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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0122.053 2000-2002 Turning Point for Families, Inc. _ PO Box 612 • Hilo, Hawan 96721-0612 Phone (BOB) 935-8229 Fax (808) 934-7600 t,ad~n29ilhawau net i ~ ~.J r March 30, 2001 County Council Members County of Hawan 25 Aupuni Street ITilo, Hawan 96720 1tE. Clarification noel Approaation rogarding "Non Profit Cxant Bequests" question and answer Meeting held at King Kao>ehameha Hotel on March 22, 2001 Dear Council Members, I wanted to add further clarification to the letter seat to Nancy Pisiccio on March 23n1 (attached to this letter), from Mary Navor of Turning Point for Families. Mary Navor had responded to Council Member Curtis Tyler's questions in the letter dated March 23rd, but I just wanted to cLrify that there were some Wanes that we have proposed for increases, but at the time Mr. Curtis wu kddog at the aYocatioaa to the prognsms of the diffareot positions These increases were not the projected Wary increases, but the re-allocation of time noel Wary portion to the speci& programs, which may have included wme portion of the Wary itkrases Mary did anwror this in "Question #1" of her response letter, but I felt more cWification was needed Secondly, I'm not sure, from some of the discussion on March 23rd, if I was roalring myself sa clear ae possible as to what our overall goal with our employee's saluies is Currently we are trying to bring the salaries of some of our empbyeess up to the minimum range of salaries being paid for the name pasitiaos at other ageoc~es in our coarwnity and state The board and administration completed an extauive review and some of the Wanes aro 33% blow the minimum Wanes of other people doing similar jobs in our community and state At the same time we saw that about half of our empbyeea were being paid salaries comparable to those in our cotnrmrrtitia end no increases are being recommended for these people The increases that we aro aiming for have also been evahutted and prioritized, so that some employees, even with the recommended increases are still 15% or less blow the nrninwm saWies of others doing the same job in our coromurrity and state I state thin to show flat we are trying to be as conservative yet fair as possible Some may interpret some of these Wanes as high, but they are at or blow the salaries of other people in our comnnmity doing similar jobs Comm. Na ZZ • ~g~ F51e No. A United Way Agency ItCf. TO. izor MAR 3 0 2nnl Lastly, I wanted you all to know that we are well awaro of your 5nancial constraints and the Loge need in our county ao many fronts. M s provider we need to continue malong the state awaro of the needs, but we are jwt being ralistic in our budeeting and fairness to employees and Laing you, the County know the needs that are here, whether they are fully funded or not We appreciate and thank the Councal Meruben for their tia?e and effort in malting vary tough dedsions about very important itauea in our camty Please fee] free to contact me if any further information ie needed. Sincerely, r~ Lee Lord, Executive Director Attch: Mary Navor letter 3/Z3/Ol 1 a ~ l~ U Turning Point for Families, Inc. PO Bon 612 Hilo, Hawaii 96721-0612 Phone (808) 935-8229 Faz (808) 934-7600 admin2Eilhawaii nct March 23, 2001 Nancy Pisicchio -Council Member County of Hawaii Hawau County Budding 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 RE Response to testimonial questions held at King Kamehameha Hotel on March 22, 2001 Dear Ms Pisicchio We would like to thank the County Counal Members again for giving us the opportunity in giving testimonial statements and being patient with us on our responses At the testimonial hearing, Council Member Curtis Tyler asked two questions pertaining to the budget that I was unable to answer I again apologize for that and hope that the Council Members accept this delayed response The following were questions referring to our Shelter budget pages Question #1 -Why are the increases in the proposed program budget under line items for the administrative staff so high compared to the preceding year? We looked at our administrative staffs trine spent on each program Based on the additional funding soun:es we are seeking and the workload for each program, we did a re-allocation of trine and salary portions to be spent rn each program Question #2 -Why are we showing a decrease in the remainder various positions? A correction on the program budget for fiscal year 2000-2001 It should have read $30,000, as the amount shown $55,050 was the proposed amount for Frsca/ year 2000-2001, but revised during this fiscal year to reflect the actual funding sources approved and received ' We thank the Counal Members for their patience and consideration in the submittal of the above responses If there are any additional questions, please feel free to call Lee Lord or myself at 935- 8229 Sincerely, / - C~ Mary Navor -Fiscal Officer ~~*y' - ~~C7 A United Way Agency