Salary Resolution No. 95-0926 Revised December 2018 Section 18: Other Compensation
Amended 9/16/08; 3/19/13; 3/15/16; 6/14/16; 7/10/18; 12/11/18
18.1 Fees
County officers and employees who may collect fees and/or other monies on behalf of the County may retain such fees only when specifically authorized by this Resolution or other resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
18.2 Hourly Cash Allowance
(Amended 9/16/08)
The County shall pay each permanent full- and part-time employee, in addition to their hourly regular earning rate from the salary schedule, a cash allowance of three dollars and forty five cents ($3.45) per pay status hour that the employee is in paid status excluding overtime, up to a maximum of eighty (80) hours in a pay period (or approximately a maximum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per month). Such hourly cash allowance is compensation for services rendered in that pay period and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing employees’ final compensation for pension purposes, as well as all usual taxation as their regular earning rate from the salary schedule. It shall not be included on the salary schedule and shall not be impacted by future increases in the salary schedule. It is not intended as a supplement toward medical, dental, or any other insurance or benefit.
18.3 One-time, Lump-Sum, Non-Recurring And Pensionable Payments
(Amended 3/15/16, 6/14/16, 7/10/18)
18.3.1
Each regular, full-time, active employee in Confidential and Unrepresented units in paid status as of July 30, 2018, shall receive a one-time, lump sum, non-recurring, and pensionable payment in the amount of two-thousand, one-hundred, seventy dollars ($2,170) on August 8, 2018.
The above amount shall be prorated for eligible part-time employees based on allocated FTE.
The one-time payment will be subject to all applicable federal, state and local tax withholdings. The payments will not be included in wages for computations of overtime and benefits or for any other purpose.
18.3.2
- Each regular, full-time, active Administrative Management, and Appointed and Elected Department Head employee in paid status as of July 30, 2018, shall receive a one-time, lump sum, non-recurring, pensionable payment in the amount of three thousand, one hundred, fifty-four dollars ($3,154) on August 8, 2018.
The above amount shall be prorated for eligible part-time employees based on allocated FTE.
The one-time payment will be subject to all applicable federal, state and local tax withholdings. The payments will not be included in wages for computations of overtime and benefits or for any other purpose.
18.4 Status Quo Preservation Allowance
(Amended 12/11/2018)
Each regular, full-time, Administrative Management, Appointed and Elected Department Head employee, and the Board of Supervisors, effective starting the pay date on July 25, 2018, ending with the last payment on the pay date of January 23, 2019, shall receive a bi-weekly Status Quo Preservation Allowance in the amount of $342 for each pay period with hours in a paid status. The allowance will be pro-rated based on allocated FTE for part-time employees.
This allowance will be subject to all applicable federal, state, and local tax withholdings. The payment will not be included in wages for computations of overtime and benefits. This payment will be pensionable for employees hired before January 1, 2013, and for those who qualify as determined by Sonoma County Employee Retirement Association due to reciprocity, and non-pensionable for employees hired on or after January 1, 2013.