2023-08-04 Salary Commission Minutes

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Salary Commission August 4, 2023 MS. GREENBAUM: we're looking to have a visual—so we can visually see what that looks like. ACTING CHR FARAHL Let me suggest what we heard right now. I think what we might want to do is to create another column to that sheet that we have the comparative sheet— MS. heet MS. GREENBAUM: Right. ACTING CHR FARAHL create another column for that and adjust it for those five years of none pay. Whether you want—call it an "increment" or "longevity" get (inaudible). So, you have to see where we fall MS. GREENBAUM: Correct. ACTING CHR FARAHL if we give them whatever number—you say the 18 percent—it's just five years18 percent, that's actually not a bad number. MS. GREENBAUM: No. ACTING CHR FARAHL And then, you have that number where we are now—and then look, exactly as we talked about—what are the other things that needs to be considered that we didn't. And for some departments, you may adjust—for others, you may not adjust. And then, from there, you really—even though the charter may not allow you, `cause I've been through this before—we need to make a recommendation to the County or to whatever authorities there are to just get off their thing, whatever they sit on—don't think with the part you sit on. Think with the part up here. And I think the commissioner from the police made that point, that you just—even if we said 18 percent and made all the adjustments, right—you are behind the eighth ball by the time you start this. So, whether the charter says we can do that or not—the charter doesn't prohibit us from creating an incremental, longevity to make a calculation but we can't force this on the County but we must make a recommendation to the County or whoever you need to make a recommendation to amend the charter to have some kind of performance-based system so you don't lose the individuals that are good. That you're incrementally going up because your underling assistant chiefs is going to go up and you're stuck again with what we generously, let's say, decided that you should get. There has to be that cost of living system that merit, longevity, increment— whatever. ncrementwhatever. And maybe suggest to them that amend the County Charter or something that probably be a nightmare. MS. GREENBAUM: That's major. ACTING CHR FARAHL Right. But what I'm saying is that this is the function of any public body to make recommendations of how to look into the future and make it easier, more competitive, and more recognition -based system—in addition to what we do (inaudible). Page 22