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AGENDA REQUEST & STAFF REPORT
For Board Business Meeting of January 12, 2011
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DATE: January 6, 2011
FROM: Dave Kanner Administrator ext. 6565
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM:
Consideration and approval of a Collective Bargaining Agreement between Deschutes County and
Deschutes County District Attorney's Association, effective through June 30, 2015.
PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS DATE? No
BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
This is a continuation of the Board's deliberations begun at the meetings of December 8, 2010, and
December 15, 2010. At the December 15 meeting, the Board voted unanimously to schedule a vote on
this contract at its meeting of January 12, 2011.
In September 2010, deputy district attorneys (DDAs) in the Deschutes County District Attorney's
Office petitioned the Employment Relations Board for an election to certify a new bargaining unit to
represent the DDAs. The election was held, the union formation was approved by a vote of 10-5 and at
the end of September, the ERB certified the new bargaining unit.
Following certification, the County, as required by ORS 243, negotiated in good faith with
representatives of the new union on a collective bargaining agreement, which has since been ratified by
the union. Because DDAs are strike -prohibited under Oregon law, the County faced a stark choice
between negotiating an agreement with the new union that we could seek to make as acceptable as
possible, or having an agreement imposed on us by an unelected arbitrator, possibly from out-of-state,
and likely unacceptable to both the County and the DA.
It quickly became clear in these negotiations that the one and only issue that mattered to the union was
a "just cause" provision; that is, contractual language spelling out the circumstances under which
deputy DAs can be removed from their jobs. Given the likelihood that a contract imposed on us by an
arbitrator would contain onerous and unfavorable "just cause" language, we instead worked with the
union to create "just cause" language that would be acceptable to all concerned.
The resulting contract consists mostly of language written and/or proposed by the County, including the
articles on Discipline and Discharge and Grievance Procedure. It is an unusual contract in that it
contains no guaranteed pay increases, no guaranteed benefit levels (in fact, the contract devotes only
three sentences to wages, compensation and benefits), no guaranteed paid time off and no seniority
rights; in fact, almost none of the things one normally sees in a public employee union contract. The
contract does, however, contain a lengthy and detailed set of management rights.
Note that if the contract is approved, the signature block will have to be changed to reflect the change in
the make-up of the Board of Commissioners.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The contract has no direct fiscal impacts, as it contains no guaranteed pay or benefit levels other than
those of non -represented management employees.
RECOMMENDATION & ACTION REQUESTED:
Staff recommends approval and signature of a Collective Bargaining Agreement between Deschutes
County and Deschutes County District Attorney's Association, effective through June 30, 2015.
ATTENDANCE: Dave Kanner, County Administrator
Mark Pilliod, County Counsel
DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS:
County Counsel's Office
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
DESCHUTES COUNTY
AND
DESCHUTES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS' ASSOCIATION
Effective through June 30, 2015
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1. PREAMBLE AND SCOPE
A. This Agreement is entered into by and between DESCHUTES COUNTY, a
political subdivision of the State of Oregon, hereinafter referred to as "County", and the
DESCHUTES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS' ASSOCIATION, hereinafter referred to as
"Association," and shall be in effect through June 30, 2015.
B. This Agreement shall apply only to regular full-time deputy district attorneys
employed in the Deschutes County District Attorney's Office, excluding elected officials,
supervisors, volunteers, and temporary employees, hereinafter referred to as "Members."
2. RECOGNITION
The County recognizes the Association as the sole and exclusive representative with
respect to wages, hours and specified conditions of employment for Members.
3. ASSOCIATION DUES
A. As a condition of employment, every employee within the bargaining unit must,
commencing with employment, either (1) become a Member of the Association and sign and
deliver to the County an authorization allowing the deduction of the Association's monthly dues
from their pay; or (2) sign and deliver to the County an authorization allowing the County to
deduct from their pay a fair share fee in lieu of dues.
