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step movement plan because of the economic times, so at this point there is <br />no mechanism to automatically move to the next step. <br />Vice Chair Lundkvist reiterated that she feels if someone is duly <br />qualified to step into a position when the incumbent leaves, that person <br />should get that same salary. <br />Chair Handgis commented that his background is in business, not <br />government, where invariably, a line of succession is created where people <br />are mentored and brought up through that. There's also a compensation <br />package involved. <br />Ms. Iboshi stated that she's been the First Deputy since 1992. She has <br />done trial work. The First Deputy is basically the chief officer for the whole <br />office, but what she's contributed because of the relationships that she and <br />Mr. Kimura had is bringing money to the table. So it's not like a regular <br />compensation package. They do extra to bring money to the County, and <br />unlike the private sector, they do not get compensated for it. <br />Vice Chair Lundkvist stated that they keep going back to this system, <br />which is flawed. They all know that putting Ms. Iboshi back to A -19(A) is <br />ridiculous. Mr. De Lima is saying let's skip over A, skip over B, and give her <br />a C, which is a difference of $3,000. That being the case, they could just let <br />her remain at D. <br />Mr. De Lima stated that they could do that, but that would be <br />sacrificing the principle which is in place right now. They would be <br />minimizing the impact without basically closing their eyes, so that's why he's <br />saying it's a compromise. <br />Mr. Takahashi explained that he's not attempting to debate this, but he <br />would like to explain his actions. When the past Salary Commission <br />developed this pay plan with the schedule and the step movements, they <br />looked at the various situations that could arise. The Mayor gets elected, <br />Council gets elected, the Prosecutor gets elected, so newly elected officials <br />would start at the A step. That was one of the situations that they <br />envisioned. The Commission addressed re- election by maintaining the re- <br />elected official's current level and by continuing with the step movements. <br />Steps A through E are set up for elected officials with the maximum eight <br />years. <br />The second part of the schedule was primarily reserved for <br />department heads that were appointed by commissions, who were referred <br />to as career -type appointees who could go beyond eight years. Thus, the <br />Commission provided for another four or more steps beyond the schedule <br />for the elected or appointed department heads. <br />The other situation that was addressed by the Salary Commission <br />concerned a Mayor getting re- elected and reappointing the department head. <br />That department head would maintain his /her current step and continue on <br />