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File #: ORD 25-009    Name: Ordinance re BoS benefits, etc., to align with Unit Y Elected Officials
Type: Ordinance Status: General Government - Consent
File created: 7/24/2025 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 8/5/2025 Final action: 8/5/2025
Title: Introduce, waive first reading, and set August 5, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance amending Sections 2.04.370, 2.04.380, 2.04.400 and 2.04.410 of the Monterey County Code to align the Board of Supervisors benefits, leaves and special pays with those provided to the Elected Officials in Executive Management Unit Y.
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Ordinance, 3. Ordinance, 4. Completed Board Order Item No. 37
Title
Introduce, waive first reading, and set August 5, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance amending Sections 2.04.370, 2.04.380, 2.04.400 and 2.04.410 of the Monterey County Code to align the Board of Supervisors benefits, leaves and special pays with those provided to the Elected Officials in Executive Management Unit Y.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors introduce, waive first reading, and set August 5, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance amending Sections 2.04.370, 2.04.380, 2.04.400 and 2.04.410 of the Monterey County Code to align the Board of Supervisors benefits, leaves, and special pays with those provided to the Elected Officials in Executive Management Unit Y.

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On June 24, 1980, the Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 2632, codified at Chapter 2.04 of the Monterey County Code (“MCC”), to in part clarify the definition of “Compensation” to include health and welfare benefits provided to management elected officials and authorize the granting of such.

On October 14, 1980, the Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 2667 to amend Chapter 2.04 to set the method of compensation for travel and meal expenses of Board members. Chapter 2.04 currently provides members of the Board with an option to choose either the actual and necessary expenses for travel and meals incurred in the performance of their duties, or a flat sum of $150 per month for travel and the actual and necessary expenses for meals incurred in the performance of their duties within the County and actual and necessary expenses for travel and meals incurred in the performance of their duties outside the County.

On August 21, 1984, the Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 3011 to again amend Chapter 2.04 relating to compensation of the Board of Supervisors. In relevant part, Section 2.04.380(B) includes the following language “In addition t...

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