B. Notwithstanding the above, the Association expressly agrees it will safeguard the
rights of non -Members based upon bona fide religious tenets or teachings of a church or
religious body of which such employee is a member. Such employees shall pay the fair share
fee referred to above to a non -religious charity mutually agreed upon by the employee making
such payment and the Association, or in lieu thereof, the employee shall request that such fair
share fee payments not be deducted and shall make such payment to a charity as heretofore
stated and shall furnish written proof to the Association and the County, when requested, that
this has been done.
C. The amounts to be deducted pursuant to this Section shall be certified to the
County by the Treasurer of the Association, and the aggregate deductions of all Members and
non -Members shall be remitted to the Treasurer of the Association by the County not later than
the 10`h day of the following month after such deductions are made. The amounts to be
deducted by the County shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the
Association's bylaws.
D. The County agrees to furnish the Association a listing of all bargaining unit
employees covered by this Agreement upon request of the Association.
E. The Association agrees that it will indemnify, defend and hold the County
harmless from all suits, actions, proceedings or claims against the County or persons acting on
behalf of the County, whether for damages, compensation, reinstatement, or any combination
thereof, involving the application of this Section. In the event any forum decides that any part
of this Section is invalid and/or that reimbursement of the fair share fee to non -Members must
be made to employees affected, the Association and its Members shall be solely, jointly and
severally responsible for such reimbursement.
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4. REPRESENTED EMPLOYEE RIGHTS
A. Members shall have the right to form and join the Association, as well as the right
to participate in Association activities which relate to matters of "employment relations" as
defined in ORS 243.650(7). Members shall also have the right to refuse to join or participate in
the activities of the Association. No Member shall be interfered with, intimidated, restrained,
coerced, or discriminated against by either the County or the Association because of the
exercise of these rights.
B. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied equally to all employees
without discrimination as to age, marital status, race, color, sex, creed, religion, national origin,
disability, sexual orientation, Association affiliation, or any other classification protected by
Oregon or Federal law, except for bona fide job requirements.
5. MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
A. The District Attorney and the County each retain all the customary, usual and
exclusive rights, decision-making prerogatives, functions, and authority connected with, or in
any way incident to their responsibility to manage the affairs of the District Attorney's Office.
The County and the District Attorney shall have no obligation to bargain with the Association
with respect to any such subjects or the exercise of it's or the District Attorney's discretion and
decision-making with regard thereto. The express provisions of this Agreement constitute the
only limitations on the rights of the County and District Attorney to manage the business and
affairs of the District Attorney's Office. The rights of Members are limited to those specifically
limited by the terms of this Agreement. Any subjects covered by the terms of this Agreement
are closed to further bargaining for the term hereof, and any subject which was or might have
been raised in the course of collective bargaining, except as provided in ORS 243.698, with
section (4) of the statute modified by changing the 90 -day period to 30 days.
B. Without limitation, but by way of illustration, the exclusive prerogatives, functions,
and rights of the District Attorney shall include the following:
1. To determine the services to be rendered by the District Attorney's Office
and its employees to the citizens of the County and State of Oregon.
2. To direct and supervise all operations, functions and policies of the
District Attorney's Office in which Members are employed.
3. To close or liquidate an office, branch, operation or facility, or combination
of facilities, or to relocate, reorganize or combine the work of divisions, branches,
operations or facilities for budgetary or other reasons.
4. To determine the need for a reduction or an increase in the work force.
5. To determine the method and manner under which a reduction in work
force will be performed.
6. To implement new, and to revise or discard, wholly or in part, old methods
and procedures.
7. To assign and distribute work.
8. To assign shifts, workdays, hours of work and work locations.
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9. To designate and to assign all work duties.
10. To introduce new duties and to revise job descriptions and duties.
11. To determine the need for new employees, transfers and promotions.
12. To determine the qualifications for employees, as well as for transfers and
promotions.
13. To discipline, suspend, demote or discharge an employee with just cause
as defined in Section 13 of this Agreement.
14. To determine the need for additional educational courses, training
programs, on-the-job training and cross -training, and to assign employees to
such courses or training for periods to be determined by the District Attorney.
