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Agenda Bill Master Report
File Number: AB2020-275
File ID:
AB2020-275
Version: 1
Status: Approved
File Created:
06/25/2020
Entered by: MKeeley@co.whatcom.wa.us
Department:
Human Resources
File Type: Resolution
Division
Assigned to:
Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee
Final Action: 07/07/2020
Agenda Date:
07/07/2020
Enactment #: RES 2020-025
Primary Contact Email: mkeeleygeo.whatcom.wa.us
TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM:
Resolution amending Resolution 2019-061 (Amendment #1) relating to the salary schedule and policies
for unrepresented Whatcom County employees
SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
Please refer to Executive memo for background and more information
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE FILE
Date: Acting Body: Action: Sent To:
07/07/2020 Council Finance and Administrative RECOMMENDED FOR
Services Committee APPROVAL
Aye: 3 Browne, Byrd, and Kershner
Nay: 0
Absent: 0
07/07/2020 Council APPROVED
Aye: 6 Browne, Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Frazey, and Elenbaas
Nay: 0
Absent: 1 Kershner
Attachments: Proposed Resolution, Staff Memo
Whatcom County Page 1 Printed on 71812020
PROPOSED BY: Executive
INTRODUCTION DATE: _ July 7, 2020
RESOLUTION NO. 2020 - 025
AN AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2019-061
A RESOLUTION IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTING A SALARY SCHEDULE AND
POLICIES FOR UNREPRESENTED WHATCOM COUNTY EMPLOYEES
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020 through DECEMBER 31, 2020
WHEREAS, a Resolution in the Matter of Adopting a Salary Schedule and Policies
for Unrepresented Whatcom County Employees for the year 2020 was adopted November
19, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the County projects serious economic impacts due to the COVID-19
pandemic and must plan ways to reduce operating costs for the remainder of the year;
WHEREAS, financial projections show a sharp reduction in revenues corresponding
to long-term suspended economic activity that will result in cash balances decreasing
throughout the remainder of the year; and
WHEREAS, a minimum monthly cash balance is required to cover monthly
expenditures and maintain organizational cohesiveness; and
WHEREAS, it is imperative to immediately implement a range of measures designed
to decrease operating costs with the objective of keeping the workforce intact to support
County operations; and
WHEREAS, temporarily reducing employee compensation is an integral part of the
County's expenditure reduction efforts;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council that
Resolution 2019-061 is hereby amended as follows:
2. Salary Ranges. Non -represented employees in Groups A through H shall take a
salary reduction in the form of unpaid leave to be administered as follows:
a) Employees shall take 32 hours of unpaid time off or "furlough" by September 12,
2020.
b) Employees who have a work assignment that is 80% or more funded from a COVID
cost center shall have until the end of the year to observe their furlough time.
c) If an employee has already taken voluntary unpaid furlough (using pay types 794 or
803 as appropriate) since June 22, 2020, he or she will receive credit towards
mandatory unpaid furlough hours.
d) For non -represented employees eligible for overtime, furlough may be taken in as
little as one (1) hour increments.
e) For non -represented employees NOT eligible for overtime (FLSA-exempt), furlough
shall be taken in eight (8) hour increments. During a week in which a furlough occurs,
FLSA-exempt employees shall track hours worked and report the hours on the non-
exempt timesheet.
f) Employees may select their furlough time and take it as approved.
g) Employees may substitute 32 hours of already scheduled vacation or paid time off for
32 hours of furlough.
h) Furlough observance will not deprive any otherwise eligible employee from receiving
Holiday Pay.
i) If an employee must work on a scheduled furlough day, he or she will schedule and
observe an alternate furlough day by September 12, 2020.
j) Unpaid furloughs shall be treated as if the days were compensated for the purpose
of leave accruals and maintenance of health and welfare benefits.
k) Employees shall not perform County work during furlough.
1) For Groups C through H, the maximum vacation carryover into 2021 as outlined in
section 6.2 shall increase from 240 hours to 272 hours.
m) For Groups A and B, the maximum Paid Time Off carryover into 2021 as outlined in
section 6.4.5 shall increase from 330 hours to 362 hours.
n) Part-time employees will take furlough on a prorated basis.
o) If projected general fund revenues are not adequate to maintain the necessary
minimum cash balance, additional unpaid furlough days may be put in place and
observed later in the year.
AND FURTHER, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Resolution No. 2019-061 is
hereby amended as described herein effective July 7, 2020.
APPROVED this 7t" day of July, 2020.
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