Contra Costa County Municipal Code Ch. 24-26 Compensation

The compensation of officials may be set by board of supervisors resolution.

(Ord. 99-57 § 1, 68-23 § 1, 1968: prior code § 2430.1).

(a) Each supervisor, for service as such, shall receive the following base salary:

(1) Through June 30, 2019, a monthly salary of nine thousand seven hundred thirty-six dollars and seventy-five cents.

(2) From July 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, an annual salary equal to sixty percent of the annual salary for the office of superior court judge as prescribed by the legislature, plus such increases, at the same time and in the same percentage, as are granted by the legislature to judges of the Contra Costa County Superior Court, so that a base salary of sixty percent of said judges' salary is maintained throughout the entire period.

(3) From January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, an annual salary equal to sixty-three percent of the annual salary for the office of superior court judge as prescribed by the legislature, plus such increases, at the same time and in the same percentage, as are granted by the legislature to judges of the Contra Costa County Superior Court, so that a base salary of sixty-three percent of said judges' salary is maintained throughout the entire period.

(4) From and after January 1, 2021, an annual salary equal to sixty-five percent of the annual salary for the office of superior court judge as prescribed by the legislature, plus such increases, at the same time and in the same percentage, as are granted by the legislature to judges of the Contra Costa County Superior Court, to maintain a base salary of sixty-five percent of said judges' salary.

(b) For all adjustments to base salary (other than those scheduled to occur on July 1, 2019, January 1, 2020, and January 1, 2021), a "notice of adjustment in compensation paid to members of the board of supervisors" shall appear on the agenda of a regular meeting of the board of supervisors at least ten days prior to the date such adjustment is implemented. Each said adjustment will have the same effective date as the corresponding salary adjustment for the Contra Costa County Superior Court judges.

(c) Each supervisor shall receive reimbursement for reasonable expenses necessarily incurred in the conduct of such office, such other benefits as are provided other exempt management employees, and eligibility for an eighty-five dollar monthly county contribution to the county's deferred compensation plan in the same manner as other exempt management employees.

(d) Each supervisor shall receive an automobile allowance of six hundred dollars per month and, in addition to the automobile allowance, mileage at the rate per mile allowed by the Internal Revenue Service as a deductible expense, for all miles driven by that supervisor on county business outside that supervisor's supervisorial district, as identified in Chapter 24-2 of the County Ordinance Code. Receipt of the mileage reimbursement and automobile allowance requires that a private automobile be furnished for county business.

(Ord. No. 2019-11, § II, 4-16-19; Ord. No. 2015-19, § II, 8-25-15; Ord. No. 2015-05, § II, 3-10-15; Ord. No. 2015-04, § II, 1-20-15; Ord. No. 2014-10, § II, 11-4-14; Ords. 2006-70 § 2, 99-57 § 1, 98-15, 94-10, 93-38, 92-48, 92-17, 89-77, 87-101, 85-63, 84-55, 84-34, 81-68, 81-5, 79-52, 79-35, § 3, 78-47 § 2, 77-68 §§ 1, 2, 76-59, 75-36, 74-49; prior code § 2431.2; Ord. 70-68; Const. XI § 1(b), Gov. Code § 25123.5, Elec. Code § 9143).

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2015-04, § II, adopted January 20, 2015, repealed the changes made by Ord. No. 2014-10, § II, adopted November 4, 2014.

As compensation for not accruing paid vacation credit, including its retirement benefits, each elected county officer shall be provided twelve thousand dollars as a deferred compensation contribution that will be added to the elected county officer's deferred compensation account effective July 1st of each year (commencing July 1, 2007). If, after July 1st, but before June 30th, of the next succeeding year, for any reason, the elected county officer's occupancy of office terminates or expires, the elected county officer shall be entitled to a deferred compensation account contribution prorated from July 1st to include the time period the elected county officer served prior to the next June 30th. Further, if, for any reason, all or part of such deferred compensation contribution cannot be made into the deferred compensation account, the elected county officer shall be entitled to an equivalent lump sum payment. None of the county's twelve thousand dollar contribution may be used to establish eligibility and qualification to receive the additional eighty-five dollar monthly deferred compensation incentive otherwise provided by the county.

(Ords. 2006-70 § 3, 99-57 § 1).

A copy of the approved Contra Costa County pay series schedule and salary administration plan has been and shall be maintained on file and available for public view at the Human Resources Department, 3rd Floor, County Administration Building, Martinez, California.

(Ords. 99-57 § 1, 98-15).

For the purposes of this article, elected county officers are the assessor, auditor-controller, board of supervisors, clerk-recorder, district attorney-public administrator, sheriff-coroner, and treasurer-tax collector.

(Ord. 99-57 § 1).