To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: Resolution Providing Salary Increases and a One-Time Lump Sum Payment for IHSS Public Authority Employees.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Resolution No. 2026-278 to provide general salary increases and a one-time lump sum payment for IHSS Public Authority Employees, effective July 1, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The estimated annual cumulative cost for the negotiated salary increases is $47,000 for FY 2026/27. The lump sum payment is expected to have a one-time cost of approximately $15,000.
Operating departments will be responsible for absorbing the increased personnel costs and will need to monitor expenditures to remain within budget during the fiscal year.
BACKGROUND:
The IHSS-Public Authority employees' wages have historically been linked to the resolution providing benefits and compensation for unrepresented management and exempt employees of Contra Costa County. The attached Resolution provides for the same increases for IHSS/PA employees to maintain alignment between IHSS Public Authority staff wage increases and those of unrepresented County management.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The wages of employees of the IHSS/PA will no longer be consistent with those of management-exempt and unrepresented employees of Contra Costa County.
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 Salary increases and a lump sum payment for employees in the In-Home Support Services Public Authority.
WHEREAS the In-Home Support Services Public Authority has maintained a historic salary tie between their employees and County unrepresented employees;
The Contra Costa Board of Supervisors, acting solely in its capacity as the governing board of the In-Home Support Services Public Authority RESOLVES THAT:
The Public Authority will implement the following salary increases and one-time lump sum payments for the classifications listed below:
1. Wages
a. Effective July 1, 2026, the base rate of pay for classifications listed below will be increased by three percent (3%).
2. One-Time Lump Sum
a. Full-time Permanent and Project employees in classifications listed below who are employed by the Public Authority on July 1, 2026, will receive a one-time lump sum payment in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) on the August 10, 2026, pay warrant. Part-time Permanent and Project employees in classifications listed below who are employed by the Public Authority on July 1, 2026, will receive the amount prorated based on the employee’s regular position hours. The lump sum will be subject to any required deductions and/or withholdings.
b. Temporary employees in classifications listed below will receive a one-time lump sum payment in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) on the August 10, 2026, pay warrant, subject to the following conditions:
i. The temporary employee worked at least eighty (80) hours between May 1, 2026, and May 31, 2026, and
ii. The lump sum will be subject to any required deductions and/or withholdings.
iii. Per Diem and Retiree Temporary employees are not eligible for the lump sum payment.end
CLASSIFICATIONS LISTING:
8IH9 - Administrative Services Assistant II-PA
8IH4 - Office Manager/Secretary - PA
8IH2 - Program Manager-Public Authority
8IH5 - Public Authority Account Clerk Supervisor
8IH6 - Public Authority Benefits Clerk
8IH8 - Public Authority Benefits Clerk Specialist
8IH1 - Public Authority Executive Director
8IH3 - Public Authority Registry/Training Specialist
8IH0 - Public Authority Secretary-Advanced
8IH7 - Public Authority Senior Benefits Clerk