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TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
SALARY COMMISSION MEETING
Held at the Hawai ʻ i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street,
Hilo, Hawai ʻ i, 96720, commencing at 9:59 a.m., on
September 16, 2019.
REPORTED BY: TERI HOSKINS, CSR #452
Registered Merit Reporter
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APPEARANCES
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CHAIR:
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THOMAS E. FRATINARDO, ACTING CHAIR
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BOARD MEMBERS:
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FLORENCE K. IKEDA
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MILTON PAVAO, P. E.
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JAMES W. HIGGINS
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BENSON P. MEDINA
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ABSENT & EXCUSED:
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GEORGE W. CAMPBELL
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NELSON H. HARANO
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JUDY A. GREENBAUM
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18 ALSO PRESENT:
19 WILLIAM V. BRILHANTE, JR., EX-OFFICIO MEMBER
20 DANNY PATEL, DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL
21 GLYNIS YAMADA, COMMISSION SECRETARY
22 JENNIFER SAKAMOTO, HR
23 MICHELE LAMKIN, HR
24 PAULA PAVAO
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CHAIR: Call to order.
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Welcome back, everybody. We have some absent
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Commissioners -- and Mr. Campbell, who would have been
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here, had a last-minute emergency. Judy Greenbaum is
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out, and Nelson Hirano is out So, can we have a roll
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call, starting with --
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MR. MEDINA: Benson. Here. Here.
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CHAIR: Could you say your district?
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MR. MEDINA: Benson Medina, District 3, here.
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MS. IKEDA: Florence Ikeda, District 2.
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CHAIR: Thomas Fratinardo, District 1.
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MR. PAVAO: Milton Pavao, District 4.
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MR. HIGGINS: Jim Higgins, District 7.
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CHAIR: With that, do we have any statements
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from the public?
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Mr. Sadegh.
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MR. SADEGH: I am not on the agenda, but I
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would request that I be given the opportunity to --
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CHAIR: You'll be given three minutes.
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MR. SADEGH: Three minutes.
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Gentlemen -- ladies and gentlemen, I have
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talked about County of Hawai ʻ i as a family unit that
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should be dealt with as such in terms of our policies
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and procedures and so on.
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Last time, kind of, there was mix-up about
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what I have said and what I have written.
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I want to -- I would like you to imagine that
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this is our County. And our County is a kind of an
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oligarchy. Like the top 1 percent of have all the real
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power and the so forth and so on, and then the lower
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level, then that power decreases. And interestingly
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enough, for those who pay taxes, the level of taxation
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increases until it reaches the very bottom, the people
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who are working at minimum wage that are also working
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in the County and so forth and so on.
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So -- and, also, I'm the founder of the
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Universal Realm of the Lord Almighty as a result of a
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trip to Iran saying believing in God is optional,
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believe in humanity not, and the human being should be
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the savior by fighting injustice, helping itself and
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others, and doing no harm. And for this, I'm kind of
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being persecuted as well.
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But people ask me, "Where is your church?"
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Actually, the whole of Earth is my place of worship,
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and all that it contains.
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I compare that to a spaceship Earth. A
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spaceship Earth travels around the sun at 67,000 miles
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per hour -- one year it takes to orbit the sun. All of
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us are interred. Imagine the movie that sank in the
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Atlantic Ocean, and that all of us are in there, and
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the smartness of the people, or the cleverness, or the
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humanity does not belong to what level they belong.
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MR. PAVAO: Excuse me --
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MR. SADEGH: Some of the brightest ones --
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CHAIR: Mr. Sadegh --
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MR. PAVAO: Excuse me, Mr. Chairman. What
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has this got to do with the Salary Commission?
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CHAIR: Absolutely nothing. I was going to
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interrupt him.
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Mr. Sadegh, we've got an agenda that we've
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got this morning. What do you have --
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MR. SADEGH: The agenda was -- I was on the
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agenda last time. I was not given a chance to explain.
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I was made like a fool, saying that we have to create a
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family institution in this island of 200,000 people.
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CHAIR: We understand that. And you have
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stated that numerous occasions in front of this body of
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commissioners. And we have heard that, and you have
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made that point well-known to us in the past. But is
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there anything new that you would like to present
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today? Or else we just need to carry on with our
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meeting.
