6.1 Salaries
Effective the pay period in which the Association notified the County that this Agreement was ratified in 2022, salary ranges for Sheriff Sergeant and Senior District Attorney Inspectors will be increased by ten percent (10%). This increase includes salary increases pursuant to the 2021 and 2022 Deputy Sheriffs’ surveys, and a three and three-tenths’ percent (3.3%) equity adjustment.
Therefore, the full-time biweekly salary effective the pay period in which the Association notified the County that this Agreement was ratified in 2022 for the class of Sergeant will be:
Step A B C D E
Salary $4,962.40 $5,248.00 $5,548.80 $5,867.20 $6,203.20
And the full-time biweekly salary effective the pay period in which the Association notified the County that this Agreement was ratified in 2022 for the class of Senior District Attorney Inspector will be:
Step A B C D E
Salary $5,643.20 $5,967.20 $6,309.60 $6,670.40 $7,056.00
Effective the pay period in which the Board of Supervisors’ approves this successor agreement in 2022, each fulltime employee in active paid status will receive a lump sum payment of two thousand dollars ($2,000) as a non-discretionary incentive to ratify the agreement. It is the intent of the parties that the lump sum payments will not be treated as salary or wages, as the payments are not provided as compensation for hours of employment or longevity pay. The lump sum payments will not be included in overtime/regular rate of pay calculations, and there will be no roll up effect of the lump sum payments. The County will withhold taxes from lump sum payments in accordance with federal and state requirements. The lump sum amount will be prorated for part time employees.
On or before the first Monday in April in each year commencing in the calendar year 2023, and ending in the calendar year 2026, the representatives of the County and the representatives of the OSS shall jointly certify to the Board of Supervisors the highest pay rate in effect as of January 31of that year for Deputy Sheriffs in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma. The terms “pay”, “rates of pay”, and “pay rates” are hereby defined and intended to include the maximum rate of base pay provided in each of the above jurisdictions for deputy sheriff positions equating to the classification of Deputy Sheriff in the County of San Mateo. The Board of Supervisors shall thereupon fix the rates of pay of the classification of Sheriff Sergeant at twenty-one percent (21%) above the highest pay rate specified in this survey, which shall be no less than twenty percent (20%) higher than the salary range for the classification of Deputy Sheriff. Such rates of pay shall be fixed to be effective as of the first day of the first full pay period in January of each year between 2023 and 2026. The parties will meet to discuss any unresolved disputes regarding the interpretation or application of this paragraph.
On or before the first Monday in April in each year commencing in the calendar year 2023, and ending in the calendar year 2026, the salary range for Senior District Attorney Inspectors will be adjusted by the same percentage as the Sheriff Sergeants.
These adjustments will be made after the salary survey for the classification of Deputy Sheriff is completed in April of each year. The adjustment will be retroactive to the first pay period in January
6.2 Experience Pay and Safety Longevity Pay
In addition to the salary provisions described above, employees in the classifications of Sergeant and Senior District Attorney Inspector shall receive experience pay at the following rates:
- Effective the pay period in which the Board of Supervisors’ approves a successor MOU in 2022, Two percent (2%) at the beginning of the eighth (8th) year;
- An additional one percent (1%) (for a total of three percent (3%)) at the beginning of the fifteenth (15th) year;
- An additional one percent (1%) (for a total of four percent (4%)) at the beginning of the eighteenth (18th) year;
- An additional one percent (1%) (for a total of five percent (5%)) at the beginning of the twentieth (20th) year.
Such experience pay shall be paid biweekly, beginning on the first full pay period after the above periods of service with the County of San Mateo. Qualifying experience shall be based on total years of California Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) qualified peace officer experience service for the County of San Mateo and/or on total years of qualified California correctional officer experience service for the County of San Mateo. Such experience pay shall be paid biweekly, beginning on the first full pay period after the above periods of service. This experience pay shall be calculated as the above stated percentage of the employee’s current step base pay. Base pay shall be defined as the base salary listed in the County salary schedules and shall not include employer pick up of the employee’s retirement contribution, or any differentials or premium pays.
Employees in the classifications of Sheriff’s Sergeant and Senior District Attorney Inspector hired by the County of San Mateo into Retirement Tier 4 will receive two percent (2%) Safety Longevity Pay; and employees in the classifications of Sheriff’s Sergeant and Senior District Attorney Inspector hired by the County of San Mateo into Retirement Tier 1 or Tier 2 will receive three and one quarter percent (3.25%) Safety Longevity Pay.