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The Honorable Stephen.... Yamashiro February 28. 1997 Page 2 Pay of Other Employees A major factor in our recommendation was that of pay increases afforded County employees during the past seven years. While County employees generally received the same amount of pay increases, we took note of the pay increases for the professional and scientific employees (Bazgaining Unit 13) and top level managerial employees. We have done this because the work of these two groups closely relate to that of the executives, and this was a good reference point for our discussion. During the period 1990 to 1995, B.U. 13 employees saw pay increases to their salaries totaling 27%. During the same period of time, top level managerial employees saw pay increases totaling 28%. In the recent interest azbitration decision involving B.U. 13, County professional and scientiftc employees will be receiving, on average, a 5.1% pay increase for the period 1995-1997. Thus, for B.U. 13, the amount of pay increases for the seven year period 1990-1997 will total 32.1%. We understand that by law excluded managerial employees must be given at least a comparable pay increase to that afforded B.U. 13. Assuming, then, that the excluded employees will get at least 5.1%, the amount of pay increases for the seven year period 1990-1997 will total 33.1%. Averaging shows that B.U. 13 will have averaged 4.58% increases per year for the seven year period. Excluded managerial employees will have averaged 4.72%for the seven year period. Our proposed increase will average out to 3.18% for the same seven year period. Exhibit B details the pay increases for B.U. 13 and the excluded managerial employees for the 1990-1997 period. Consumer Price Index The proposed salary increase compares favorably to the rise over the seven year period in the consumer price index for urban workers (CPI-U). The CPI-U increased a total of 28.98% during the 1990-1996 period. This averages out to 4.14% per year. (See Exhibit C.)