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MR. SADEGH: No. Please carry on.
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CHAIR: Okay. Thank you.
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Approval of minutes. I believe everyone had
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2 Any discussion?
3 Could we have a motion to approve those
4 minutes?
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11 So moved and approved.
12 There ' s no communication .
13 aeOlausiness . Discussion and action
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14 regarding the Salary Commission' s draft report of its
15 findings and conclusions concerning its proposal for a
16 1 . 2 percent across-the-board salary increase for
17 executives and elected officials effective Januarylst,
18 2020 (SE ATT . A) .
19 Pursuant to Title IV - Rules of the County of
20 Hawai`i Salary Commission, Chapter 204 Rules Applicable
21 to Salary Adjustments, Section 204-2, Notice to Public :
22 "At least thirty days prior to the Commission' s
23 approval of any of its salary adjustment proposals, the
24 Commission shall . . . Submit copies of a detailed report
25 of the Commission' s findings and conclusions used to
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develop its proposal, or proposals, to the office of
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the county clerk and the office of the mayor for public
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inspection." Note: The remaining procedures outlined
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in Section 204-2 shall also be followed as appropriate.
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Would you like to have time to review it?
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MR. PAVAO: Mr. Chairman, I assume this 1.25
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percent was voted at the last meeting --
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CHAIR: Correct.
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MR. PAVAO: -- when I wasn't here?
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CHAIR: And it was kind of more -- it was
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not -- it was more alluded to as being a cost of living
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allowance rather than a -- I mean, it's a pay increase,
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no matter how you look at it, but it was looked at as
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being a cost -- a COLA increase in their salaries.
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MR. PAVAO: How did the one-and-a-quarter
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percent be determined?
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CHAIR: There was a motion to vote on a 2.25
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percent increase, and that was coming from
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Mr. Brilhante from Human Resources.
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The majority of the -- I should say that were
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present, Milton, agreed to a 1.25 percent after some
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deliberation.
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MR. PAVAO: Okay. Thank you.
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MR. HIGGINS: Mr. Chairman?
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CHAIR: Yes, sir.
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MR. HIGGINS: If we were to make a change to
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that, can we do that now, or do we have to go through
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this 30 days, and then the public hearing, and all of
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that? Like, right now, if we wanted to change that,
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could we do that?
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CHAIR: I believe it would have to be a
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separate motion.
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MR. PATEL: You could amend what the proposal
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is. An alternative way to do it would be to have a
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motion for separate proposal. But you can have
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multiple proposals being considered simultaneously.
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That can be addressed within one public hearing, you
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know, for efficiency.
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CHAIR: Can I have your thoughts on that?
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MR. HIGGINS: Yeah, here's my thought on it,
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is, roughly, we're running about five million bucks on
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extra pay for police and who knows whatever. I'm
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thinking would it not be wise for us to, instead of
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saying at January 1, 2020, to just say "to be
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determined," when it starts; because what if this goes
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another six months up there is all I'm saying. I think
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that might be smart, to do something like that, just
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don't have the starting date.
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MR. PAVAO: I kind of -- I kind of agree with
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that. That's a good concept. I like it.
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The only problem is when you say "to be
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determined," I'm assuming that our presence here today
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is to begin the 30-day period?
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CHAIR: Yes. And there's still going to be a
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comment period.
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MR. PAVAO: Yeah.
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CHAIR: So, there will be a public comment
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period. What we're doing today is to push it to the
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comment period and then, after the 30 days, which
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would be sometime -- we're going to be meeting sometime
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in November, so at the date of the public hearing,
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we'll vote on that. We'll vote on this measure, to
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approve it or disapprove it, in November.
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MR. PAVAO: My understanding is we can't
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approve or disapprove it until we have a public
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hearing.
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CHAIR: Yes. That's what I just said.
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So --
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MR. PAVAO: The public hearing would begin --
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CHAIR: So, 30 days from today.
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MR. PAVAO: -- today?
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CHAIR: Correct, Milton. And then, it will go
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sometime in November. That's when the council chambers
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are available, either November 4th or the 12th. We
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have to decide on that. And then, after the public
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comment period, which would be that day, we would
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decide.
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MR. PAVAO: Right.
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CHAIR: Do you have something you want to
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say, Bill?
