1996-16815-Resolution No. 96-027 Recorded 5/9/1996�.
96-16815
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
A Resolution Establishing a Policy
for Compensation of Election Board Clerks.
RESOLUTION NO. 96-027
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LEGd COUNSEL
DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners (Board) seeks to
establish a policy for compensating election board clerks for their
services following an election; and
WHEREAS, if the Board decides to compensate persons appointed
to serve on election boards, ORS 246.330 requires that such persons
be compensated at a rate not less than the federal or state minimum
wage, whichever is higher; and
WHEREAS, ORS 246.330 requires that the Board fix and allow the
specific compensation to be paid to election board clerks; and
WHEREAS, to improve administrative efficiency, the Board
wishes to compensate election board clerks according to a flat rate
that is consistent with minimum wage requirements; now, therefore
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON,
RESOLVES as follows:
Section 1. Deschutes County election board clerks shall be
compensated according to the rate schedule established in Exhibit
"A", attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein.
Section 2. This rate shall be adjusted by the Board
periodically, in response to increases or decreases in the federal
and state minimum wage rates.
Section 3. Pursuant to ORS 254.545(6), after each election,
the County Clerk shall file with the Board a certificate,
consistent with the compensation rate established herein, stating
the compensation to which the election board clerks are entitled.
Section 4. Upon receipt of said certificate, the Board shall
order the compensation paid out of County funds.
DATED this 8th day of May, 1996.
A E T:
Recording Secre ary
OF COUNTY COMIS51ONERS
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ROB L. NIP Co i'sioner
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BARRY H. SLAUGHTER, Commissioner
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EXHIBIT A
RATE SCHEDULE FOR
COMPENSATION OF ELECTION BOARD CLERKS
Based on the experience of the County Clerk in previous elections,
election board clerks typically provide no more than fifteen (15)
hours of actual service per election. Additionally, clerks
dedicate approximately two (2) hours per election for training and
transportation. In order to facilitate a single flat compensation
rate, training and transportation hours will be included as time
served on the election board. Consequently, the flat rate
established herein is calculated on the basis of an estimated total
service period of seventeen (17) hours per election. The
applicable minimum wage rate for purposes of ORS 246.330 is the
federal minimum wage rate of $4.75 per hour. In recognition of the
extra level of responsibility assumed by election board chairs, the
flat rate for chairs shall be established based on a wage rate of
$5.25 per hour.
Election board clerks shall be compensated as follows:
I. Election Board Chair
Compensation: $130.00
II. Election Board Clerks
Compensation: $105.00
Election board clerks who provide from seven (7) to eight (8)
hours of actual service during any election shall be
compensated for service at the flat half-time rate. The
half-time rate shall be based on an estimated service period
of eight (8) hours per election plus an additional two (2)
hours per election for training and transportation, for an
estimated maximum service period of ten (10) hours per
election. The flat rate for compensation of election board
clerks who provide half-time service shall be as follows:
Half -Time Service
Compensation: $53.00
Election board clerks who provide less than seven (7) hours
of actual service during any election shall be compensated at
an hourly rate based on the federal minimum wage rate of
$4.75 per hour. Total hours of service shall be the sum of
actual service hours plus an additional two (2) hours per
election for training and transportation. The total service
period will range from three (3) to eight (8) hours per
election.
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As appointees serving at the discretion of the County Clerk,
election board clerks are neither independent contractors, nor
County employees. Even if election board clerks were characterized
as labor directly employed by a public employer, the County would
not be required to provide overtime compensation since election
board clerks never serve in excess of 40 hours in any one week.
However, since election board clerks share certain characteristics
with contract labor, payment rates and overall compensation have
been set to reflect the overtime requirements in ORS 279.334.
The following chart illustrates how the rate and overall
compensation have been set, based on the federal minimum wage and
the overtime requirements of ORS 279.334:
Chair $5.25 X 8 hrs.
$42.00
Clerk $4.75 X 8 hrs.
$38.00
1/2 time $4.75 X 8 hrs.
$38.00
$7.88 X 9 hrs. total
$70.92 $112.92
$7.13 X 9 hrs. total
$64.17 $102.17
$7.13 X 2 hrs. total
$14.26 $52.26
In recognition of the extra level of responsiblity assumed by
election board chairs, the actual compensation for chairs has been
increased beyond the hourly rate calculation described above.