C. Without limitation, but by way of illustration, the exclusive prerogatives, functions,
and rights of the County shall include the following:
1. To fix the budget of the District Attorney's Office and the number of positions
and full-time equivalent employees budgeted in the District Attorney's Office.
2. To implement the District Attorney's decisions with regard to a reduction in
force.
3. To establish, revise and implement standards for hiring, classification and
promotion.
4. To establish, revise and implement levels, grades and standards for monetary
and non -monetary compensation and employee benefits.
5. To establish, revise and implement programs concerning paid and unpaid
leave, holidays, and other types of employee leave.
6. To provide as the County determines necessary, and in its sole discretion any
furnishings, fixtures and equipment to be used and any matters concerning
limitations or conditions for their use.
7. To maintain order and efficiency in its work sites, facilities and operations.
8. To make such reasonable rules and regulations, not in conflict with this
Agreement, as the County may from time to time deem best for the purposes of
maintaining order, safety, and/or effective operation of County facilities, and after
advance notice thereof to the Association and Members, and to require
compliance therewith by Members.
D. Any of the rights, powers, authority and function the County and the District
Attorney had prior to the negotiation of this Agreement are retained by the County and the
District Attorney and the expressed provisions of this Agreement constitute the only limitations
on the rights of the County and the District Attorney to manage the business of the District
Attorney's Office. Should the County or the District Attorney not exercise the rights, powers,
authority and functions reserved to them, or should they exercise them in a particular way,
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such conduct shall not be deemed a waiver of said rights, powers, authority and functions by
the County or the District Attorney, nor shall such conduct be deemed or considered a waiver
of their right to exercise them in some other way not in conflict with a specific provision of this
Agreement.
6. NO STRIKES AND NO LOCKOUTS
A. The Association and Members are prohibited from striking or recognizing the
picket line of a labor organization pursuant to ORS 243.736. The Association and Members,
as individuals or a group, will not initiate, cause, promote, permit, participate in or join in any
strike, work stoppage, or slow -down, picketing, or any other restrictions or work at any location.
Members, while acting in the course of their employment, shall not honor any picket line,
except that such picket line may be honored if crossing the picket line would be unreasonably
dangerous or hazardous.
B. The County and the District Attorney each agree there will be no lockouts of
Members during the term of this Agreement.
C. In the event of strike, work stoppage, slow -down, picketing, observance of a
picket line, or other restriction of work in any form, either on the basis of individual choice or
collective employee conduct, the Association will immediately use every good faith effort to
secure an orderly return to work. This obligation and the obligation set forth above shall not be
affected or limited by the subject matter involved in the dispute giving rise to the stoppage, or
by whether such subject matter is or is not subject to the provisions of the Agreement.
7. ASSOCIATION BUSINESS
A. Members elected to serve as authorized representatives of the Association shall
perform their duties as representatives of the Association on their own time, except as provided
in subsection B of this Section. The Association negotiation team shall be comprised of no
more than three (3) Members, who shall be deemed to be negotiating on their own time.
B. The County shall allow not more than a combined total of fifty (50) hours per
fiscal year to the authorized representatives of the Association for the purpose of conducting
Association business. Scheduling of time for Association business shall be by mutual
agreement with the Association representative's supervisor and shall be documented on
payroll records the same as any other time -off request.
C. The County shall allow the use of the phones, copier, tape recorders and fax
machine located in the District Attorney's Office for Association business. The Association
shall reimburse the County for all expenses. The Association will keep track of all expenses
incurred on the County's equipment and will submit an accounting, along with full
reimbursement for such expenses, within thirty days of incurring the expenses.
D. The Association shall notify the County in writing of its staff representative and its
officers. The Association representative may be granted reasonable access to the County's
physical work premises during working hours to conduct Association business, but shall
observe any and all security regulations of the County and shall not interfere with the normal
flow of work.
8. BULLETIN BOARD
The County agrees to maintain a bulletin board to be used by the Association.
