File #: RES 22-003    Name: Cook Class & Base Wage Study (BOS)
Type: BoS Resolution Status: General Government - Consent
File created: 12/20/2021 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 1/11/2022 Final action:
Title: Adopt a Resolution to: a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 Appendix A to adjust the base wage salary ranges of the Cook, Senior Cook and Head Cook classifications as indicated in Attachment A; b. Amend the Probation - Youth Center Budget Unit 2550-8164 - Fund 001 - Appropriation Unit PRO001 to reallocate 3.5 FTE Senior Cook positions and approve the reclassification of four (4) Senior Cook incumbents to four (4) Cooks as indicated in Attachment A; c. Direct the County Administrative Office and the Auditor-Controller to incorporate the approved position changes in the FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget and the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM system.
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Attachment A, 3. Resolution, 4. Completed Board Order Item No. 61, 5. Completed Resolution Item No. 61
Title
Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 Appendix A to adjust the base wage salary ranges of the Cook, Senior Cook and Head Cook classifications as indicated in Attachment A;
b. Amend the Probation - Youth Center Budget Unit 2550-8164 - Fund 001 - Appropriation Unit PRO001 to reallocate 3.5 FTE Senior Cook positions and approve the reclassification of four (4) Senior Cook incumbents to four (4) Cooks as indicated in Attachment A;
c. Direct the County Administrative Office and the Auditor-Controller to incorporate the approved position changes in the FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget and the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM system.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopts a Resolution to:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 Appendix A to adjust the base wage salary ranges of the Cook, Senior Cook and Head Cook classifications as indicated in Attachment A;
b. Amend the Probation - Youth Center Budget Unit 2550-8164 - Fund 001 - Appropriation Unit PRO001 to reallocate 3.5 FTE Senior Cook positions and approve the reclassification of four (4) Senior Cook incumbents to four (4) Cooks as indicated in Attachment A;
c. Direct the County Administrative Office and the Auditor-Controller to incorporate the approved position changes in the FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget and the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM system.

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
A base wage compensation study of the Cook classification series was requested by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 521 on behalf of Natividad employees citing there are no records of the base wage compensation being reviewed since the classification was created in 1969.

The study was expanded to a classification and compensation study and to include the Sheriff's Correctional Cook series as it was identified that incumbents in...

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