2024-08-27 Salary Commission Minutes

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Salary Commission August 27, 2024 don't see a stamped-date—but, the additional information provided by Managing Director Sako that I'm sure we'll get a communication number for this Commission—would that be the motion that you're making here today? MR. RIORDAN: Yes. You said it exactly what I was going to say. CHR. PAVAO: And there's a second? MS. NAMAHOE: And I second that. CHR. PAVAO: Any discussion on the motion? If not, then we'll go ahead and vote. MR. NELSON: So, the Communication 24-04 came from me, I guess, so basically that was data that I had pulled together previously for Director of Sustainability and Sustainability Manager (SEE ATT. B/COMM. NO. 24-04). I think salary range data that I thought supported the 125 okay. Now I hear from the rest of the group and I hear from Ms. Sako that—okay, it's inequitable between the other department heads—okay, and I guess there's an argument for that. But in terms of, it's kind of like this is a new position—so what is it? What is the salary range? I mean, a Director of Sustainability it varies from 70,000 to 108. Or it varies in the private sector—it goes all the way up to 171. So, I mean, basically, if we go to 162 we're at the top end for a Sustainability Manager. Now, I don't know what the job is but, I mean, we'reI understand they're different from the between trying to make equity for the other department heads or being generous. MS. NAMAHOE: Commissioner Namahoe. Thank you for that, Commissioner Nelson. I recall the number 125 being the number that was suggested in public testimony as a range that that was offered. It was 125 up to 165 that stuck in my head. And the concern that I heard by how we discussed it in the meeting was we were anchoring it for the equity of the current interim position as it is filled—instead of looking at it for the task at -hand of—we were now establishing the salary for the position going forward. And I heard—my earsI heard that because I was pushing back on it, and then I kind of acquiesced because we were all looking at that was fair, it was still a raise for the interim in the time—instead of what the duty was, as I understood it, was we needed to set it into perpetuity and where did it anchor. I walked out of here thinking about R&D before we got the information from Ms. Sako. So, I'mI just wanted to recall where we came up with the number 125. It was an increase for an interim position but it was way out of range for what we have for all of the Cabinet. Page 6