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MR. BRILHANTE: In response directly to
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Mr. Higgins' question, from an accounting standpoint
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and, I think, from a disclosure standpoint, we would
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need to have a date in which the salary raises -- if,
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you know, approved -- would be implemented, a start
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date. And the reason for that is there has to be a
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date certain, January 1st or March, April, May,
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whatever -- again, so that the fiscal and budgetary
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people know, okay, when is this going to be
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implemented? Okay, starting January 1st, we're going
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to have this. We're going to have to make sure that
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these salary calculations get adjusted.
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The second thing is, when it comes to public
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disclosure, I mean, I think it's a substantive piece of
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information as to whether or not raises are going to
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start in January of 2020 or January of 2021, I think;
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so from a public disclosure standpoint -- and I would
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let corp. counsel speak to that issue in more detail,
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if he wishes.
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MR. PAVAO: Before that, I think what
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Mr. Higgins is saying -- and correct me if I'm wrong --
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is just that -- we just vote against the 1.25 in
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January 2020, and at some future time, when we feel
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comfortable, we can bring this motion back up again.
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MR. HIGGINS: Well, that would be something
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more creative than I thought of but, yeah, maybe that's
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a solution. Certainly, this body, we can create
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something that would account for the possibility of
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another -- I mean, I was just thinking, if it just went
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four more months, that's going to be another 10 or 15
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million dollars. And I'm sure Director Sako had no
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idea that that was going to be placed an additional
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cost like that, so...
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MR. BRILHANTE: Just for --
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CHAIR: Florence, would like to say something.
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MS. IKEDA: I'd like to say that because
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it's not set in stone, yet, if we could look at an
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alternative way. And what I would like to propose is --
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I never thought about it last time, but the department
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heads are important for the running of the County --
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but, at this time, I'd like to see us exclude the
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administrative portion and that we take up, at another
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time, the administrative offices. Because when you run
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for an elective office, you're running, to me, as a
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community service, so you're not thinking about, "Okay,
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I'm making only $10,000 now. I would like to see a
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raise of 20,000 because I deserve it."
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We're not supposed to take in account of the
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financial situation of the County. It's not supposed
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to -- if I read correctly -- play a portion of what we
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decide. So, I'd like to propose an alternative way,
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that the 1.25 be for strictly the department heads and,
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at this time, we forgo administration at this time.
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MR. PAVAO: My comments to that is -- I'm
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sorry, Bill.
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My comment to that is, yeah, you know,
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whatever we say -- and we were told a while ago they
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have to find the money, but we need to look at reality.
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The County is in dire strait. And like Mr. Higgins
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said, what's going on up on the mountain, the expenses
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and everything, I would really like to see this body
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postpone or cancel the 1.25 raise and -- at some future
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time -- bring it back up again, if warranted. But
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certainly not now.
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CHAIR: Bill, you were going to say
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something?
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MR. BRILHANTE: Just to kind of ensure that
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the record is clear, and I think there's maybe some
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information from Commissioner Higgins that I just
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wanted to address. First and foremost, the 1.25 -- and
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this is through my discussion with Ms. Sako, the
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Finance Director. The 1.25 increase in salary is going
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to total about $73,000 annually for employees who come
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under the Salary Commission. So, 73,000.
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The 5.6 million dollars is what the County is
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currently obligated for all the other union employee
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raises for this year. So, just to be clear, the 5.6 is
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for everybody: Police, Fire, Public Works, HGEA --
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that's the estimate. And the total for the 1.25 raise
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is $73,000 for the year --
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CHAIR: If I can say something.
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MR. BRILHANTE: -- to make that clear.
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CHAIR: During our last meeting where we
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agreed as far as to push the ball this far with the
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1.25 percent -- and, Milton, you were not here, so I'll
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say those people that were present, those commissioners
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that were present, we agreed to get it to this point to
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do the report, what would be the most minimal
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cost-of-living-allowance raise, and it came to 1.25
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percent.
