2023-08-04 Salary Commission Minutes

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Salary Commission August 4, 2023 ACTING CHR FARAHL That's only one part of it. I think MS. GREENBAUM: Sure. And I want to just try to simplify it because what I'm hoping is that we're able to come to a decision on these increases, for these departments, sooner than later because they've been on hold for a while. I'm going to say anywhere from three to five years. ACTING CHR FARAHL Yeah. 2019 I understood yeah. MS. FRENZ: 2018. ACTING CHR FARAHL Twenty-eighteen—okay. MS. GREENBAUM: Right. So, maybe simplifying it, to me, would provide us with actually, be the best use of our time and the best service to the people that we work for. ACTING CHR FARAHL That's the point that I was trying to make, Commissioner. I've been in that situation myself. MS. GREENBAUM: Wonderful. Okay. ACTING CHR FARAHL And if you don't create a system to reward people that are doing a good job, an average job, or the worst job—we call it punishment—no raise. That is associated with that increment or performance number, which is associated with the individual that sits in the job, Commissioner. The position itselfas I understood the charter—is the—determined by this body and someone approves it I don't know whether it goes to the county council or not but—not counselor, the county council MS. FRENZ: You mean salary increases, Chair? ACTING CHR FARAHL Yeah. MS. FRENZ: So, let me just clarify. This is Deputy Corporation Counsel Cody Frenz. Let me—what—something I mentioned last hearing that—maybe I didn't do a very good job of explaining it, since it appears to be unclear. There is no merit -based system that this Salary Commission MS. GREENBAUM: Right. MS. FRENZ: is enabled under the County Charter to enact. So, I think we talked about it last time, there is zero merit -based discussion appropriate here. Page 11