TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Christine Brice?o, Chief Human Resources Officer
REPORT BY: Joy Cadiz, Staff Services Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution Approving a Side Letter with Napa County Probation Professionals Association Updating the Definition of Safety/Hazard Premium to Count as Pensionable
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt a Resolution to approve a Side Letter Agreement dated June 30, 2025, with the Napa County Probation Professionals Association Supervisory and Non-Supervisory Units to update the definition of Probation Safety/Hazard Premium Pay to continue providing Probation Officers and Juvenile Hall Counselors with a 5% Premium Pay to be counted as pensionable pay, effective January 1, 2020. (No Fiscal Impact)
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BACKGROUND
Since 2007, Napa County has paid Probation Officers and Juvenile Hall Counselors a 5% Safety/Hazard Premium, which CalPERS has counted as pensionable. This premium was established to acknowledge the inherently hazardous nature of their duties, particularly in implementing health and safety procedures for probationers and juveniles.
The current Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) for the Napa County Probation Professionals Association Supervisory and Non-Supervisory Units simply state that "those in the Juvenile Hall Counselor and Probation Officer series shall receive a 5% hazard premium." However, the County recently learned that CalPERS only considers Safety/Hazard Premiums pensionable if applied to positions routinely and consistently exposed to toxic, radioactive, explosive, or other hazardous substances, or those performing hazardous activities to implement health or safety procedures. Because the County intends for this premium to remain pensionable, the Side Letter Agreement now includes detailed language and examples of routine duties performed by Probation Officers and Juvenile Hall Counselors to meet these criteria.
Requested Action:
1. Adopt a Resolution to approve the Side Letter Agreement dated June 30, 2025, revising the...
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