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And, I think, for me -- and I'm only talking
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for my point of view -- is the collective bargaining
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units have representation and an advocate for
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themselves. My impression is that, at some point, we
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have to advocate for the elected officials and their
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appointees. And I understand that -- yes, there is a
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situation with the finances, and we have to be
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observant of that. And I think, from our last meeting,
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that we agreed to push it to 1.25 percent, that that's
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what we agreed to. So, I would see it as us going back
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on our word if we don't, at least, let it get to the
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point where we can hear the public's mana ʻ o on it and
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give it at least that much.
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If the public is totally against it, then we
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can vote for it at that time; but I would say -- just
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my opinion -- that we just allow the process to
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continue until after the 30 days and, at that point, we
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can make that vote of whether it's up or down for the
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1.25. Because we're not going to -- I mean, we're
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going to vote on it. If people don't want to have it,
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then we'll vote “no” on it in November. But at least
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give the public a chance to comment on it. Because
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there may be people out there who feel that it is fair
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for -- because my opinion is, we have to advocate for
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these people that are appointed and elected.
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MR. PAVAO: I agree that we are the advocates
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and the union is the advocates for the rank and file;
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but although we are advocates, I think we are
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reasonable advocates, and I don't think it's reasonable
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at this time to propose any raises.
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CHAIR: Anymore?
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MR. MEDINA: Yeah, I have a comment.
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First, I wanted to ask for clarification. So,
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if we set a date, like an effective date – so, let's
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say we end up going with the January 2020 -- if we
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surpass that date, does that now become a retroactive
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date? Okay. So, that answers my question.
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MR. BRILHANTE: Well, in the past, that's how
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it's generally worked is that the raises, once they're
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approved, if there was a date certain set in that
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approving document, then we would retroactively start.
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MR. MEDINA: Okay. I get that.
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And the second thing I want to say is that I
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do agree with Tom in that I feel that, at least for the
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administration -- and maybe Florence's point is well
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taken -- maybe we need to deal with those guys
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separately, but these other bargaining units for which
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we're committed to, they're going forward; and so, I
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think that our job -- and to Milton's point -- is to be
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responsible and be good stewards of the money. But I
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think that, at this point, we should at least put it
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out there for public discussion and see what the public
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wants because I think Tom is right. If the public
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comes back and there's a big uproar, "No way," then
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we'll vote it down, obviously. So, that's my thought on
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that.
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CHAIR: And we're following the process.
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So, at this point, does anyone have any
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other --
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MS. IKEDA: Yes, I do.
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We use the term "cost of living" quite
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frequently. And I've had constituents call me up and
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say that it's being used incorrectly because cost of
9
living can lock you in. I don't know if this is true
10
but, like, say, cost of living is 5 percent -- was
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determined to be 5 percent -- and if we say "cost of
12
living" and we give only 1.25, they're saying that,
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"Okay, you're saying it's cost of living, so you're
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only giving 1.25, so you're not giving a cost of
15
living." So, it's just a matter of the terms that we
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should be saying, that maybe we're looking at
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increases, but not cost of living. That's what I've
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been hearing from my constituents. So, it's just a
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matter of terminology.
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MR. PAVAO: Makes sense.
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CHAIR: So, are we ready? I'd like to put
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this to a vote.
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This discussion is --
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MR. PATEL: Right. So, on that note, let me
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just go over the procedure and where we're at today.
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But I did want to add onto the discussion about what is
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before you today. And, Commissioner Higgins, you asked
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about not putting an effective date.
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So, in line with what Bill said, you would
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typically have an effective date. If the thought is
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that the Commission would not like to move forward with
7
something at this point, then along the lines of what
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Commissioner Pavao said, I think the appropriate
9
procedure would be to simply not move the proposal
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forward rather than having a proposal with an
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open-ended date.
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So, with all of that said, why we're here
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today is because, at the last meeting, the Commission
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voted to advance a proposal for the 1.25 percent
15
increase. Today we're looking at the actual report
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that the Commission would need to make available to the
17
public before any further advancement of the proposal
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could happen.
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So, just so everybody understands the process
20
moving forward, hypothetically, if the proposal was --
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if the report was adopted and the proposal was
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advanced, then pursuant to Rule 204-2, copies of the
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report would be made available for public inspection,
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notice of the proposal would be published in the paper,
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and then the date of the public hearing would be
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identified in the notice published. The Commission,
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though, to either approve or deny any proposal, that
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meeting would have to come at least 30 days after the
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public hearing; so there's time between there.
