A rather contentious issue at times and now up for discussion today by the Solano County Board of Supervisors is the elimination of longevity pay of Solano County employees -- but only for new hires. <\/p>\n
At the request of Supervisor Barbara Kondylis, supervisors will consider elimination of longevity pay over a period of time for people who are not currently employed by the county. <\/p>\n
\"It didn't go very far when I brought it up before,\" Kondylis said. \"It's based on people taking up space, not on performance.\" <\/p>\n
After thinking about it for a long time, she said the board can be convinced to eliminate the longevity pay if it doesn't touch current employees. <\/p>\n
In fiscal year 2009-10, the county paid more than $3.1 million in longevity pay. That number jumped to $3.2 million the next fiscal year. <\/p>\n
\"These costs are not sustainable given the current county structural deficit,\" staff said in a report. <\/p>\n
Kondylis added that since longevity pay is tied into salaries, eliminating the benefit will also reduce retirement costs. <\/p>\n
It would be difficult and probably illegal, according to staff, to eliminate longevity pay for those who are currently working for the county due to contracts and other employment agreements. <\/p>\n
\"Our goal should be to eliminate longevity for new hires in a way that is fair so that, over time, these costs will no longer occur,\" staff said in a report. <\/p>\n
Staff also noted that none of the actions regarding longevity pay are intended to effect <\/p>\n
those who are currently employed by Solano County, including elected officials. <\/p>\n
The board will consider several options: <\/p>\n
* Eliminate the legislative, executive and senior management groups longevity tier and substitute longevity tier that is in place for all other groups of new hires. <\/p>\n
* Eliminate the \"credit service provision\" for all future hires. <\/p>\n
* Eliminate longevity pay for all newly elected officials who take office after Jan. 1, 2013. <\/p>\n
* Adopt policy that it is the intention of the Solano County Board of Supervisors to eliminate longevity pay in its entirety for new hires. <\/p>\n
The Solano County Board of Supervisors meets at 9 a.m. today in the County Administration Center, 675 Texas St., Fairfield. <\/p>\n
Follow Staff Writer <\/p>\n
Melissa Murphy at Twitter.com\/ReporterMMurphy. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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