Documents: Assignment Despite Objection Form I

Members and Community
Question Restructuring Plan

The County's proposed solutions include different tiers of recommendations meant to realign County services to live within their means. Many of the proposed recommendations were part of the County's Long Term Restructuring Plan. Other solutions were created by the 20% across the board cuts that each department submitted in February.

Tier A recommendations

 • Voluntary Separation Incentive Program
 • Revised Pension System Calculations
 • Shift services from the General Fund costs to other funds
 • Other savings (leases, copier costs, county contracts)
 • Fee increases
 • Eliminating vacant positions (29.8 FTE)

Tier B recommendations
• Layoffs (28.9 FTE)
• 60% of layoffs proposed in Health and Human Services.

Tier C recommendations
• Other program cuts
• Elimination of vacant positions
• Layoffs (17 FTE)

Next Steps
• Find the budget cuts for your department, get informed (available on County
  website).
• Submit your own ideas for cost savings in your department.
• Complete your SEIU 1021 bargaining survey.
• Join other members at the Board of Supervisors Budget Workshops (March 29th and
   March 31st.

Melanie Wice addresses
County restructuring plans
Certified Nurse Midwife
Marin County

"Our clinic has spent many years perfecting quality services to keep pregnant women healthy during a very vulnerable time. Our entire clinic is working together to identify solutions so that we can maintain County services to pregnant women."





Ellie Bloch
Founder of Mediation Services
Summary from a March 8, 2010 letter sent to the
Marin County Board of Supervisors

"Marin County Mediation services has provided medication to County residents for over 30 years. Eliminating this program means a unique safety net vanishes. Despite repeated efforts to raise fees to make it a self-sustaining program, fees have not been raised in over 6 years. Reinventing this program will be far more expensive."



Nancy Barnard
Public Health Microbiologist
Marin County Public Health Laboratory
"Much of the testing we do is critical and the correct result must be obtained with no room for error. Our processes help to identify and stop the spread of many communicable diseases to ensure the health and safety of Marin County. I hope the County will seriously think about the health consequences."

SEIU 1021 Members Discuss Restructuring with US Representative Lynn Woolsey


SEIU’s political department recently contacted US Rep. Lynn Woolsey, to facilitate a meeting with two members of Marin Board of Supervisors - Hal Brown, Jr. (District 2) and Steve Kinsey, 2nd Vice President (District 4), along with County Administrator Matthew Hymel, Chief Asst. County Administrator Mona Miyasato, and Principal Personnel Analyst Angela Nicholson. The meeting on March 1, 2010, was an informal meeting between SEIU staff, SEIU members, and Board of Supervisor Members, and initiated dialogue about the county’s plans to restructure services.

The Board of Supervisor members invited SEIU input on alternative ways to approach Marin budget issues and restructure plans. Our goal is to have input prepared in time for Board of Supervisor consideration at Budget Workshops scheduled for March 15 and 19, 2010.

THANKS TO SEIU 1021 MARIN MEMBERS for working as a TEAM to prepare a presentation on womens health services. SEIU 1021 Members were also present from dental health services and mediation services.

We are planning to prepare viable alternatives for many of Marin County services that we can present to County Staff and the Marin Board of Supervisors. SEIU Researcher Nick Peraino is assisting with this project.

Reduction In Force Meetings Postponed
Many members expressed alarm that the County seemed to be moving quickly towards implementing a Reduction in Force (RIF), prior to full discussion of the restructure plans and without full participation and input from labor organizations.

After meeting with SEIU representatives (staff and activists) on March 1, 2010, it was agreed that these meetings would be rescheduled, to allow for greater participation and input into the content of the meetings on Reduction In Force procedures, including bumping rights, etc. For starters, SEIU has requested that the County prepare accurate seniority rosters, by classification, so that members can check the lists for accuracy.

SEIU 1021 members are entitled to notification prior to any layoff, and the notice must inform employees of their bumping rights.