SLO County deputy district attorneys may get 6 percent raise

Thirty deputy district attorneys will receive more than a 6 percent raise retroactive to last July, if the Board of Supervisors signs off Tuesday.

The 6.34 percent hike will cost the county $350,000 annually, according to Gail Wilcox, Assistant County Administrator. It was negotiated by the county and the San Luis Obispo Government Attorney’s’ Union..

The raise will boost the annual top salary from $127,188 to $135, 288, according to a report prepared by Wilcox for the Board of Supervisors. With benefits the cost will jump from $196,700 to $208,000 annually.

Wilcox wrote that a small portion would be offset by grants, but “a substantial increase in General Fund money will be required.”

It is the second increase in a week of six percent or more. Last week, county probation officers received a 6 percent raise, at an annual cost to taxpayers of $750,000.

Kimm Daniels, general manager of the San Luis Obispo County Employees Association, the county government's largest employee union, said "The prevailing wage ordinance requires that county employees receive the average change in compensation as their counterparts in the comparable counties.”

“The Board of Supervisors is mandated to follow the ordinance, as it was passed by the voters,” she added.

-Bob Cuddy