REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
June 13, 2023
FROM
DIANE RUNDLES, Assistant Executive Officer, Human Resources Department
SUBJECT
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Side Letter Agreement with Sheriff’s Employees’ Benefit Association
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve a Side Letter Agreement between San Bernardino County and the Sheriff’s Employees’ Benefit Association to establish a Corrections Training Officer wage differential.
(Presenter: Diane Rundles, Assistant Executive Officer, 387-5570)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Create, Maintain and Grow Jobs and Economic Value in the County.
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The total estimated ongoing cost associated with the approval of this Side Letter Agreement (Agreement) is approximately $62,000 annually. There is sufficient appropriation in the Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator Department’s 2023-24recommended budget and will be included in future recommended budgets.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The County and the Sheriff’s Employees’ Benefit Association (SEBA), engaged in the meet and confer process regarding pay parity for Deputy Sheriffs performing corrections training versus field training. In the current Memorandum of Understanding there is a wage differential for Field Training Officers but there is no similar wage differential for corrections training. The process resulted in the proposed Agreement, establishing a Corrections Training Officer (CTO) wage differential of 2.5% above the employee’s base rate of pay per pay period when assigned to perform the full duties of a CTO. This Agreement would become effective the pay period after Board of Supervisors approval.
PROCUREMENT
Not applicable.
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (Cynthia O’Neill, Principal Assistant County
Counsel, 387-5455) on May 16, 2023; Human Resources (Diane Rundles, Assistant Executive Officer, 387-5570, and Leonardo Gonzalez, County Labor Relations Chief, 387-5565) on May 15, 2023; Finance (Abigail Grant, Administrative Analyst, 387-4603) on May 19, 2023; and County Finance and Administration (Matthew Erickson, County Chief Financial Officer, 387-5423) on May 25, 2023.