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9. WAGES, COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
A. Effective at execution of this Agreement all Members shall remain in their current
pay grade. In the event non -represented County management employees receive a cost of
living increase, the same shall be provided to Members.
B. The County agrees to provide salary step increases within the applicable pay
grade and paid leave to Members in equal measure to that provided to County non -
represented management employees.
10. INSURANCE
A. Members shall be entitled to County health, life and LTD insurance. The health
insurance, which includes medical, dental, orthodontia, vision, and prescription coverage, is
currently provided through the self-funded Deschutes County Employee Health Plan.
B. The Member health insurance premium contribution will be no greater than
$95.00 per month for the 10/11 contract year, no greater than $110.00 per month for the 11/12
contract year, no greater than $125 per month for the 12/13 contract year, no greater than
$140 per month for the 13/14 contract year and no greater than $155 per month for the 14/15
contract year. If the Board of County Commissioners establishes a monthly premium
contribution for non -represented management employees that is less than the above stated
maximums, Members will pay the lower rate.
C. Throughout the duration of the contract, the Association will have one (1)
Member on the County Employee Benefit Advisory Committee.
D. Insurance benefits will be provided to Members under the same conditions
and/or restrictions as provided to all non -represented County management employees. If
coverage is adjusted and/or modified for non -represented County management employees, the
same will apply to Members.
E. In addition to health insurance and other insurance, the County will make
available to Members a qualified IRS 125 Plan.
11. REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE
A. In the event a reduction in workforce becomes necessary, the manner and
method of the reduction shall be determined by the District Attorney, in his or her sole
discretion.
B. In the event of a reduction in workforce pursuant to this Section 11, the District
Attorney and the County agree to make a good faith effort, and when it is feasible to do so, to
provide thirty (30) days' advance notice to Members, and the Association of their intent to
permanently or temporarily reduce the attorney workforce of the District Attorney's Office as a
result of inadequate funding or for operational reasons. The County and the District Attorney
will attempt to provide sixty (60) -days' advance notice of any such layoff; but the Association,
the County, and the District Attorney each recognize that such sixty (60) -day advance notice
may not be possible.
12. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
A. A grievance is defined as an allegation that a specific provision of this Agreement
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has been violated.
B. A day is defined as a calendar day.
C. In an effort to provide for resolution of disputes, the parties agree to the following
procedures:
Step I: Any Member claiming a breach of any specific provision of this
Agreement ("grievant") may refer the matter, in wilting, to their immediate supervisor
outside the bargaining unit within fourteen (14) days from the occurrence of the alleged
breach. A grievant shall also provide a copy of the written grievance to the Association.
The grievance shall, at minimum, specify the article and section of the Agreement
alleged to have been violated, provide a recitation of facts the grievant believes
demonstrate such violation, and specify the requested remedy. References such as
"any other provision of the Agreement" shall not be considered specific and shall be
deemed inadequate to invoke the provisions of this Section. A Member may submit a
grievance only on behalf of him/herself and not on behalf of any other Member or group
of Members. The Association may file a grievance on behalf of any Member or group of
Members. The supervisor shall respond to the grievance in writing as quickly as
possible, but no later than fourteen (14) days after the grievance is received by the
supervisor.
Step II: If, after fourteen (14) days from the date of the delivering of the
grievance to the supervisor, the grievance remains unadjusted, the grievance may be
submitted within fourteen (14) days to the District Attorney, along with a written
statement as to why the supervisor's Step I response does not adequately resolve the
grievance. The District Attorney shall meet with the grievant, who may request an
Association representative at the meeting. The meeting between the District Attorney
and the grievant shall be within fourteen (14) days of the District Attorney's receipt of the
written grievance. The District Attorney shall respond to the grievance in writing within
fourteen (14) days of such meeting. The Step II grievance shall be limited to facts and
evidence provided at Step I, except that evidence that was not discoverable at Step 1
may be introduced if discovered after the Step 1 response. If the grievant or the
Association intends to introduce such evidence after Step 1, the grievant or the
Association shall have the burden to establish such evidence was not discoverable at
Step 1. Any allegation of a breach of this Agreement introduced at Step II that was not
presented at Step I shall be considered untimely filed and shall be dismissed without any
further recourse for the grievant. Any evidence submitted at Step II in support of an
allegation deemed untimely under the preceding sentence shall not be admissible and
will not be considered by the District Attorney at Step II.
