2025-09-24 Salary Commission Minutes

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Salary Commission September 24, 2025 MS. KAWAʻAUHAU: I say “increases.” CHR. PAVAO: “Increases” is better, I think. MS. KAWAʻAUHAU: Just to match because it’s referring back to the first topic of the sentence and it’s clear. MR. RIORDAN: Oh, sorry, Riordan. Just start with the “Salary Commission deferred further salary adjustments to afford the collective bargaining units to negotiate contracts.” That’s what we did, and we don’t need to say we gave them a 5% raise or (inaudible). CHR. PAVAO: Yeah, that’s fine, too. MS. NAMAHOE: I’m cool with scratching the 5% but also having it on record that something—so, this is the argument for it—it’s not inconsistent with the increases as laid out at the end of this paragraph. Five percent in 2024, nothing in 2025, and going forward in Years 1, 2, 3, and 4 as this paragraph lays out, shows that we are—we’re not being—we’re being responsible. We’re still in line. They didn’t get a raise. They got a 5% raise and then they got nothing. So, we’re still being frugal. So, I do like the 5%. MS. FRENZ: Okay, moving on to Number 6. CHR. PAVAO: Yeah, we’re going to raise it, like, 16 points in this— ʻi Revised Statues Chapter 92, MS. FRENZ: Yes. “In accordance with the Charter and Hawai the County of Hawaiʻi Salary Commission held a meeting on August 28, 2025”—that’s last month’s hearing when you made that—the motion that’s currently on the table. I would also include our tentative future dates to be set, which we need to discuss with this body and with Glynis’ assistance—“(*include future meetings here)” we would then indicate—“; were duly noticed and afforded opportunities for public comment and testimony was received.” CHR. PAVAO: Okay, that’s good. MS. FRENZ: Old Number 7 indicates, “To facilitate and assist in its review of compensation for the Covered Positions, and as required by the Charter, the County of Hawaiʻi Salary Commission consulted with those boards and commissions which have appointing authority for department heads, specifically, it solicited input from the Police Commission, Fire Commission, and Merit Appeals Board. The County of Hawaiʻi Salary Commission also afforded the Mayor of the ʻi and all Covered Positions to submit input and/or recommendations for the County of Hawai County of Hawaiʻi Salary Commission to consider. The County of Hawaiʻi Salary Commission also considered all testimony both written and oral received to date, current cost-of-living index information, the purchasing price of a dollar in 2025, the March 3, 2025 Classification and Compensation Study conducted by MGT for the County of Maui, historical salary data, salaries ʻi, the schedule of raises for both included and of excluded managers within the County of Hawai Page 22