2023-07-11 Salary Commission Minutes

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Salary Commission July 11, 2023 this for nothing. And if you ask them what you did—at one time they say, "Oh, it's very complicated." I say, "No, it's not." It's three very simple things. Is this lot zoned to have a house on it? Yes or no. There's nothing else. If it is, okay, then what is the building construction code boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. And (inaudible) or whoever that person is that makes all the money to put the stamp on it—well, he's supposed to go through the zoning laws and the planning board regulations and make sure that it's there, right? Get this thing on it, get the 3,500 bucks, right? Yeah. MS. NAMAHOE: Commissioner Namahoe. Dr. Farahi, thank you so much. Because what you're saying here, you're giving us clear examples of our prejudice—our lack of base awareness and the word that I wished I used earlier but is applicable now which is the risk management. The math of risk management—what we know measured against the unknowns and making sure that the decisions that we make are mindful of our prejudices and our inabilities—our various and collective inabilities, to make the best decision that we can and, yet we must make the best decision that we can regardless. I thank you because you took us down that—those examples. And so, although the question at - hand is the information that we send out—the letters that we send out to the various governing bodies, my question for the Commission is are we any closer to the direction that we want to go in with the letters that we do send out—more similar than different as Mr.as Commissioner Nelson mentioned. That's my question to all of us. MS. NAKAMA: Commissioner Teresa Nakama. I concur with you. But I have a question, there's a communication dated July 7 coming from the Acting Director of HR Patel, and this was done back in 2018 with proposals of increases. Yeah. It's a communication July 7 and I think some of work was done back in 2018. So, if you all could look for this particular communication? It says to Steven Pavao, Chair, and members of the Salary Commission from Acting Director Danny Patel, Department of Human Resources. I don't know, it was in my folder. MR. PATEL: It should be in your green folderI'm sorry—Acting Director Patel. It should be in your green folders, it's communication dated July 7, 2023, and it includes attachments regarding department head and deputy salaries, as far as their highest paid civil service subordinate. MR. NELSON: That was something I asked for just to show the inversions between the lowest person's—who reported to a higher person because there's some places with a gap. So, I was justI asked for this information so we could see the inversion. This is Nelson. MS. NAKAMA: Okay. I was just wondering if all the members have reviewed it, and if Chairman Pavao could explain it to us, what we're looking at? Page 15