Step III: If the grievance is not resolved within twenty (20) days from the
submission of the grievance to the District Attorney, the Association alone will have
fourteen (14) days to serve written notice to the District Attorney and the County of its
intent to submit the grievance to final and binding arbitration. The arbitrator's decision
shall be in writing and shall set forth findings of fact, reasoning, and conclusions of the
issues submitted. The arbitrator's review shall be limited to determining if the specific
provision(s) of the Agreement which was the basis for the grievance has been violated.
The arbitrator shall have no authority to alter, modify, vacate or amend any of the terms
of the Agreement. Arbitrations shall be conducted in the following manner:
a. The arbitrator shall be selected by mutual agreement of the parties. If the
parties cannot agree on an arbitrator within fourteen (14) days of submitting
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the grievance to arbitration, the parties will request the list of the Reference
Judges from the Deschutes County Circuit Court. Within five (5) days of
receipt of this list, the parties shall mutually agree on one of the listed
Reference Judges to act as arbitrator. If the parties cannot agree on an
arbitrator, the parties shall alternately strike names from the list until one
name remains. The party striking the first name shall be determined by coin
flip. If for some reason one of the parties has a good faith belief that the
Reference Judge selected from the Deschutes County Circuit Court list of
Reference Judges is not suitable to act as an arbitrator, the party shall notify
the other of that belief. If this occurs, the parties will request from the State
Court Administrator a list of ten (10) Reference Judges from any or all of the
following Counties: Jefferson, Crook, Linn, Lane, Douglas, and Marion.
Within five (5) days of the receipt of this list by each party, the parties shall
alternately strike names from the list until one name remains. The party
striking the first name shall be determined by a coin flip.
b. The arbitrator shall hold a hearing promptly in accordance with the
procedures outlined in ORS 3.300 to 3.321, except that a civil action need not
be filed under ORS 3.305(1), and the decision shall not be subject to appeal
under ORS 3.321(7).
c. The Step III grievance shall be limited to facts and evidence provided at
Step I, except that the evidence that was not discoverable at Step 1 may be
introduced if discovered after the Step 1 response. If the grievant or the
Association intends to introduce such evidence after Step 1, the grievant or
the Association shall have the burden to establish such evidence was not
discoverable at Step 1. Any allegation of a breach of an article or section of
this agreement introduced at Step III that was not presented at Step I shall be
deemed untimely filed and shall be dismissed without any further recourse for
the grievant. Any evidence offered at Step III in support of an allegation
deemed untimely under the preceding sentence shall not be admissible and
will not be considered by the arbitrators at Step III.
d. The costs of the arbitrator shall be shared equally by the parties. Each
party shall be responsible for costs of presenting its own case to arbitration.
D. Each party shall be responsible for compensating its own representatives and
witnesses at any step of this procedure.
E. Any time limits specified in the grievance procedure may be waived by express,
mutual consent of the parties. Failure to submit the grievance in accordance with these time
limits without such a waiver shall constitute abandonment of the grievance. Failure by the
County to submit a reply after knowledge of the grievance within the specified time will move the
grievance to the next step in the grievance procedure. A grievance may be terminated at any
time upon receipt of a signed statement from the Association.
F. A grievant exercising their rights to pursue a grievance through this procedure
may do so without discrimination and without loss of pay if meetings or conferences as called
for herein occur during the employee's regularly assigned duty time.
G. To the extent allowable by law, all information relative to a grievance and
resolution accomplished via the grievance procedure shall be considered exempt from public
disclosure in an effort to assure confidentiality to the employee.
