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that she should stay in step because by operation of law she stepped into his <br />shoes. <br /> <br />Ms. Stroh stated that in looking at Mr. Takahashi’s recommendation <br />and looking at the comparison of the other attorneys, it brings Ms. Iboshi in <br />line with what she’s supposed to be. In addition, she’s more experienced, <br />and she has a heavy caseload. She agrees with Mr. Takahashi’s <br />recommendation. She’s looking at the comparison of the executive pay and <br />feels they need to bring the executives in line with everybody else, looking <br />at the operating budget and how many employees they’re supervising. The <br />Commission needs to bring them up to par into the 21 century. These <br />st <br />executives are underpaid. <br /> <br />Mr. De Lima noted that they need all five votes for the motion to pass. <br />He asked what happens if the Commission doesn’t pass it. <br /> <br />Ms. Lugo stated that if the motion dies because it didn’t get the five <br />votes, then they’re at status quo, which is what Mr. Takahashi’s <br />determination is, until a successful motion passes. That may require getting <br />more bodies on the Commission. <br /> <br />Ms. Stroh commented that $110,000 would still bring Ms. Iboshi almost <br />$5,000 below the norm. <br /> <br />Mr. De Lima responded that there is no norm, which is what he’s <br />contending. Ms. Iboshi was at A-18D. Her position was first deputy. A-19 is <br />the elected person. By the present ordinance, the new person that steps into <br />that position starts at $103,944. Now she is stepping into the A-19 position. <br />Mr. Takahashi is saying that she was at A-18 at the D level, and because she <br />wasn’t elected, she’s only getting into that position because the person <br />retired, she should retain the D level. The law doesn’t say that. <br />Mr. Takahashi is just interpreting it that way. The law says if a person is <br />newly appointed or elected, the person goes back to A-19A. Technically, <br />Mr. De Lima believes Ms. Iboshi was newly appointed. She took an oath for <br />the new position. He believes Mr. Takahashi is wrong on that, but he’s okay <br />with trying to find a loophole and thinks the best loophole is to allow <br />Ms. Iboshi to take the position at A-19 and reduce it to step C. He thinks <br />that’s a compromise, and he’s not going to interpret the law to benefit the <br />individual, but rather with what’s most consistent with the law, although he <br />does disagree with the law and thinks they should correct it in the future. <br /> <br /> Mr. Takahashi didn’t have a Commission at the time the situation <br />arose and didn’t have five votes, so he made the best decision he could; and <br />Ms. Iboshi benefited from it. Mr. De Lima has no problem with that, but now <br />they do have commissioners. Their predecessors felt that anytime a person <br />goes into a new position, they have to start at step A. Mr. De Lima doesn’t <br />like that, but he’s going to follow their intent because that’s the oath he took <br />today. Subsequently, he thinks they should fix this situation in the future, <br />then no one can accuse them of not following the existing intent. <br /> <br /> 5 <br /> <br />