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Page 16 <br />1 wrong in the process of us, in three months, solving a <br />2 lot of problems and doing what hasn't been done for ten <br />3 years. I mean, this commission never even met for a <br />4 lot of those years. Where was the council then in <br />5 saying, "Hey, where are you guys? People are not <br />6 getting pay raises for five years or ten years. How <br />7 come the Salary Commission is sitting on their butts <br />8 not doing anything?" That's what I -- I want to know <br />9 her reasoning. <br />10 CHR. ONO: Let me add this in. Okay? <br />11 This is background information, because the request for <br />12 myself to appear, it is at the Finance Committee <br />13 meeting, which is the first place that this item shows <br />14 up. It goes to committee first. So it goes to Finance <br />15 Committee. So the request was made for me to attend -- <br />16 it came through Maile David who, I understand, is the <br />17 Chair of the Finance Committee, and from the Vice -Chair <br />18 of the County Council, which is Ms. Karen Eoff. I <br />19 sense that there is a concern by I don't know how many <br />20 members of the council over this proposed amendment, <br />21 and I sense that there is not overwhelming support for <br />22 this, for the same reasons stated, costs and adding a <br />23 cumbersome layer of additional procedures. <br />24 So with that in mind -- and we could table <br />25 this for now, but -- I will need your authorization to <br />ISLAND COURT REPORTING & TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES <br />(808) 933-9800 <br />