2023-07-11 Salary Commission Minutes

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Salary Commission July 11, 2023 And I think, originally, it was brought up that that would be a group—would setup to do that but I think we could do one generic letter to all the departments would be my recommendation. I mean, if it's going to be custom letters and that would require a group, but other than that— sending hatsending out a letter, if it's a generic one, I think, as a group we can do that. So, I don't know that we're necessarily at a place where we need a special group, yet. MS. FRENZ: And this is DCC Cody. You all should have received from Ms. Yamada, our secretary, from Glynis—sample letters, and/or correspondence that has occurred in the past between the commission and various department heads or appointing authorities. MS. GREENBAUM: Yes. CHR. PAVAO: Yes. MS. GREENBAUM: I actually liked the this is Judy Greenbaum, District 9. I think the special committee help expedite and will help us in groups to narrow in on certain departments rather than trying to look at it as a collective whole. If we look at it as a smaller group and present it as a whole—makes better sense to me. CHR. PAVAO: Any other comments? Yeah, I think (inaudible) what Commissioner Greenbaum is saying is true that it's going to take some homework and labor work in a smaller group probably more effective to do that—and then bring the information back to the Commission. To have a large body like this would take a lot of time and dialogue to make those kinds of informed decisions. MS. NAMAHOE: Commissioner Namahoe. So, in reading the minutes from last month—and I apologize for not being here—while I do understand the wisdom Ms. Greenbaum just mentioned about the focus versus the collective, in terms of how to approach it. I only want to caution that sometimes the opposites going to be valid—meaning that if we're all facing the same economic pressures and just looking at the minutes here of the police commission of an approved budget versus a requested salary without having all that informationI do get concerned about scope (inaudible)—and I just want to throw that out there as a caution. I don't know if I made myself clear? MS. GREENBAUM: No, that makes sense. And—this is Commissioner Judy Greenbaum, District 9 -that does make sense. We're going to have to do our due diligence and make sure that we obtain all of the proper information when we're meeting in small groups. Page 5