(a) Compensation.
(1) County-Wide Elected Officials. Section 308 of Article III of the County Charter establishes the annual salaries of County-wide elected officials, as defined in § 13.0613
(b), except that of the Superintendent of County Schools, and provides that salary is re-evaluated, and adjusted if necessary, every year.
(b) Benefits-County-Wide Elected Officials.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the County Code, County-wide elected officials shall receive the same benefits provided to Exempt Group employees in Benefit Group A, or as otherwise specified, in Subsections (f), (j), (k), (l), (o), (q), (t), (cc), (gg), (uu), and (vv) of § 13.0613, and as otherwise specified by law or the County Code and as modified below.
(A) County-wide elected officials are not required to enroll in County-sponsored medical and dental coverage as described in § 13.0613(f)(1). A County-wide elected official who does not participate in a County-sponsored medical plan will receive an amount of $161.54 per pay period.
(B) County-wide elected officials shall not receive the benefits described in § 13.0613(f)(6) related to short term disability.
(C) County-wide elected officials shall not receive the benefits described in § 13.0613(k)(1)(B)(III) related to eligibility for MPS and DPS while on leave.
(D) County-wide elected officials shall not receive the benefits described in § 13.0613(k)(4)(A) and § 13.0613(k)(4)(B) related to sick leave conversion to Retirement Medical Trust Fund (RMT). County-wide elected officials shall be eligible to participate in the RMT upon taking office. The County will contribute to the RMT as follows for County-wide elected officials:
Total Years of Service | Percentage of Base Salary* |
0-9 years | 2.00 percent |
10-15 years | 2.75 percent |
16 or more years | 3.75 percent |
*For purposes of the RMT contribution, base salary is as defined in the RMT plan document. | |
(E) In addition to the benefits described in § 13.0613(o)(1) related to automobiles, County-wide elected officials shall be entitled to have a Category I County vehicle assigned to them for use on County business and they will not be required to reimburse the County for occasional personal use. County-wide elected officials shall be taxed for any such personal use in accordance with state and federal tax law and regulation. County-wide elected officials shall not receive the automobile allowance described in § 13.0613(o)(3) and will receive the $561.54 per biweekly pay period.
(I) In lieu of other benefits provided to Exempt Group employees, County-wide elected officials shall have five percent of their base salary contributed by the County on their behalf on a biweekly basis to either (1) the County's 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan, or (2) the County's 401(a) Defined Contribution Plan.
(II) Tier 1 County-wide elected officials shall have $442.53 contributed by the County on their behalf on a biweekly basis to either (1) the County's 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan, or (2) the County's 401(a) Defined Contribution Plan.
Employment Status. A County employee in a regular County position becoming an elected official of San Bernardino County shall be compensated, at the time of termination from regular employment to the time of assuming office, for unused vacation, holidays, and sick leave conversion, if eligible. Should such an elected official return to County employment in a regular position, such employee shall be treated as a new employee and receive a new benefit date except as hereinafter provided. A person that has served as an elected official of the County and who returns or has returned to County employment in a regular position within 90 days after leaving an elected office of the County, shall be entitled for purposes of vacation accrual rates to count all prior County employment, including the time as an elected official of the County. The effective date of any vacation accrual rate adjustment shall not precede the effective date of this amendment.
(f) Salary Adjustments. The County Administrative Office, in concurrence with County Counsel, shall conduct the compensation and salary surveys required in Section 308 of Article III of the County Charter, and shall report to the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector and the Board of Supervisors concerning appropriate adjustments to be implemented as required by Section 308 of Article III of the County Charter. The Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector shall implement any required adjustments effective December 1 of the applicable year based on the report of the County Administrative Office.
(Am. Ord. 3845, passed - -2002; Am. Ord. 3953, passed - -2005; Am. Ord. 4069, passed - -2009; Am. Ord. 4080, passed - -2009; Am. Ord. 4157, passed - -2012; Am. Ord. 4339, passed - -2018; Am. Ord. 4357, passed - -2019; Am. Ord. 4376, passed - -2020; Am. Ord. 4386, passed - -2020; Am. Ord. 4409, passed - -2021; Am. Ord. 4416, passed - -2021; Am. Ord. 4433, passed - -2022; Am. Ord. 4454, passed - -2023; Am. Ord. 4456, passed - -2023)