Modoc County General Unit Ratifies New Two Year MOU

Thursday, September 30, 2010

The Modoc County General Unit recently voted to accept a two year contract for their unit. The County has recently been facing the threat of bankruptcy because of a fourteen (14) million dollar deficit. With the possibility of bankruptcy on the horizon the employee’s agreed to the following in a two year contract:
1. All employees shall remain frozen at their current step in salary range and they will not be eligible for a merit or longevity increase for a continuous year for each employee.
2. For a period of no more than two years all employee’s will waive a $50.40 cash payment for health insurance and all employees who opt out of health insurance will waive the $350.00 per month that they received. Both will be re-instated no later than September 1, 2012.
3. Employees receiving State Disability may elect to supplement their SDI payment with an amount of paid sick leave (if available) converted in hours that will in combination not exceed their regular salary for the pay period.
4. Sick Leave incentive will be eliminated for a period not to exceed two years. It will go back into effect no later than September 1, 2012.
5. Effective January 1, 2011 all floating holidays will be eliminated for a period of two years and they will go back into effect on January 1, 2013.

This was a difficult situation for all members especially the bargaining team members. I would like to thank the bargaining team members; Bill Hall, Betty Brown, Melissa Carnahan, Nancy Richardson, Dennis Seaton, Jessica Johnson and Brian Ascherman for all of their time and hard work that they put into negotiations.