To: Board of Supervisors
From: Ori Tzvieli, M.D., Health Officer
Report Title: Position Adjustment to reassign three (3) Substance Abuse Counselor positions and their incumbents from the Alcohol and Other Drugs Division to the Behavioral Health Division
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 26422 to reassign three (3) Substance Abuse Counselor (VHVC) (represented) positions 17214, 17448, and 19099 and their incumbents from the Alcohol and Other Drugs Division to the Behavioral Health Division in the Health Services Department.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Upon approval, this action will result in a total one-time payment of approximately $13,434.08 including $3,151.90 to the Behavioral Health Division and an annual cost savings to Alcohol & Other Drugs Services (AODS).
Ongoing funding for position #17214 will be 100% funded through an interdepartmental agreement with Probation; position #17448 will be 100% funded through Residual Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT); and position #19099 will be 100% funded through Opioid Settlement Funds.
BACKGROUND:
Due to administrative error, three (3) Substance Abuse Counselors in Contra Costa Health (CCH) were assigned to incorrect cost centers upon their hire in 2023 and 2024. As a result, these employees have not been receiving the appropriate five percent (5%) hazard pay differential applicable to their assignment.
An Administrative Position Adjustment Resolution (PAR) No. 26398 was recently approved to correct the cost centers retroactively to the beginning of each incumbent’s employment. CCH now seeks appropriate hazard pay differential retroactively to the date of hire for each incumbent listed below.
• Pos #17214, employee number 93196, effective March 20, 2023
• Pos #17448, employee number 94558, effective January 16, 2024
• Pos #19099, employee number 94537, effective January 8, 2024
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this action is not approved, the department is unable to fully compensate all affected back pay.