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Merit Appeals Board <br />August 30, 2023 <br />they're looking at an 18 percent increase for all department heads. And then, of course, the <br />deputy salaries would go up accordingly. So, that's kind of where they're at today—and that's in <br />line with what BU13 has gotten since 2018, which is when the last increases were implemented <br />for department heads. <br />MR. KUNZ: So, are those increases incremental or all at once? <br />MR. PATEL: Currently, I think—well, so they need to work on what the proposal is, but the <br />discussion starting off point would be all at once just to catch up for the last five years or so. <br />MR. KUNZ: And then, I'mhopefully, I'm going to be assuming correctly that the commission <br />would have access to the budgets of each department, whether or not they can support? <br />MR. PATEL: Yes. <br />MR. KUNZ: Thank you. <br />MS. DE SOTO: Can I ask a question? <br />CHR. CABANAS: Go ahead. <br />MS. DE SOTO: I was wondering, is this—since the previous request was in 2019, is that a <br />standard timing or have we missed a few years here. <br />MR. PATEL: We've, definitely, missed a few years. <br />MS. DE SOTO: OkayI just wanted to check. <br />CHR. CABANAS: I feel that, like, something is missing. It's, like, asking us for our thoughts <br />on it, but we don't have specific data, like—we don't have the comparison data—like, what are <br />the other directors of HR receiving throughout the State, in the private sector—do they have that <br />information already? <br />MR. PATEL: Yes, they do. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Okay. <br />MR. PATEL: So, they have that for all the state jurisdictions, all the other counties. They also <br />have the history of the most recent included counterpart. <br />MR. WISEMAN: I've lost sound. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Okay. I can hear you but you can't hear us? <br />MR. WISEMAN: Okay, I can hear. Thank you. <br />Page 9 <br />