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H. If the parties agree in writing, Steps I, and II, may be waived.
Oral reprimands are not subject to the grievance procedure.
J. Written reprimands and performance evaluations which do not result in the denial
of a step increase may not be grieved past Step II.
K. The extension of a probationary period shall not be grievable.
13. DISCIPLINE AND DISCHARGE
A. Formal Disciplinary actions include the following:
1. Oral reprimand,
2. Written reprimand,
3. Suspension,
4. Demotion or Reduction in pay, and
5. Discharge.
B. The County or the District Attorney may formally discipline, discharge, suspend,
demote or reduce the pay of a Member for just cause. For purposes of this Agreement, "just
cause" includes, but is not limited to:
1. Violation of state or federal law, or the Deschutes County Code;
2. Commission of acts of misfeasance or malfeasance, or of acts that are
tantamount to unlawful conduct;
3. Violation of Deschutes County Administrative Policy or District Attorney's
Office Departmental Policy;
4. Violation of the Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct, or willful disregard
of the ethical, moral or professional standards of the District Attorney's Office;
5. Failure to meet the job performance standards set by the District
Attorney;
6. Willful disregard of the District Attorney's philosophies and objectives with
respect to prosecution of criminal offenses;
7. Violation of confidentiality agreements or release of confidential materials
contrary to County or Office policy;
8. Insubordination;
9. The willful giving of false information, or the withholding of information
when such information is reasonably requested by the County or the District
Attorney in any investigation;
10. Conduct reflecting poor judgment, meaning indifference to, or a failure to
recognize the consequences of an act or series of actions, or a failure to act or a
series of failures to act, where the employee is conscious of his or her conduct
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and knew or should have known such conduct would likely result in a violation of
the law or County or Office policy, standards, or procedures;
11. Conduct reflecting a discredit upon the County or the District Attorney's
Office, which is a hindrance to the effective performance of the functions of the
Office, or which causes an irreparable breach in trust in the employment
relationship or otherwise makes a continued employment relationship impossible;
or
12. Willful failure to comply with the lawful and ethical directives of the District
Attorney or the Chief Deputy District Attorney within thirty (30) days of receiving
such a directive.
C. Formal Discipline need not be progressive, but shall be appropriate for the nature
and severity of the conduct at issue and given the totality of circumstances involved.
D. Disciplinary suspension of a Member shall not exceed two weeks.
E. The District Attorney shall regularly assess Members based upon their job
performance, compliance with the District Attorney's policies, and willingness to follow the
professional and philosophical directives of the District Attorney as they relate to Members' job
performance. Members shall be given written notice of policies, mission statements, objectives
and philosophies, as well as any changes made thereto.
F. Forms of performance management that are not disciplinary include, but are not
limited to counseling, verbal coaching, letters of instruction, work improvement plans and
regular performance evaluations that do not result in denial of a step increase. These forms of
performance management may serve as evidence for future formal discipline. Except for
performance evaluations and work plans that will be placed in the Member's personnel file,
information regarding performance management shall be kept in the working file of the District
Attorney or Chief Deputy District Attorney. Performance management is not subject to the
grievance process.
G. Except for oral reprimands, Members of the bargaining unit have the right to
Association representation or Association counsel in any meeting with management regarding
formal disciplinary action.
H. If the District Attorney determines there is just cause for suspension, demotion,
reduction in salary or discharge of a member of the bargaining unit, the District Attorney shall
deliver to the Member a written notice of such discipline. Such notice shall specify the principal
reason for the action. Upon receipt of such written notice, the Member shall be given an
opportunity to meet with the District Attorney and respond to the allegations at a pre -
disciplinary hearing. Disciplinary action shall not be effective until an opportunity for such a
meeting has been given to the Member.
If an investigative report is produced as part of an investigation into the conduct
of a Member which the County or the District Attorney believe warrants discipline, the Member
will be furnished upon request a complete copy of the investigative report prior to any pre -
disciplinary hearing, unless prohibited by law.
