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Salary Commission <br />MS. GREENBAUM: Agreed. <br />August 4, 2023 <br />ACTING CHR FARAHL the merit are performance thing, increment, longevity, whatever <br />the bloody thing is called has to be considered in the back of our mind to justify the 18 or <br />whatever number you're talking about. And there is no law that prohibit us from saying to the <br />County, "For God's sakes, don't keep doing the same thing again and again for another five <br />years"—and then the police commissioner will say not police commissioner—police chief <br />leaves and you can't hire another one because you're now here, again. Three years from now, <br />you're here again. <br />We can make those recommendation, whether they take it or not, we have made our professional <br />obligation—have met—to tell them there has to be this. And, if we're allowed to, to say, "Give a <br />longevity or a performance-based system" unions hate performance-based system. They call it <br />longevity or increments but that's okay. And when you did that, you created that ladder. <br />First ladder is, we're behind the eighth ball—given to 18 percent. Let's say that's the number <br />you drop or (inaudible). Put that on the column and say now, "What else needs to be done?" <br />MS. NAMAHOE: So, that we can useI didn't mean to interrupt you, sir—but so that we can <br />use the language that is safe and is that we can all—what I'd like to do is just make sure we're <br />using the same vocabulary. <br />So, we're looking at a parity math, parity increase? <br />ACTING CHR FARAHL A fair adjustment. <br />MS. NAMAHOE: Okay. An adjustment a parity adjustment and then going forward, an <br />inflationary increase—an annual inflationary increase. And I know that— <br />ACTING <br />hat <br />ACTING CHR FARAHL Cost of living. <br />MS. NAMAHOE: Cost of living increase. Thank you. Okay. So, then that way we don't— <br />we're <br />on'twe're not using words that are outside of the scope of our Commission. So, we're taking parity, <br />adjustment, and cost of living, right? <br />ACTING CHR FARAHL And a recommendation in the long-term— <br />MS. NAMAHOE: Recommendation. <br />ACTING CHR FARAHL that come up with some kind of a performance system, so you're <br />not <br />MS. GREENBAUM: No. It can't be performance-based at all. <br />MS. NAMAHOE: Right. <br />Page 24 <br />