Imperial County Municipal Code Ch. 3.28 Seasonal Temporary and Extra Help Employees

Persons employed in seasonal or temporary positions shall be appointed at the first step of the salary range to which the particular class or position is allocated, or as otherwise provided by resolution of the board.

(Prior code § 24400)

A. Extra help shall be allowed in any department, when provided for in the annual budget, not to exceed the amount so budgeted. All officers or department heads are authorized to employ extra help at a salary not to exceed the first step of the range in the classification for which such extra help is employed, provided the extra help employee meets the specifications for the position in which employed and is certified as qualified by the director of human resources. Each officer or department head shall make such appointments in accordance with Section 3.08.120; provided further, applicants for professional and technical classes whose experience and training exceed the class specifications may upon the approval of the county executive officer and director of human resources be employed at an advanced step of the salary range.

B. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.28.020(C), no person shall be employed as an extra-help employee for more than one thousand fifty-six (1056) hours in any fiscal year. An additional, two hundred forty (240) hours may be granted by the county executive officer and the director of human resources upon written request by the department head. A department head desiring to employ an extra-help employee in excess of one thousand two hundred ninety-six (1296) hours in any fiscal year shall receive prior approval from the board of supervisors.

C. The employee classification entitled Firefighter Reserves shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 3.28.020(B).

(Prior code § 24402)

(Ord. No. 1459, § 1, 3-30-10)

Should it become necessary, advisable or desirable for a department to employ a person on an emergency basis in a type of position for which there is no classification provided for in this title, then the board of supervisors may authorize such employment at a salary to be determined by resolution. All such employees shall be temporary in character.

(Prior code § 24403)

Male and female prisoners confined in the county jail under a final judgment of imprisonment rendered in a criminal action or proceeding, and male and female prisoners confined to the county jail as a condition of probation after suspension of imposition of a sentence, or suspension of execution of sentence, may be compelled to perform labor upon the public works, public grounds, roads and highways or public buildings for the benefit of the county of Imperial. In performing such labor, no prisoner shall be deemed to be an employee of the county.

Provided, however, that no prisoner shall be compelled to perform labor who may be physically unable to do so, or whose safekeeping may be endangered thereby. The county sheriff shall determine whether persons should be exempt from performing labor.

(Ord. 1341 § 7, 2001: prior code § 24404)

(a) In accordance with Section 5 of Article XIV of the California Constitution, the sheriff-coroner is hereby authorized to negotiate contracts with other public entities for the purpose of conducting programs which use inmate labor in Imperial County.

(b) Contracts for work by inmate labor crews pursuant to this section shall be executed only after approval by the board of supervisors, unless the board of supervisors expressly authorizes the sheriff-coroner or county executive officer to execute such contracts on behalf of the county of Imperial.

(c) Contracts for inmate labor shall provide for the recovery of no more than the full cost to the county of Imperial of providing inmate work crews. No contract shall directly displace a private individual, business or enterprise from performing the same work for compensation.

(d) No contract shall be executed with an employer that will initiate employment by inmates in the same job classification as non-inmate employees of the same employer who are on strike, as defined in Section 1132.6 of the Labor Code, as it reads on January 1, 1990, or who are subject to lockout, as defined in Section 1132.8 of the Labor Code, as it reads on January 1, 1990. Total daily hours worked by inmates employed in the same job classification as non-inmate employees, of the same employer who are on strike, as defined in Section 1132.6 of the Labor Code, as it reads on January 1, 1990, or who are subject to lockout, as defined in Section 1132.8 of the Labor Code, as it reads on January 1, 1990, shall not exceed, for the duration of the strike, the average daily hours worked for the preceding six months, or if the program has been in operation for less than six months, the average for the period of operation.

(e) The sheriff-coroner shall have discretion to determine which inmates shall be assigned to work crews, and nothing herein shall create an entitlement of any inmate to work on a work crew.

(f) Inmates assigned to work crews shall not be considered employees of the county of Imperial.

(g) The purpose of this section is to promote inmates' contribution to public service and inmates' habits of work and responsibility.

(Ord. No. 1481, § 1, 6-19-12)