2023-08-04 Salary Commission Minutes

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Salary Commission August 4, 2023 So, I think we need to digest the information that they sent us. Okay? And then, kind of, comparison—look at it to the scope of the job, and then look at it, basically, what they've been missing out on for the last year, and what it should be going forward. ACTING CHR FARAHL Mr. Riordan, you are correct—but not. You need to look at it—the mayor or the authorizing body because you have some agencies the water commission things like that—that are self -generating revenues and they have other system associated with that. The mayor is responsible—from the way I read the charter and where I (inaudible) to pick the individual that goes into the position to assess and evaluate the individual that is in the position and decide what increment of performance based things we give them. If they don't have that, then this Commission is authorized to do that. Somebody has to authorize it. MS. NAMAHOE: Commissioner Farahi, I just want to interrupt to sayI'm sorry just to interrupt to say, that my understanding is that they're given ranges. And that although the mayor, it's true that the mayor, as the head of his budget, he can—he has a sliding scale with which he can choose where he—what he pays. They're not completely obliged to a fixed number. So, for example, budget and finance is not just going to get this number. Is that correct, Cody? MS. FRENZ: I think this is Cody. I think we should have Acting Director Patel weigh in. I think we're getting some there's a lot of confusion, right now, about whether or not there're sliding scales there are ranges—when sometimes they're actually not. And there is a salary, it is fixed to a position—and so, there is no range and it's up to the mayor or the appointing authority to remove, if they see fit—if someone is not doing their job, for example. So, I'm not aware that there is, for the department heads—ranges. But I'd like to defer to our expert in that regard. MR. PATEL: That is correct, DCC Cody. So the salaries are set by this Commission. The only area where there's, sort of a discretion in setting the salaries for appointed positions, would be with the prosecutor's and the office of the corporation counsel. So, the prosecutor sets the salaries of his appointed deputy prosecutors and the corporation counsel sets the salaries for their appointed deputy corp. counsels. Their salaries are based off, ultimately, what the corp. counsel and the prosecutor salaries are. So, this—for any other position, whether its police chief, fire chief—even for the HR director it's this body that sets those salaries. MS. GREENBAUM: Thank you. Commissioner Farahi, this is Commissioner Greenbaum. I just wanted to clarify, Commissioner Farahi, your thought was that if we set—let's say we come to an agreement and we increase a salary, we should also indicate the increases, potentially, for the next three to five years to make that particular positions package attractive—is that what I'm understanding? Is that correct? Page 10