible dependents for each month of county service. Unlike other county employees, elected County officials’ duration of employment is governed by statute. They, therefore, do not have the option to select a retirement date as do other county employees. Elected officials need some flexibility for planning purposes to choose a retirement date of up to 90 days past the date that they leave county service. The proposed amendment to the Resolution 65720 would give them this needed flexibility.
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The changes to subsections 10 and 11 addressing administrative and management leave time and transportation allowance consist of deleting the payment rates that were in effect prior to November 10, 2002. In addition, the maximum biweekly transportation allowance was increased to $350.
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