RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

* * * * * *

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY MANAGER TO IDENTIFY JOB CLASSIFICATIONS MOST CRUCIAL TO BUDGET CONTROL AND STABILIZATION; AND AUTHORIZING THE OFFER OF A CASH INCENTIVE TO SELECT EMPLOYEES IN THOSE JOB CLASSIFICATIONS TO VOLUNTARILY SEPARATE FROM COUNTY SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA AND TERMS HEREIN

______________________________________________________________

RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, the County continues to experience the combined impact from the national economic downturn and the State’s significant reduction in support to local governments; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has directed the County Manager to develop and implement measures to reduce the County’s on-going structural budget deficit; and

WHEREAS, one such measure is a program in which employees in classifications facing probable lay-off are offered a cash payment to end their employment, increasing voluntary employee attrition, reducing long-term salary expenditures, and minimizing involuntary employee separation through a lay-off process; and

WHEREAS, this Board finds that such a voluntary employee separation program would result in savings to the County.

   

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED as follows:

   

The County Manager is directed to determine which job classifications are crucial

to controlling the County’s ongoing structural deficit and to offer this program to

employees in those classifications during the time period or periods within FY

2009-2010 as he deems most advantageous to the County’s interest. The

County Manager shall proceed in accordance with the following criteria, which are

also set forth in the attached resolution:

    1. Selected job classifications must be impacted by planned budget reductions.

    2. The County Manager shall be authorized to implement this program throughout FY 2009-2010.

    3. Payments to individual employees shall be limited to $15,000 for current full-time employees who have been continuously employed by the County for the equivalent of at least five years (10,400 hours), and $20,000 for current full-time employees who have been continuously employed by the County for the equivalent of at least ten years (20,800 hours).

    4. The County will pay the first 6 months of the employer’s share of health care premiums (in addition to any health premium credits to which the employee may already be entitled).

    5. To be eligible to apply, an employee in any selected job classification must satisfy all of the following requirements:

    a. Be in the status of a full-time regular employee (i.e., extra help, provisional, and unclassified employees are not eligible) in the designated classification;

    b. Have been employed by the County continuously for the equivalent of at least five years (10,400 hours);

    c. Have not submitted notice of resignation or applied for retirement on or before the date the program is announced for his/her particular job classification.

    6. The County Manager shall communicate additional guidelines as necessary.

    7. Employees who are selected will be barred from working for the County in any capacity for twenty-four months, including as a regular employee, extra help, working retiree, independent contractor, consultant, or any other similar relationship such directly providing services to the County as an employee for a contractor or consultant doing business with the County.

* * * * * *