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Director of Human Resources recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 060-2021 establishing revised salaries for the District Attorney, Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator, Public Defender, and the Chief Probation Officer, to be effective the pay period following adoption.
FUNDING: Primarily General Fund with some positions being paid with State and Federal Funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On April 6, 2021, the Chief Administrative Office recommended the Board provide direction to the Human Resources Director relative to the compensation paid to the Sheriff, District Attorney, Public Defender, and Chief Probation Officer. The Board of Supervisors directed staff to return to the Board with a Resolution to 1) state that the Sheriff’s total compensation will remain 2.5% above the Undersheriff on an ongoing basis; 2) confirm that the District Attorney and Sheriff shall continue to receive the same base salary; 3) state that the Public Defender’s base salary will be set at 15% below the District Attorney’s base salary; and 3) state that the compensation of the Chief Probation Officer shall be 10% above the Sheriff's Captain base salary on a one-time basis.
To adhere to the Board direction provided above, Resolution 060-2021 will 1) increase the base salary of the Sheriff by 4.91% to bring compensation to 2.5% above the Undersheriff, 2) increase the base salary of the District Attorney to be equal to that of the Sheriff which also results in a 4.91% increase, 3) set the base salary of the Public Defender at 15% below the District Attorney’s base salary, which provides an increase to the base salary for the Public Defender classification by 2.49% 4) set the base salary of the Chief Probation Officer at 10% above the Sheriff’s Captain, which provides an increase to the base salary for the Chief Probation Officer by 15.59%.
A revision to the Salary and Benefits Resolution for Unrepresented Employees, Resolution 165-2020 will...
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