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Human Resources recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign
1) Resolution 060-2019 to comply with a) the California Public Employees’ Retirement System reporting requirements, b) Government Code Sections 20636 and 7522.34(a), and c) California Code of Regulations Title 2, Section 570.5 by retroactively adopting salary schedules for calendar years 2014 - 2018; and
2) Resolution 061-2019 to correct a typographical error on Resolution 224-2014. (Est. Time: 5 Min.)
FUNDING: N/A
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On July 17, 2018, the County received audit findings from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS). The findings found the County to be out of compliance with CalPERS reporting requirements, Government Code Sections 20636 and 7522.34(a), as well as California Code of Regulations Title 2, Section 570.5.
The audit findings noted that the County’s salary schedules and changes thereto must be approved and adopted by the County’s Board of Supervisors (Board), irrespective of previously approved Board resolutions that affected changes to the salary schedules. These changes include the following:
· New Classifications
· Abolished Classifications
· Classification Title Changes
· New and Revised Salaries
· New and Revised Bargaining Units (Representation Groups)
· New and Revised Job Class Numbers
In order to bring the County into compliance, beginning September 11, 2018, Human Resources brought before the Board a salary schedule for adoption each time a change affecting the Salary Schedule was approved by the Board through a separate Resolution.
In January 2019, the Director of Human Resources and County Counsel met with CalPERS to further discuss this requirement. From that meeting, CalPERS revised their direction to the County and are now requiring the following:
1) The County must retroactively adopt a salary schedule for calendar years 2014 - 2018, encompassing all changes to the salary schedule that took place...
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