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<br />Salary Commission September 24, 2025 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MS. NAMAHOE: As long as the dates are good. This is a solid paragraph to make. The <br />adjustments are consistent with the wages paid to other employees in collective bargaining units <br />who receive across the board pay increases, step movements, and overtime. Yeah, blah, blah, <br />blah. <br /> <br />CHR. PAVAO: Yeah, that’s good. <br /> <br />MS. FRENZ: Okay. <br /> <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: I don’t know if we need to clarify, again, like in this old Number 12—do we <br />need to say civil servants and excluded managers? Because then it—the sentence is, “Civil <br />Servants are paid more than their managers…”—so I don’t know if we want to—because now <br />we’re using “managers”— <br /> <br />MS. FRENZ: I would say, “may be paid more than”—or is it better to just—instead of <br />specifying Civil Servants and/or Excluded Managers—keep it generic with “employees.” But if <br />whatever we do here, we need to do consistently throughout the rest of the Findings. <br /> <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: And then, I don’t know if instead of—“…where Civil Servants or employees <br />are paid more than their managers”—I don’t know if you want to say, “department heads and <br />deputies”— <br /> <br />CHR. PAVAO: You probably need “department heads and deputies”—yeah—not “manager” <br />there. And, technically, they’re excluded—managers are civil servants—they’re just not <br />exempt—they’re just exempt from collective bargaining. <br /> <br />MS. FRENZ: So, let me re-read that first sentence—or are there any other changes currently <br />recommended? No? Okay, I’m going to read, “To keep pace with CPI inflation rates, pay <br />increases granted to BU 13 employees, and to avoid further inversion scenarios where Civil <br />Servants and/or Excluded Managers may be paid more than their Department Head and Deputy <br />Department Heads. The County of Hawaiʻi Salary Commission…”—and it would continue. <br /> <br />CHR. PAVAO: That’s good. <br /> <br />MR. NELSON: Sounds good. <br /> <br />MS. NAMAHOE: I like it. <br /> <br />MS. FRENZ: Are there any other requested changes for old Number 12? <br /> <br />CHR. PAVAO: No. <br /> <br />ʻi Salary <br />MS. FRENZ: Okay. Moving on to old Number 13. “The County of Hawai <br />Commission acknowledges that these proposed salary adjustments…” adding in “s”—“…for the <br />Page 34 <br /> <br /> <br />