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Page 12 <br />1 MS. IKEDA: Hugh? <br />2 CHR.ONO: Go ahead, Florence. <br />3 MS. IKEDA: I would like to know <br />4 is it within the power of the commission -- maybe Amy <br />5 has to answer this -- that we could say, for instance, <br />6 like we would do steps, like maybe every year say 2 <br />7 percent, and it's contingent upon whatever -- you know, <br />8 we set it for maybe five years. We'd say we give all <br />9 of these people a 2 percent raise, but then we could <br />10 adjust it later on; so if a union contract maybe gives <br />11 them, you know, like 10 percent, then we could go back <br />12 in and say, "Okay, because they're getting 10 percent, <br />13 but we had only appropriated 2 percent, we could do an <br />14 adjustment"? Is that feasible or possible for the <br />15 commission to do that? <br />16 MS. SELF: Yes, because the Charter just says <br />17 that this commission sets the salary for those certain <br />18 people, right? And the only way that would be changed <br />19 is if they had a Charter amendment changing that. So <br />20 yes, you can set up procedure -- <br />21 MS. IKEDA: So that -- my reason <br />22 is because they went from 2008 without a raise. Is <br />23 that correct? <br />24 MS. SAKO: Yes. <br />25 MS. IKEDA: So to bypass this or <br />ISLAND COURT REPORTING & TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES <br />(808) 933-9800 <br />