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Human Resources recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 013-2023 adopting, effective the pay period containing January 1, 2023:
a) New salaries for the classifications affected by El Dorado County Charter, Section 504; the Memorandum of Understanding between the County of El Dorado and the Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, Article 5, Section 2; and the Memorandum of Understanding between the County of El Dorado, the El Dorado County Law Enforcement Management Association, Article 4, Section 1B, and the Salary and Benefits Resolution for Unrepresented Employees, Section 6. 602;
b) Increase the salary of the Chief Administrative Officer and County Counsel by approximately fifteen percent (15%) in furtherance of the County Charter’s directive to recruit and retain the best qualified candidates; and
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the revised Salary and Benefits Resolution for Unrepresented Employees - Resolution 014-2023 effective the first pay period following adoption to set County Counsel’s base salary one percent (1.0%) above the Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator's base salary to be consistent with most other counties.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Charter 504 and Formally Linked Classifications
The El Dorado County Charter, Section 504, requires the Board of Supervisors to determine the average salaries for South Lake Tahoe Police Department, Amador County Sheriff's Department, and California Highway Patrol (comparator agencies) annually, and to adjust the salaries of specific, comparable law enforcement classifications to be at least equal to the average of the salaries for comparable positions in those agencies.
Using the Deputy Sheriff II as the benchmark classification, the Human Resources Department conducted the annual survey of the comparator agency classifications (see attachments). The annual survey indicates that the Deputy Sheriff II classification is 2.67% below the...
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