No less than two Plumas County supervisors had been grateful Nov. 29 throughout their first assembly after the Thanksgiving vacation.
District four Supervisor Greg Hagwood has publicly acknowledged the Meadow Valley Cemetery District administrators retiring from the board. “I need to publicly acknowledge his service to that district,” Hagwood mentioned. The three individuals leaving after a few years of service are: John Schmidt, Jerry Fillippini and Thelma Olson. Hagwood should fill these vacancies with new appointments.
District 5 Supervisor Jeff Engel praised Clerk/Recorder Marcy DeMartile and her workers for his or her election work. “In on a regular basis that I’ve been right here, I’ve by no means had any doubts about how our elections are carried out with integrity,” he mentioned.
Then all the supervisors gave county staff one thing to be grateful for after they unanimously permitted a brand new division of well being care premiums. The county can pay 85 p.c and staff will obtain 15 p.c.
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“We have been engaged on this for a while,” Human Sources Director Nancy Selvage mentioned in her presentation to the board. “As soon as we discovered how a lot the premiums had gone up, we began an evaluation.”
Selvage mentioned his division had tried varied calculations, however finally selected the beneficial division. The brand new division will value the county about $1 million, in line with his calculations. Supervisors accepted his advice, however not all worker bargaining items did. Center administration and common items didn’t, representing about 200 county staff.
“The truth that there can be no reduction for a few of these employees is a large drawback,” mentioned District Lawyer David Hollister.
Selvage mentioned staff ought to discuss to their union consultant. “We might prefer to see everybody have it throughout the board,” he mentioned.
Supervisor Hagwood mentioned he want to see everybody included and if there’s a particular motive why the unions will not be accepting the provide, he want to know what it’s.
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In current months, county staff have gone earlier than supervisors and have spoken throughout public remark in regards to the want for the county to pay extra of their medical insurance premiums.
Editor’s Notice: After this text was revealed, some county staff who’re members of unions that didn’t move the brand new well being care premium division contacted Plumas Information to clarify why they didn’t. In accordance with the workers, the well being bonuses had been a part of a proposal that additionally referred to wage will increase. By signing the brand new proposal, they’d comply with NOT improve the wage. The worker unions are nonetheless negotiating with the county for wage will increase and didn’t need to hand over that chance.
