Orange County Grand Jury • 2011-2012 • Agency Response
Response to: Serrano Water District

Serrano Water District 18021 East Lincoln Street*

Published: August 14, 2012 3 pages
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Findings and Recommendations 4 findings

F2 Page 1
"Content and clarity for the OC cities elected officials and executives over $100,000 in base salary is improving in this 2nd year of ratings. On the other hand, there is understandably more potential improvement possible for the Special Districts and join power authority, which are in their first year of ratings." Response to
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R2
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"The Grand Jury recommends that each of the forty-one of the fifty-seven Orange County cities, districts and joint power authority that were rated less than excellent for their Content and Clarity for their Executive and Elected Officials compensation costs page upgrade their Executive Compensation page." Response to
F3 Page 1
"There is the most opportunity for more transparent reporting in the Content and Clarity of Employee Compensation Cost reporting on local government websites." Response to
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R3
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"The Grand Jury recommends that the County of Orange and all Orange County cities, districts and joint power authority that were rated less than Excellent for Content and Clarity for their Employee Compensation Costs Page upgrade their Employee Pages." Response to
F4 Page 1
"Many Orange County local government web sites do not generally post their employer pension annual contribution rates prominently to their web sites as part of their compensation cost disclosure for public disclosure." Response to
Related Recommendations (1)
R4
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"The Grand Jury recommends that all Orange County cities, districts and joint power authority, as well as the County of Orange, post their employer pension annual contribution rates prominently and transparently on their web sites. Current and recent rates would be instructive and informative. It is recognized that some already do." Response to
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The Orange County "de facto" standard for CCT in the county, cities, districts and JPA now contains all employees, including a page for executives and elected officials. Two key categories are missing from compensation cost reporting. They are overtime pay and on-call pay. They have become important as the new "de facto" compensation cost reporting standard which now includes all employees." Response to
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R5
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"The Grand Jury recommends that all Orange County cities, districts and joint power authority, as well as the County of Orange, include overtime pay and on-call pay in compensation cost reporting on their employees' compensation pages." Response to

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