AGENDA DATE: 5/4/2016
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Memorandums of Understanding between the County and the Sheriff and the Clerk of Circuit Court
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Resolution approving the proposed Memorandums of Understanding between the County and the Sheriff and the Clerk of Circuit Court
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Foley, Letteri, Davis, Blair, Gerome
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Thomas C. Foley
BACKGROUND: Pursuant to the direction of prior Boards, the County offered Constitutional Officers the opportunity to include their employees in the County's pay and classification system, resulting in market-based pay and benefits as well as pay raises comparable to other County employees. In addition to assuring that Constitutional Officer employees were paid at a market level comparable to other County employees, it assured these employees that they would receive County-approved pay raises rather than raises provided by the State. The County entered into Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with the Sheriff and Clerk of Circuit Court in 2012. Those documents required the Sheriff's and the Clerk's employees to adhere to most County personnel and administrative policies in exchange for having the employees placed on the County's pay and classification system.
The Department of Human Resources, the County Executive's Office, and the County Attorney's Office have been working with the Sheriff and the Clerk of Circuit Court to develop updated MOUs. Staff has prepared the attached MOUs between the County and the Sheriff (Attachment A), and the Clerk of Circuit Court (Attachment B). The MOUs provide that the employees of the Constitutional Officers will be covered under the County's Classification and Pay Plan and will be subject to all of the County's personnel policies except for the grievance policy, several policies related to hiring, discipline, and termination of employees, and any ...
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