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Page 10 <br />1 MR. HIGGINS: Question: I'm comforted by <br />2 your explanation in that you were ahead of the game, <br />3 anticipating these salaries that were coming; so that's <br />4 very comforting for this commission and future <br />5 commissions. <br />6 Can we assume, then, that in the future, for <br />7 when we're not sitting here, but there will be a lot of <br />8 other people, that that is going to be a process that <br />9 will be consistent, that you'll see that there's going <br />10 to be negotiations going on for pay raises, you'll set <br />11 aside this adjustment pool of money, so that this <br />12 commission doesn't have to deal with that? <br />13 MS. SAKO: Yes. I mean, I think that's a <br />14 safe assumption. So now some of the bargaining units, <br />15 you know, receive four-year contracts, so we'll budget <br />16 accordingly. Some receive only two. So, you know, in <br />17 a perfect world, we would have liked all the <br />18 negotiations to have been completed before the old <br />19 contract expired, but that doesn't always happen; so we <br />20 try to stay on top of everything that's out there so <br />21 that we can still take that into account when we're <br />22 budgeting. <br />23 <br />MR. <br />HIGGINS: I <br />think <br />in the future -- <br />like <br />24 <br />there's three <br />years, four <br />years, <br />who knows what <br />years; <br />25 <br />we're unaware <br />of that, so <br />would <br />it be too much <br />to ask <br />ISLAND COURT REPORTING & TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES <br />(808) 933-9800 <br />