J. Reasonable efforts should be made to impose discipline in a manner that will not
embarrass or humiliate the employee before other employees or the public.
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K. Probationary Members serve at the discretion of the District Attorney and, as
such, are strictly "at -will." For this reason, disciplinary action for probationary Members,
including discharge from employment, is not subject to the grievance procedure. A
probationary Member is a newly hired or newly promoted deputy district attorney hired to a
period of trial service during which the Member's work performance and standing to become a
regular employee is evaluated by the District Attorney and the County. Probationary Members
shall remain on probationary status until they complete at least twelve (12) full months of
continuous employment with the Deschutes County District Attorney's Office, measured from
the date of hire or promotion, and they have received from the District Attorney a written one-
year performance evaluation for which the probationary Member is given an overall rating of
meets or exceeds standards.
14. BAR DUES AND CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION EXPENSES
A. Annual Oregon State Bar dues for Members shall be paid by the County.
B. The County will pay the reasonable costs of continuing legal education classes,
programs or seminars. Such payment is subject to the prior approval of the District Attorney,
which approval may be denied at the District Attorney's sole discretion, based on funding
availability, relevance to essential job functions, and the business needs of the District
Attorneys Office.
15. SAVINGS CLAUSE
Should any section, paragraph or portion thereof of this Agreement be held unlawful and
unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, or any administrative agency having
jurisdiction over the subject matter, such decision shall apply only to the specific section,
paragraph or portion thereof directly specified in the decision and shall not affect any of the
other provisions of this agreement which shall remain in full force and effect. Upon the
issuance of any such decision, the parties agree immediately to enter into negotiations for a
substitute, if possible, for the invalidated section, paragraph or portion thereof, in accordance
with ORS 243.698 with the exception that the time limit under subsection (4) of that section
shall be 30 days and not 90 days.
16. COMPLETE AGREEMENT
The Agreement expressed in this written document is the complete agreement between
the parties and, except as provided in Sections 5. D and 17 of this Agreement, the relations
between the parties shall be governed solely by its terms. Any issue not covered by this
written Agreement is not a subject of the Agreement, regardless of whether such a subject was
a proposal or demand of either party. This Agreement supersedes all previous oral and written
agreements either between the County and the Members or the District Attorney and the
Members. Except as provided in Sections 5. D and 17 of this Agreement, no prior agreements,
understandings, past practices, existing conditions, or prior benefits shall be controlling or in
any way affect the relations between the parties, or the wages, hours, and working conditions
of the Members, unless and until such agreements, past practices, existing conditions, or prior
benefits shall be reduced to writing and duly executed by all parties to this Agreement.
17. MATTERS OUTSIDE OF THE AGREEMENT
For all matters not covered by this Agreement, the parties will follow County Policies,
County Personnel Rules, and the Policies and Rules of the District Attorneys Office, as the
County and District Attorney in their sole discretion may amend from time to time and to the
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extent they are not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Should the
County choose to amend County Policies or Personnel Rules or should the District Attorney
choose to amend the Policies and Rules of the District Attorney's Office, the County and
District Attorney agree they will bargain any such changes concerning mandatory subjects of
bargaining.
18. DURATION
A. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect through June 30, 2015, when
it expires at Midnight on that date. After June 30, 2015, this Agreement shall be automatically
renewed from year to year, unless either the County or the Association gives written notice to
the other not later than May 1 prior to the aforesaid expiration date of this Agreement of its
desire to modify the Agreement.
B. This Agreement will remain in full force and effect during all periods of
negotiations.
FOR THE COUNTY FOR THE ASSOCIATION
Approved this day of December, 2010 for the
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
Dennis Luke, Chair
Alan Unger, Vice Chair Mary Anders°
Tammy Baney, Commissioner
, Treasurer
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Dave Kanner, Deschutes County District Attorney
Deschutes County Administrator
ATTEST:
Recording Secretary
Deschutes County District Attorneys' Association, Collective Bargaining Agreement: 2010-2015