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Page 23 <br />1 of the new fire chief, the selection of the new fire <br />2 chief. Chief Oliveira retired and Chief Rosario was <br />3 appointed. And he was the assistant fire chief at the <br />4 time of his appointment, and he would have had to have <br />5 taken a $16,000 cut in pay due to the -- you know, the <br />6 current salary structure at that time in order for him <br />7 to accept the fire chief position. So, again, at that <br />8 time, they addressed the salaries of the fire chief and <br />9 the police chief. <br />10 But from 2014 until now, you know, there <br />11 hadn't been quorum and so, therefore, the remaining <br />12 salaries and the salaries that were set were pretty <br />13 much stagnant at that time; but as you know, the EMs or <br />14 the EMCP, you know, so your excluded managers, their <br />15 salaries are tied into the collective bargaining. As <br />16 the collective bargaining unions were getting annual <br />17 increases, the EMs were getting annual increases. So <br />18 even though, at the time the commission met in 2014, <br />19 the salaries were like this, over those next couple <br />20 years, the EMs continued to get raises. That's how we <br />21 ended up where we are today. Kind of unique. But I <br />22 think going forward, the problem could have been easily <br />23 avoided if, pursuant to the language of the charter, <br />24 the Salary Commission continued to meet on an annual <br />25 basis. And I think that's the root of the problem <br />ISLAND COURT REPORTING & TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES <br />(808) 933-9800 <br />