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Human Resources Department recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 205-2021 approving the negotiated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of El Dorado and the El Dorado County Probation Officers Association representing the Probation Bargaining Unit;
2) Authorize the Chair to sign said MOU, noting:
a) the MOU shall become of full force and effect for the period January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2022,
b) that nothing in the MOU is intended to be applied retroactively unless expressly indicated; and
3) Direct the Human Resources Department and the Auditor-Controller's Office to administer and implement the MOU provisions.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The term of the current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of El Dorado (County) and El Dorado County Probation Officers Association (EDCPOA) representing the Probation (PR) Bargaining Unit, ended on December 31, 2019.
Pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Government Code sections 3500 et seq.), representatives of EDCPOA and the County have met and conferred in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment of employees in the PR bargaining unit. The County and EDCPOA jointly prepared a successor MOU, for the term of January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2022, reflecting agreed revisions to certain terms and conditions. Subject to the provisions in the MOU, those revised terms and conditions with a County cost impact are summarized below, along with the estimated annual cost.
1. Effective the first full pay period following Board of Supervisors adoption of a successor MOU, the County will increase base wages for journey level benchmark classifications and internally tied non-benchmark classifications to approximately 8.0% (+/- 1%) behind the median of the County’s December, 2019 comparable compensation survey data. Estimated annual cost $711,800.
2. Effective the first full...
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