§ 6.10.075. Merit bonuses for managers.  


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  • A.

    Application. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Title 6, any person, employed on a position designated as a manager and compensated pursuant to Title 6, Chapter 6.08, Part 1 or 2, whose appointing power is the department head, may receive additional compensation for future service in the succeeding year, payable in lump sums or on a prorated basis up to a maximum of 24 monthly payments, in accordance with the determination of the department head.

    B.

    Award of Bonus. In determining such distribution of bonus awards to subordinate managers, the department head shall consider the contribution made by each manager to the department's mission and response to established priorities within board-adopted appropriations. The decision of the department head shall be final. Except in departments headed by an elected official, no manager may receive as an incentive payment a greater percentage of his/her base salary than that authorized by the board for his/her department head. In departments headed by an elected official, the board shall establish a maximum percentage of base salary which can be provided as a bonus to managers.

    C.

    Funding. The funding of the bonus program shall be derived from savings, or a portion thereof, achieved by departments in reducing county costs through contracting and productivity improvements or from such other funding sources as the board of supervisors may from time to time approve.

    D.

    Contract Savings. The contract savings shall be distributed as follows:

    1.

    Savings Estimates. Department heads shall identify cost savings generated by contracting at the time contracts are presented to the board for approval. Cost savings shall have the concurrence of the chief administrative officer and shall be received by the auditor-controller. Chief administrative officer shall report cost savings, as reviewed by the auditor-controller, to the board of supervisors, at the end of the fiscal year.

    2.

    Distribution of Savings. Five percent of the net cost savings from any new contract for county services shall be transferred to the employee training accounts budget. The department head shall, with the concurrence of the chief administrative officer, recommend to the board the portion of the remaining cost savings that should be retained by the department to finance operations in the current year and the portion that should be appropriated, encumbered, and allocated for distribution in the current and subsequent fiscal years as management incentives as designated in the ordinance codified in this section.

    3.

    Incentive Payments. The board of supervisors shall consider the recommendation of each department and approve the portion of such management incentives to be paid to the department head and the portion the department head may allocate among subordinate managers. Any remaining balance shall be appropriated for current operation of the department.

    E.

    Productivity Improvement Savings Fund. The productivity improvement savings fund shall be distributed as follows:

    1.

    Savings Estimates. Department heads shall report to the board during each fiscal year the cost savings generated by productivity improvements. Cost savings shall have the concurrence of the chief administrative officer and shall be reviewed by the auditor-controller. Chief administrative officer shall report cost savings, as reviewed by the auditor-controller, to the board of supervisors, at the end of the fiscal year.

    2.

    Distribution of Savings. The department head shall, with the concurrence of the chief administrative officer, recommend to the board the portion of the cost savings that should be retained by the department to finance operations in the current year and the portion that should be appropriated, encumbered and allocated for distribution in the current and subsequent fiscal years as management incentives as designated in the ordinance codified in this section.

    3.

    Incentive Payments. The board shall consider the recommendation of each department and designate the portion of such management incentives to be paid to the department head and the portion the department head may allocate among subordinate managers. Any remaining balance shall be appropriated for current operation of the department.

(Ord. 92-0108 § 9, 1992; Ord. 84-0012 § 1, 1984: Ord. 83-0203 § 1, 1983.)