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MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Carol J. Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
DATE: March 6, 2018
SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING - Consideration of a Resolution Imposing the County's First, Best, and Final Offer to Lake County Safety Employees Association
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Agenda Item 8.3 incorrectly states that the title of the item is:
8.3 - 9:15 A.M. - PUBLIC HEARING - Consideration of a Resolution Imposing the County’s First, Best, and Final Offer to Lake County Safety Employees Association.
Sponsors: Administrative Office
The correct title is:
Consideration of a Resolution Imposing the County’s Last, Best, and Final Offer to Lake County Employees Association.
This matter will be continued to March 20, 2018 @ 9:15 A.M. to allow for appropriate noticing.
Lake County and the Lake County Employee’s Association (LCEA) units 3, 4, and 5 met in starting April 2017. After meeting in good faith approximately seven (7) times, the County issued a Last, Best and Final offer on October 6, 2017. Units 3 and 5 accept the offer, and a successor MOU was approved by the Board of Supervisors on February 27, 2018. Unit 4 rejected the offer. After subsequent discussion, Unit 4 members notified the County that they would not proceed with mediation or fact-finding.
Pursuant to Government Code section 3505.7, “After any applicable mediation and fact-finding procedures have been exhausted . . . a public agency that is not required to proceed to interest arbitration may, after holding a public hearing regarding the impasse, implement its last, best, and final offer.”
Before the Board for consideration is a Resolution implementing the last, best and final offer. Of note, the following items were in the last, best and final offer:
1. Supervisor Training: New supervisors will receive yearly training done by the Lake County Human Resources Department;
2. Personnel Policies: County agrees to review any proposed changes presented by the union regarding personnel policies;
3. Step Demotion: Employees will return to prior pay on voluntary step demotion;
4. Above Class: Clarification was made to above-class compensation;
5. Personal Leave: Union employees will be allowed two (2) days of Personal Leave;
6. Probationary Period: Removal of language requiring different Merit System probation, to match Merit System changes;
7. Step Demotion at Layoff: Employees will return to prior pay on demotion in lieu of layoff;
8. Standby: Remove references to pagers in standby section;
9. Salaries: Increase salaries for department-specific classifications (Public Health Nurses) and/or class series that have had a pattern of recruitment and retention issues.
The County can impose the terms of the last, best and final offer for a period of up to a year. The negotiation team is recommending that the resolution be effective through September 30, 2018, to be consistent with Unit 3 and 5.
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FISCAL IMPACT (Narrative): None
STAFFING IMPACT (if applicable): None
Recommended Action
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a Resolution Imposing the County's First, Best, and Final Offer to Lake County Safety Employees Association