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The Honorable Stephe. Yamashiro February 28, 1997 Page 4 26.5% pay adjustment to correct the very same problems we are addressing today that occurred during the 1986-1990 period wherein no pay adjustments were made. Then-mayor Tanimoto was receptive to the recommended pay adjustment and submitted it to the County Council. The County Council approved the 26.5% adjustment. Like in 1990, the interim period between pay adjustments compels us to submit a double digit recommendation. Our recommendation is based upon the same factors taken into consideration in 1990. The difference here is that seven years will have lapsed rather than four. In comparison, our proposed 22.27% increase for a seven year period is modest compared to the 26.5% pay adjustment that was made for a four year period. Other Comments The salary commission is concerned that we have had to recommend a double digit increase to place executives at a level comparable to County employees. The salary commission in the past has recommended and tried to act upon more timely pay adjustments. In 1992 and again in 1993, the salary commission believed that executives should have been provided pay adjustments of approximately 7.64% and that timely adjustments be made in executive salaries. Had our recommendations been acted upon, the amount of adjustment we are recommending today would not have been as high. Assuming that our recommendation is accepted, we hope that another significant time period will not be allowed to lapse before an adjustment is once again made. We recommend that the administration or the County Council consider a methodology where timely pay adjustments are considered and awarded County executives. These pay adjustments should take into consideration the duties and responsibilities the executives perform and their relationships with other County employees. It does not seem appropriate that County employees continue to receive increases in their compensation while the compensation for County executives who are called upon to manage the County's affairs and to provide necessary leadership to County employees and the community receive no adjustments whatsoever.