To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: Add one (1) Senior Deputy County Administrator - Exempt (ADD9) position and Cancel one (1) Deputy County Administrator-Exempt (ADH1) position in the County Administrator's Office
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 26491 to add one (1) Senior Deputy County Administrator - Exempt (ADD9) position at salary plan B85-1978 ($12,876.64-$19,975.89) and appoint employee number 69962 at Step 6 in this position effective September 1, 2025; and cancel one (1) Deputy County Administrator-Exempt (ADH1) position number 20031 at salary plan and grade B85-1905 ($11,966.90-$16,838.63) in the County Administrator's Office.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost of this action is an increase of $18,501 annually, including $3,272 related to employer pension costs. 100% General Fund; Budgeted.
BACKGROUND:
In fall of 2024, an existing Senior Deputy County Administrator position was vacated due to retirement of the previous incumbent. The position serves as the Legislative Coordinator for countywide legislative functions, including establishing the County’s federal and state legislative platforms, staffing the Board of Supervisors’ Legislation Committee and coordinating with department legislative contacts on behalf of the Board and the County Administrator. For these reasons, historically, the position has been staffed at the Senior Deputy County Administrator level given the scope of responsibility.
Upon notice of the pending retirement of the previous incumbent, the County Administrator’s Office launched a recruitment in summer 2024 with the goal of having a 90-day transition period prior to the retirement date of the previous incumbent. In August 2024, the County Administrator’s Office appointed an internal applicant to the position at the Deputy County Administrator-Exempt and established a plan and milestones with the goal of fully transitioning to the level of the previous incumbent within one year of appointment.
In August 2025, the County Administrator’s Office conducted an annual performance evaluation, including review of the transition plan and milestones discussed above and determined that the current incumbent is operating at the level historically associated with the Legislative Coordinator role.
Accordingly, today’s action effectuates a promotion of the current incumbent from Deputy County Administrator-Exempt (ADDH) to Senior Deputy County Administrator-Exempt (ADD9) – the classification historically associated with the Countywide Legislative Coordinator function.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The incumbent’s current job classification will not be consistent with the duties being carried out to support coordination of the County’s federal and state legislative programs.