MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ALLEN ISHIDA - Chairman District One PETE VANDER POEL District Two PHILLIP A. COX 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

May 22, 2012

9:00 A.M. Board Convenes

(Consent Calendar)

CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 1 through 2)

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. Approve a Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Tulare and the Government Lawyers Association of Workers (G-LAW).

2. Approve the Compensation Program and Personnel Rule revisions for Unrepresented Employees in Bargaining Units No 9 - Probation Management, 10 - Executive Management and Department Heads, 11 - Assistant Department Heads, 19 - Mid-Management, 20 - Professionals, 21 - Confidential Clerical and 23-Fire Officers, effective July 29, 2012: Each employee having qualified for a merit increase during the period of August 1, 2009 through July 29, 2012 will be placed at the step in the range which in the absence of the suspension would have taken effect during the period of August 1, 2009 through July 29, 2012; Each employee having qualified for a flexible promotion during the period of August 1, 2009 through July 29, 212 will be placed at the Classification level which in the absence of the suspension would have taken effect during the period of August 1, 2009 through July 29, 2012; Continue with the current suspension of the County's matching contribution, to the Deferred Compensation program for Fiscal Year 2012/13; Continue with the current suspension of the Sick Leave Buy Back program for Fiscal Year 2012/13; Implement a new Administrative Regulation regarding Travel & Training Time to codify when travel and training time is compensable for employees covered by the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act; and Personnel Rule changes that are subject to meet and confer with the bargaining units before the Personnel Rules can be modified and they include: Vacation Donation; At-Will Employee Definition; Workers' Compensation Leave; Accounting for Sick Leave Used; Review of Sick Leave usage; and Domestic Violence Leave.

(Closed Session)

CLOSED SESSION

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CLOSED SESSIONS

As provided in the Ralph M. Brown Act, Government Code sections 54950 et seq., the Board of Supervisors may meet in closed session with members of its staff, county employees and its attorneys. These sessions are not open to the public and may not be attended by members of the public. The matters the Board will meet on in closed session are identified below or are those matters appropriately identified in open session as requiring immediate attention and arising after the posting of the agenda. Any public reports of action taken in the closed session will be made in accordance with Government Code sections 54957.1

It is the intention of the Board to meet in closed session concerning:

Sitting as the Tulare County Board of Supervisors

ITEM N

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

Details

(Government Code Section 54956.9 (a).)

Name of Case: SEIU Local 521 v. County of Tulare

Public Employment Relations Board Charge Number SA-CE-748-M

Next Item(s) Sitting as...