Memorandum
Date: September 15, 2020
To: The Honorable Moke Simon, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Carol J. Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
Subject: Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing Straight-Time Overtime Pay, for Management Employees Working Beyond Forty (40 Hours in a Week Due to Board of Supervisors Declared Emergencies, Concurrent with Active Emergency Operations Centers for the COVID-10 Pandemic Event and for the LNU Lightning Complex Wildfire Event, Capped at Forty (40) Hours per Event
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As your Board is aware, pursuant to the Management Resolution and the Memorandum of Understanding with the Lake County Sheriff Management Association, by Board resolution, limited overtime (OT) may be granted to management employees during a Board-declared disaster, capped at 40 hours per event.
Unlike hourly employees who are eligible to receive OT when working in excess of 40 hours in a work week, management employees do not ordinarily receive such compensation. Over the course of the last five years and 12 major disasters, management employees have served as the backbone of County disaster response, working long hours and standing up in extraordinary ways, again and again.
If approved by your Board, the subject resolution would apply to both the COVID-19 pandemic and the LNU Lightning Complex Wildfire events. In both circumstances, it is proposed that such limited OT be authorized for management employees who have gone well beyond their customary duties during these disasters, have been put in harm’s way by the nature of the work, and have far exceeded 40 hours in a week. This OT would not be authorized for employees who routinely or remotely, during the event(s).
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Recommended Action:
Adopt Resolution Authorizing Straight-Time Overtime Pay, for Management Employees Working Beyond Forty (40 Hours in a Week Due to Board of Supervisors Declared Emergencies, Concurrent with Active Emergency Operations Centers for the COVID-10 Pandemic Event and for the LNU Lightning Complex Wildfire Event, Capped at Forty (40) Hours per Event