2024-01-17 Salary Commission Minutes (Draft)

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Salary Commission January 17, 2024 MS. NAMAHOE: So, understanding or listening to what you just said, it sounds to me almost that this will be the new risk management office, that they won't necessarily be an extrovert member—public-facing office—as much as they will be the clearinghouse that will be in charge of sea level rises or information provided to and from, as well as fighting against property and casualty insurance policies. And the idea of re -writing the water tables so that I mean, is that what I'm understanding it to be? MS. SAKO: I think there're going to be a lot of information gatherers for sure—gathering more data from the community, applying for grants. There's a lot of grants out there. So, definitely, applying for grants but whether they carry out the grants or a department carries out a grant, is yet to be seen. And so, we're still developingso, definitely, a work -in -progress. And so, the interim administrator was hired to really get the department up and going to get it started. We believe in her qualifications. I think she'll do a great job but, at the same time, we don't know what all is going to evolve into, yet. And so, I guess, my request anyway, is to set a salary. But then, if you could agendize it for maybe a year from now even, to re-evaluate to determine, "Oh, my gosh, this has grown into something more than we ever thought it would be" or it's remained that their work either inter- relating with the other departments. And it's a little different to just being appointed, yet working as an officer and agency. So, we've yet to determine if it's this department that's going to grow or if some of the other departments are going to have to grow to carry out the projects. MR. NELSON: So, I hear what you're saying. Are you okay with just status quo what you've offered—make that good for a year and then, kind of, re-evaluate it a year from now. `Cause I think that is Farahi said—he was okay with a salary that you guys proposed. It sounds likeI mean, that's within the market range, kind of—and then— MS. SAKO: And then, perhaps, with the 5% increase on July I't, like the other department heads were offered but we'll leave that for you guys to discuss. We're just saying, unfortunately, this is a work -in -progress and we don't have—it's not as defined as we would like it to be, yet. MR. FARAHL Mr. Chairman, it's a new department. This is very common to create a catch-all kind of thing with a whole bunch of things fall into it but really nothing falls, clearly, into it. And it's a combination of a whole bunch of things. Page 7