2025-12-22 Salary Commission Minutes

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Salary Commission December 22, 2025 MS. FRENZ: But just to provide a little bit of additional information, since the Chair has given that grace. The—after this body did its draft proposed Findings, did the public notice, and the public hearing—SHOPO arbitration concluded, and it was much higher. So, there is the potential, yet again, and I—for inversion. But I also wanted to clarify one other point that I think you’ve brought up, ‘cause there might be a misunderstanding. The reference to the salary inversion table that you were talking about earlier today, that’s base pay. So, what you need to remember is that for Police and Fire— MS. OTSUKA: Right. MS. FRENZ: —where there was the potential for possible inversion. Everybody that’s not a chief or an assis—the deputy chief—we have our interim chief here today for Fire—they don’t get overtime. So, everybody below—assistant chiefs and below—they all get overtime. So, if you have an assistant chief, right—I think with the example with Police was like $100.00 and somewhat dollars between the deputy chief and the next assistant chief—that’s base pay, but the assistant chiefs are still able to bill overtime. So there will always be inversion because they’re provided that opportunity, whereas the others cannot. So, I wanted to just clarify that, since you referenced it. MS. OTSUKA: Thank you. And— CHR. PAVAO: Deputy (inaudible)—hazardous pay is something that we didn’t deal with because the Charter doesn’t give us that power. But all the collective bargaining agen—the Unions negotiated for hazardous pay during COVID. So, they all got hazardous pay—none of the appointed and elected officials got hazardous pay. MS. OTSUKA: Thank you. So, on the inversion, though, on the chart—on the report that was provided last month—I understand it’s a snapshot and just for the month, and it changes every month. But the total amount of the 33 positions, there were only two positions that were affected, and it was $1,300.00 that month—only .06%. So, all I’m saying is the inversion—that there is no, as far as I see—that there is no crisis. It’s a payroll dynamic sort of thing. MS. FRENZ: So, again, that’s base pay. MS. OTSUKA: Right. MS. FRENZ: So, every—if everyone is allowed to also—with the exception of the top two—bill overtime when they work overtime, which happens a lot, there will automatically always be— there’s always going to be problems. So, that was just showing you, again, base pay. So, I think that that’s a misunder— misconception or the way you’re reviewing it is confusing because it may appear that there’s Page 18