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Page 31 <br />1 don't solve the problem of getting the top guns the <br />2 proper pay, nothing is going to happen below. <br />3 MR. MASUDA: Right. Exactly. And that's why <br />4 we're looking at, if you don't raise the top, there's <br />5 no hope for the bottom. <br />6 MR. HIGGINS: Okay. So, we have to solve <br />7 that. That's the problem. <br />8 CHR. ONO: Uh-huh. Well, it would appear <br />9 to be. And I believe the climate within this <br />10 commission is that, number one, we want to take care <br />11 and address the immediate problem of this salary <br />12 inversion that's occurring. <br />13 Secondly, I believe that we're hoping that we <br />14 can take care of something and put something in place <br />15 that doesn't require every Salary Commission to go <br />16 ahead and make an adjustment, because these salaries <br />17 are very much directly related to the collective <br />18 bargaining agreements and what happens to the excluded <br />19 management level. So, when there's a bump in those, <br />20 that's what causes that inversion to occur. <br />21 So, I hope that we're able to do that, and I <br />22 believe, speaking for all the members of the <br />23 commission, I do hear sincerity in addressing that and <br />24 solving it. <br />25 MR. HIGGINS: Right on. <br />ISLAND COURT REPORTING & TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES <br />(808) 933-9800 <br />