To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: Side Letter with the Defenders’ Association to Increase PD Investigator Series Salaries
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT a Resolution approving the Side Letter between Contra Costa County and the Contra Costa County Defenders’ Association increasing the salaries of the listed classifications in the Public Defender Investigator series.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The annual increase in salary and benefit costs is approximately $116,000. Costs will be absorbed by the operating department.
BACKGROUND:
In 2022 the County identified several classifications with significant recruitment and retention challenges. The County agreed to study the market for those classifications and explore salary adjustments pursuant to Section 5.17 - Compensation Study in the Memorandum of Understanding between the parties. The County completed a salary study on the listed classifications and found that the Public Defender Investigator series met the agreed upon criteria for a salary adjustment.
This Side Letter provides for a six and thirty-six hundredths percent (6.36%) increase for the specified classifications in the Public Defender Investigator series:
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6N7A |
Public Defender Investigator Assistant |
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6NVA |
Public Defender Investigator II |
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6NWA |
Public Defender Investigator I |
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6NW1 |
Public Defender Investigator I - Project |
In combination with scheduled cost of living adjustments, this salary increase will make significant improvements in the series’ market position and will help recruit and retain highly qualified staff to fill these important roles.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Staff compensation will continue to be significantly under market and the County will be less competitive with other agencies, which will reduce services and negatively impact operations.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
and for Special Districts, Agencies and Authorities Governed by the Board
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IN THE MATTER OF the Side Letter between Contra Costa County and the Contra Costa County Defenders’ Association, providing for salary increases for the Public Defender Investigator series.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, acting in its capacity as the governing board of the County of Contra Costa RESOLVES THAT
The Side Letter between Contra Costa County and the Contra Costa County Defenders Association, effective October 1, 2023, be ADOPTED.
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