AGENDA DATE: 7/17/2019
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Commonwealth's Attorney Memorandum of Understanding
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Approval of Commonwealth's Attorney Memorandum of Understanding
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Letteri, Herrick, DeLoria
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
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 and would enjoy other privileges and benefits arising from employment with the County. The County entered into Memorandums of Understanding with the Sheriff and Clerk of Circuit Court in 2012 and 2016. Those documents required the Sheriff's and 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 Commonwealth's Attorney to develop an MOU with terms that are agreeable to both parties. Staff prepared, and the Commonwealth's Attorney has signed, the attached MOU (Attachment A). As in the MOUs with the Sheriff and the Clerk of Circuit Court, the employees of the Commonwealth's Attorney will not be covered under the grievance policy, several policies related to hiring, discipline, and termination of employees, and any policies or provisions that are superseded by State law. The policies that will apply to the Commonwealth's Attorney's emp...
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