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Consider recommendations regarding an Amendment to the Ordinance Setting Compensation and Benefits for Members of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, as follows:
a) Provide a 3% salary increase, effective in the first pay period sixty (60) days after Board approval which is consistent with the October 2019 Index of the Consumer Price Index - Urban (CPI - U) for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area to be effective during Fiscal Year 2020-2021 and provide future, annual salary increases based on the Consumer Price Index - Urban (October Indices) from a minimum of 0% to a maximum of 3% each Fiscal Year;
b) Upon approval of the 3% salary increase, effective in the first pay period sixty (60) days after Board approval, the biweekly allowance paid to the Chair of the Board of Supervisors will also increase by 3% from $71.18 to approximately $73.32 based upon the October 2019 CPI-U for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area, and provide future adjustments to the Chair allowance from a minimum of 0% to a maximum of 3% each Fiscal Year based on the October CPI-U for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area;
c) Implement an additional ongoing 0.83% pension cost-sharing pick-up for members of the Board of Supervisors in classic/legacy retirement plans, effective in the first pay period sixty (60) days after Board approval;
d) Provide a 5.3% increase to the County contributions to health insurance for all Board members enrolled in and receiving County-sponsored health insurance, effective with the 2021 plan year (Pay Period 2021-01) or in the first pay period sixty (60) days after Board approval, which is consistent with the increase all County employees on health plans will receive to the County contribution to health insurance, effective with the 2021 health insurance plan year and provide future adjustments to the County contributions to health insurance in the same amount as provided to Elected Department Heads;
e) Decrease the automobile allowance for members of the Board of Supervisors by $2.00 biweekly to the amount of $230.00 biweekly to match the automobile allowance of other elected County department heads in the first pay period sixty (60) days after Board approval and provide future adjustments to the automobile allowance to mirror the automobile allowance paid to Elected Department Heads, which is tied to IRS rates, effective in the first pay period of each calendar year; and
f) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms which do not involved any commitment to any specific project which may result in potential physical impacts on the environment, and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA guidelines.