2025-11-17 Salary Commission Minutes

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Salary Commission November 17, 2025 Call to Order (Item 1) CHR. PAVAO: We’ll call the meeting to order. And we’ll go on to our approval of minutes— so, we’ll call to order, and we’ll start with, again, with the names of each member. You can announce your names please. MR. DUDOIT: Commissioner Jules Dudoit. MR. RIORDAN: Commissioner Riordan. MS. NAMAHOE: Commissioner Namahoe. CHR. PAVAO: Commissioner Pavao. MS. KAWAʻAUHAU: Commissioner Kawaʻauhau. MR. NELSON: Commissioner Nelson. MS. TOKIHIRO: Director of Human Resources, Sommer Tokihiro. MS. FRENZ: And also present is Deputy Corporation Counsel Cody Frenz, myself, on behalf of the Salary Commission—and our Secretary Glynis Yamada. Statements from the Public (Item 2) CHR. PAVAO: Okay, and then “Statements from the Public” on our meeting agenda items. Anybody in Kona for statements from the public. MR. RUEDY: No testifiers here in Kona. CHR. PAVAO: Okay. Any statements from the public here in regards to our agenda— Dell Otsuka, did you want to say more? MS. FRENZ: And at the outset, if you could identify yourself and tell us what agenda item you’re testifying on. Thank you. MS. OTSUKA: Hello, again—Dell Otsuka, agenda Item 6B, number 9—and I forgot to mention that recognizing our—basing your salaries on performance by each director would be better served because there are some directors that do well—but for the Department of Environmental Management they have three AOC’s out APA—and as I mentioned before, the cost for that will be at least a billion dollars to take care of that once those are compiled to. So, what the Department of Environmental Management—there were so many issues—and sat on Boar—sat on the Commission. And it bothered me, the amount of—well, if you went—I went to all the transfer station—visited the three wastewater plants here. Went to look at a lot of Page 2