Memorandum
Date: September 28, 2021
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Carol J. Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
Subject: Memorandum of Understanding By and Between the Lake County Sheriff's Management Association and the County of Lake for November 1, 2021 - June 30, 2025
Executive Summary:
We are very excited to present the attached Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Lake County Sheriff's Management Association (LCSMA).
We are deeply grateful for the tremendous public safety work undertaken everyday by LCSMA employees, in their leadership capacity in the Sheriff's Department and in the Jail.
We also value the collaboration of LCSMA's labor representatives who contributed significantly to MOU development. On September 1, 2021, the unit advised that it had voted to ratify this MOU.
This MOU spans approximately three years, eight months, and completes implementation of our 2019 Classification and Total Compensation Study, conducted by CPS-HR, in four phases:
Effective November 1, 2021, 98% of October 2019 market median
Effective July 1, 2022, 100% of October 2019 market median, equivalent to a 2% COLA
Effective July 1, 2023, 102% of October 2019 market median, equivalent to a 2% COLA
Effective July 1, 2024, 105% of October 2019 market median, equivalent to a 3% COLA
The "October 2019 Market Median" is understood to be the midpoint of salaries in the 12 "Comparison Counties" included in the Study, as of the point in time at which data was gathered. Comparison Counties included those of similar size, and neighboring counties with which we directly compete for talent: Calaveras; Colusa; Glenn; Humboldt; Mendocino; Napa; Nevada; Sonoma; Sutter; Tehama; Yolo; and Yuba.
2019's Study was the first completed on behalf of the County of Lake since 2003. Comparison Counties were selected in collaboration with Department Heads and leaders of labor groups.
Additionally, under this MOU, the County will pr...
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