File #: 25-01105    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 12/9/2025 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 12/16/2025 Final action:
Title: Consider recommendations regarding authorization to Execute Side Letter Agreements with SEIU Local 620 and SEIU Local 721 for Temporary Labor Cost-Saving Measures in the Department of Social Services (DSS), as follows: a) Authorize the County Human Resources Director, or designee to execute Side Letter Agreements with SEIU Local 620 and SEIU Local 721 establishing a six-month temporary delay in merit eligibility for represented employees in the DSS, consistent with ratified Tentative Agreements; b) Approve the application of the same six-month merit eligibility delay to unrepresented Confidential, Management, and Executive employees assigned to DSS and covered under Resolution 24-187; and c) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), because pursuant to sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) the recommended actions consist of organizational, administrative, or fiscal activities of government that will not result in direct...
Sponsors: HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - Side Letter Agreement Between the County of Santa Barbara and the Service Employees International Union Local 620, 3. Attachment B - Side Letter Agreement Between the County of Santa Barbara and the Service Employees International Union Local 721
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Consider recommendations regarding authorization to Execute Side Letter Agreements with SEIU Local 620 and SEIU Local 721 for Temporary Labor Cost-Saving Measures in the Department of Social Services (DSS), as follows:

 

a) Authorize the County Human Resources Director, or designee to execute Side Letter Agreements with SEIU Local 620 and SEIU Local 721 establishing a six-month temporary delay in merit eligibility for represented employees in the DSS, consistent with ratified Tentative Agreements;

 

b) Approve the application of the same six-month merit eligibility delay to unrepresented Confidential, Management, and Executive employees assigned to DSS and covered under Resolution 24-187; and

 

c) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), because pursuant to sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) the recommended actions consist of organizational, administrative, or fiscal activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.