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Page 26 <br />1 to consider staying. <br />2 And I have 30 minutes left on my vacation, I <br />3 have a five-minute walk, so if you folks have any <br />4 questions... <br />5 MR. HIGGINS: Yeah, I have a question. What <br />6 would you attribute to the fact that there hasn't been <br />7 a pay raise in ten years? What contributed to that? <br />8 MR. MASUDA: Lot of it was Salary Commission <br />9 not having quorum. Lot of it was Salary Commission <br />10 members -- and I'm not criticizing them, but I think <br />11 this is -- it was part of a issue; they did not take to <br />12 heart their role as, by Charter, as being separate. <br />13 Okay? It is not the Salary Commission's role, in my <br />14 belief, in my interpretation of the Charter, to balance <br />15 can the County afford it? What is the budget this <br />16 year? That's not your role. Your role is to see that <br />17 equity is done as far as pay is concerned. <br />18 I've been the -- I was -- well, I just came <br />19 back from prosecutor's after two years of not being <br />20 with the corporation counsel. But even prior to that, <br />21 probably 13 years as the legal counsel for Department <br />22 of Finance. Okay? I talked to Deanna, and I think <br />23 she's also testified before that whatever you folks do, <br />24 they can match it; the money can be found there. The <br />25 reason I say that is because it has to be found there. <br />ISLAND COURT REPORTING & TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES <br />(808) 933-9800 <br />