2024-07-31 Salary Commission Minutes

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Salary Commission July 31, 2024 So the ways that we are connecting, we are attending community events and helping share information (inaudible) about the office. We've attended about 12 of those so far and that's, sort of, places where we have a table or a booth. We have some fliers and we're there to just answer questions—and, again, sort of, build capacity. And the good thing is that, at the last event, like we're finally starting to have people come and know what the office is, recognize our faces, and be able to engage with us—which is exciting because at the beginning nobody knew what—what is OSCER, right? So, that's a good progress we're making. We're also connecting, literally, with roots on the ground and getting our hands dirty in some conservation work. So, these are usually volunteer efforts that community organizations hold, and we're going and attending these as well. Again, to connect and actually get our hands dirty on things like invasive species removal things like that, to where we're building those relationships and connecting with folks. We've established our website and social media outlets, as well as our monthly newsletter that we're publishing. And so, these are providing us ways to connect with a larger audience that maybe doesn't come to those community events. Again, to get the word out and highlight some of the work that's happening in the County and across the community as well. And just an example of that—we partnered with Department of Health and the other counties across the State on our heat safety awareness campaign that was launched, I'd say, couple weeks ago. And that has been a coordinated effort, with a coordinated press release, and social media that we worked on to give one message out across the State about heat awareness. So, that has been a really good opportunity for us to collaborate across the State on efforts. And then, finally, just looking at future efforts. We want to create a webinar series, again, this is about connecting and getting information out to folks about what's going on. And so, we're envisioning this webinar series to really highlight the action but more specifically tie it to—how does that impact daily lives? What does that look like for folks? People are seeing impactsI don't want to pick on our Wastewater but I will because it's something that everybody understands and can connect with. And so, places like Keaukaha that have a lot of cesspools and have some wastewater issues impacting that community that's something that we can highlight but, more importantly, highlight what are we going to do about that and how can the office help make that connection. So, those are the type of things that we want to provide to this webinar series. And then, finally, we will be publishing a Climate Data Dashboard—and that's just, again, for transparency so that people can understand—so the progress that we're making towards our goals in that Integrated Climate Action Plan. Page 11