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Merit Appeals Board <br />March 10, 2022 <br />et cetera, and they're offering them this great signing bonus of you get $10,000.00, if you sign <br />on. <br />But what about the person that's been there forever and they get zip, and they're the ones that <br />have been loyal and they watch this (inaudible). And so, that's sort of front and center and I am <br />concerned that we don't pay attention to that. <br />And I'm not shooting you. I'm—it's just <br />MR. LEOPOLDINO: (Inaudible.) <br />MS. MATHEWS: Yeah, okay. Good. <br />MR. LEOPOLDINO: Yeah. No, you're fine. Oh, itoh, yeah, I totally agree in equity. And <br />even if we don't get up to the minimum wage, I do feel like an evaluation needs to be done for <br />our pay. <br />But, as we move on in more discussions, I'll be including our finance director because they're <br />great at pushing out numbers when we need to actually calculate what—how we're going to be <br />hit. So, thank you. <br />CHR. CABANAS: One last comment, if no one—Kate, you have one? Go ahead. <br />MS. DE SOTO: I have one more. Just regarding encouraging you to keep in mind the messages <br />that are being sent to the employees and appreciating the fact that you are recognizing the human <br />aspect of this and the, quote, "incidental messages" that are sent to employees, if the County lags <br />behind, if this bill moves forward. <br />So, thinking about—separate from the finance piece—how do you actually have those <br />conversations with employees to send messages of value and acknowledge the conflict that this <br />is causing or could potentially cause. <br />MR. LEOPOLDINO: Thank you. <br />CHR. CABANAS: And I'd like to add to that. It's also emphasizing to the finance director and <br />the Administration because even like for Bargaining Unit 3, I believe their salary schedule is not <br />much higher than BU . And the BU3 employeesI'm just thinking about them categorically, <br />they have minimum qualification requirements way higher than BU employee positions. <br />So, I just want them to be mindful of all of that, especially when we're talking about valuing <br />employees and attracting quality applicants in a highly competitive market right now. The East <br />Hawaii market is way different from the West Hawaii market historically. <br />Page 18 <br />