(a) 
The Board of Supervisors has, by resolution, made sections 31621.3 and 31639.5 of the Government code of the State of California effective in the County and the effect of said sections is that the County pays a portion of the retirement contributions for County officers and employees. Any officer or employee who has more than thirty (30) years of service as a member of the retirement system in Tiers 1, 2, or 3 and, for that reason, does not make any contributions to the retirement fund shall receive two and one half percent (2 1/2%) additional compensation over and above the salary to which such officer or employee would otherwise be entitled, or shall receive such additional compensation as will equal one half (1/2) of the normal contribution for such officer or employee, whichever is greater. If said two and one half percent (2 1/2%) in additional compensation is within One Dollar ($1.00) per pay period of the amount reached under the second method of computation set forth above, the two and one half percent (2 1/2%) increase shall be paid rather that computing the increase by the second method.
(b) 
Any officer or employee in Tier 4 of the retirement system who has more than thirty (30) years of service as a member of the retirement system shall continue to make contributions to the retirement fund pursuant to Resolution No. 2013-0025 and shall not receive any additional compensation over and above the salary to which such officer or employee would otherwise be entitled.
(Amended by Ord. No. 3445, effective 2-5-13)
(a) 
Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall receive a fixed rate base salary as payment for all services. This amount is intended to be and is the full salary for the member's service as a member of the Board of Supervisors, and as a member of the board of any other entity for which the Board of Supervisors sits as the governing body.
(b) 
In addition to the salary set forth in subdivision (a) of this section, the Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall receive an additional amount of eight percent of base salary for all services performed as Chair.
(c) 
In addition to the salary set forth in subdivision (a) of this section, the Vice-Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall receive an additional amount of four percent of base salary for all services performed as Vice-Chair.
(d) 
All other elected County officers shall receive a fixed rate base salary as payment for all services. This amount shall be set by the Board of Supervisors.
(e) 
In addition to the salaries provided for above, each member of the Board of Supervisors and all other elected County officers shall be eligible to receive Career Incentive Pay in accordance with the terms of Tulare County Administrative Regulation No. 52.
(f) 
Members of the Board of Supervisors and other elected County officers may receive base salary increases, if any, only one time yearly, at the adoption of the annual budget. These increases will be made via Action items on the Board of Supervisors agenda and shall not be on the consent portion of the agenda. Any increase to the salaries of the members of the Board of Supervisors will be effective on the first day of the first full pay period that is at least sixty (60) days after the adoption of the annual budget. Any increase to the base salaries of all other elected County officers will be effective the first full pay period following the adoption of the annual budget.
(Amended by Ord. No. 3211, effective October 22, 1998; amended by Ord. No. 3444, effective 2-16-13; amended by Ord. No. 3558, effective 6-29-19; amended by Ord. No. 3662, effective 10-4-25)
(a) 
Any Board member may elect to become a member of the Tulare County Retirement Association pursuant to the rules and regulations of that Association, and shall make employee contributions as required by said Association. The County shall make employer contributions for any member so electing as for any other County employee. The County shall make contributions on behalf of any member so electing to the same extent that employee contributions are made on behalf of any other elected official.
(b) 
If the Board member makes no retirement contribution to the County retirement system; and, therefore, does not qualify for the payment to be made under paragraph (a) of this section, the County shall pay such Board member in the paycheck for the last pay period in each fiscal year, starting with the fiscal year 1991-92, and in the paycheck for the thirteenth pay period in each fiscal year, starting in the fiscal year 1992-93, a one time lump sum equivalent to three percent (3%) of such Board member's gross pay earned during the thirteen pay periods for which the lump sum is payable, exclusive of any pay period in which the Board member received additional compensation under paragraph (a).
(Amended by Ord. No. 3211, effective October 22, 1998)
(a) 
Under the authority of Government Code section 53208, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall receive health and welfare benefits pursuant to section 1-07-1075. Pursuant to Government Code section 53208.5 subdivision (b) such benefits shall not be greater than the most generous structure of those benefits received by any category of nonsafety County officers or employees.
(b) 
Any former member of the Board of Supervisors, who currently or in the future has completed one or more terms of office and who agrees to and does pay the full costs of the health and welfare benefits shall receive the same health and welfare benefits as retirees of the county, under the authority of Government Code section 53201 subdivision (b).
(Amended by Ord. No. 3211, effective October 22, 1998)
(a) 
For the purpose of providing a uniform system of benefits to all elected officers and management employees of Tulare County, each member of the Board of Supervisors and other management employees designated by resolution shall be entitled to participate in the flexible benefits plan as set forth in Tulare County Resolution No. 95-1383 and its successor resolutions.
(b) 
If any other County elected officers receive any adjustment to the benefits provided pursuant to this section during any calendar year, then effective on the date of the first pay period after January 1st of the next year members of the Board of Supervisors shall receive the average adjustment of these other elected officers. Said adjustment shall be effective sixty (60) days after the date of the adjournment.
(c) 
Each member of the Tulare County Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to management benefits as specified in Tulare County Administrative Regulation 28 or its successor(s), to include use of a County car or, in lieu of a County car, a car allowance. Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall also be entitled to any other management benefit to which elected department heads may be entitled.
(d) 
Sixty (60) days before any adjustment as specified in subparagraph (b) of this section is to become effective, the County Administrative Officer shall post at the County Administrative Building a notice of said increases and the effective dates, and shall cause notice of same to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the County.
(Amended by Ord. No. 3211, effective October 22, 1998; amended by Ord. No. 3279, effective 12-03-02)