MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ALLEN ISHIDA District One PETE VANDER POEL District Two PHILLIP A. COX - Chairman District Three J. STEVEN WORTHLEY District Four MIKE ENNIS District Five

Board of Supervisors Agenda

JEAN M. ROUSSEAU County Administrator KATHLEEN BALES-LANGE County Counsel MICHELLE BALDWIN Chief Clerk ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 2800 W. Burrel Avenue Visalia, CA 93291 (559) 636-5000 FAX (559) 733-6898

ADDENDUM

July 28, 2009

9:00 A.M. Board Convenes

(Consent Calendar)

CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 1 through 1)

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Background information has been provided to the board on all matters listed under the Consent Agenda, and these items are considered to be routine by the Board. All items under the Consent Agenda are normally approved by one motion. If discussion is requested by any Board members on any item, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda if separate action is required.

Human Resources & Development

1. Ratify and approve a Memorandum of Understanding with the Professional Association of Tulare County Physicians (Bargaining Unit #16), retroactive to July 1, 2009 through July 31, 2010. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2009, and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that date.

(Items Not Timed)

ITEMS NOT TIMED

Items not specifically timed may be taken in any order

2. Request from Human Resources & Development to approve the implementation of the following Compensation Reduction Programs for Unrepresented Employees, excluding elected officials except as specified below, effective August 2, 2009: 1. Suspend Merit and Step Increases and Flexibly-allocated Promotions (Personnel Rule 3.1) for Unrepresented Employees and Extra Help employees - other than Extra Help Fire-Fighters and Extra Help Fire-Engineers; 2. Suspend the County's matching contribution, up to $1,500 annually, for employees and elected officials participating in the elective Deferred Compensation program; 3. Suspend for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009-10 the Sick Leave Buy-Back Benefit scheduled to be paid in December 2009; 4. Institute a Furlough program, beginning August 2, 2009 through August 1, 2010 whereby employees' earnings rates will be reduced by 1.9% for 26 Pay Periods. Such compensation adjustment is the equivalent of 40 hours of paid time; 5. Adopt a paid "furlough hour benefit" equal to 40 hours and described as Mandatory Time Off (MTO). Forty MTO hours will be credited in pay period 17 (August 2 - 15) and will be tracked and used like vacation. This program will apply to employees eligible for overtime pay and employees not eligible for overtime pay; 6. Reduce the Holiday Pay for Fire Battalion Chiefs from 96 hours to 39.2 hours for the period of August 2, 2009 through July 31, 2010 in lieu of participating in the Furlough Program; and 7. Approve that all New Hires effective August 2, 2009 who waive participation in the County's health insurance program shall receive $1,000 per year in lieu of contribution to the health plans.