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Human Resources Department recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 026-2026 to:
1) Approve, due to upward reclassifications, the deletion of 1.0 FTE Manager of Mental Health Programs and 3.0 FTE Program Manager - Protective Services allocations and the addition of 1.0 FTE Manager of Mental Health Programs (Y-rated) and 3.0 FTE Program Manager - Protective Services (Y-rated) allocations in the Health and Human Services Agency;
2) Approve the upward reclassification of the affected incumbent employees in these positions to the new corresponding Y-rated classifications; and
3) Approve exceptions to the County of El Dorado Personnel Rules Resolution 166-2022 regarding Status of Employees in Reclassified Positions (Rule 507), Salary on Promotion (Rule 608), and Underfill or Overfill of Full/Part Time Positions (Rule 505) to effectuate the reclassification of the affected incumbent employees.
FUNDING: Federal Medi-Cal (50%) and Behavioral Health Realignment (50%) for the Manager of Mental Health Programs (Y-rated) position and Federal Funding (40%), State General Fund Allocation (15%), and County Realignment (45%) for the Program Manager - Protective Services (Y-rated) positions.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On April 1, 2025, with Legistar file 25-0520, the Board of Supervisors approved a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the El Dorado County Managers’ Association, representing the Management (MA) bargaining unit. As part of the MOU, MA agreed to an elimination of on-call pay for incumbent employees in the classifications of Manager of Mental Health Programs and Program Manager - Protective Services. In exchange for this elimination, incumbent employees in the affected classifications would receive a Y-rated, eighteen percent (18%) “base wage increase” (otherwise known as “on-call buyout”); however, future employees in these classifications would not be entitled to the on-call buyout.
Following the Board’s approval ...
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