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So, whatever you vote on today, you're not
6
approving the proposal. You could end it by not moving
7
it forward, but you're not approving it today.
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CHAIR: Or in 30 days.
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MR. PATEL: Right.
10
MR. PAVAO: So, basically, it's a
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recommendation to the public?
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MR. PATEL: Yeah. Yeah, you could look at it
13
that way. Definitely. It's saying, "Hey, this is what
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we're thinking. This is why we're thinking it.
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Provide us with your comments, and we're going to
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decide at some point in the future."
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MR. PAVAO: But I think what Florence said is
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really valid. The language should be changed to take
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away "cost of living" and just call it a 1.25 percent
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increase.
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MR. PATEL: Yeah. I think Florence was
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getting to its semantics, basically.
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MR. PAVAO: It is.
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MR. PATEL: You can call it whatever you want
25
to call it, but really what it is, is a 1.25 percent
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increase.
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CHAIR: And the report says that.
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MR. PAVAO: Yeah. And you know for yourself
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if you don't say things in the right way, you can get
5
blasted; so I would like to amend the motion to take
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into consideration Florence's suggestion.
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CHAIR: Can you restate your motion or your
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suggestion?
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MS. IKEDA: Let me think. Maybe Danny can
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help us do that.
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MR. PATEL: I think you were saying just
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remove the reference to "cost of living," just a 1.25
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percent --
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MS. IKEDA: Yeah.
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MR. PATEL: -- increase.
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MR. HIGGINS: Yeah. Yeah.
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MS. IKEDA: Uh-huh.
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So, do I make a motion? Okay.
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CHAIR: We had a motion before. Are there
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motions --
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MR. PATEL: Well, I think, just procedurally,
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it might be helpful if you kind of discuss what you
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were thinking as far as all the changes, if any, to the
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report, to what the proposal is; then, if it's clear to
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everyone, you can make a motion and vote on it that
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way, versus making multiple motions for multiple
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different revisions to one proposal, if that's clear.
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I think that will help keep the record clear.
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CHAIR: So, on the second-to-the-last
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paragraph, it says, "The Commission then voted to
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advance a proposal for a 1.25 percent cost of living
7
adjustment for all of the positions within its
8
charter." You would like that to be removed?
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MS. IKEDA: I'd like to take out the "cost of
10
living."
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CHAIR: Well, that's where it -- on page 2,
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near the bottom on the report.
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MS. IKEDA: On the report.
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MR. PATEL: I think it would suffice just to
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delete references to "cost of living" in the report.
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CHAIR: Yeah.
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MR. PATEL: And then if there's any other
18
discussion of changes or whatever it is, you folks can
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have that discussion now.
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CHAIR: You want to make that motion?
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MS. IKEDA: He said to have a discussion
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first, right?
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MR. PATEL: If there's other changes you
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folks are contemplating or, if that's it, then yeah.
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MS. IKEDA: Can we have a few minutes to look
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it over to see?
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CHAIR: Sure. Let's take a five-minute
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break.
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(Recess ensued from 10:24 a.m. to 10:29 a.m.)
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CHAIR: We're back in session.
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We have more discussion.
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MR. HIGGINS: Is it possible to have a
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discussion before the discussion on this amendment?
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CHAIR: We're talking story.
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MR. HIGGINS: Yeah.
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CHAIR: We're good.
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MR. HIGGINS: Can I make --
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CHAIR: Sure.
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MR. HIGGINS: I'm very impressed with the
15
discussion that we've just had for the last half-hour.
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It's been a terrific give-and-take, so thank you.
17
And we're all kind of struggling with all of this,
18
including myself.
19
I just want to say that it's been mentioned
20
that the unions represent the union folks and that we
21
are the advocates, basically, for 40 people. I would
22
just like to add to that that we, Commissioners here,
23
also are advocates for all of the voters in our various
24
districts. And so, Bill's comments on the amount of
25
money I think is very valuable. I had no idea that it
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was the -- $70,000 is, in the big picture a very small,
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tiny amount, insignificant almost. But in the arena
3
of being responsible to the public, I think, for me,
4
it’s a debate on this 70,000 versus an actual arm of
5
government -- meaning us -- that is acting responsibly,
6
given the current state of affairs in the economy and
7
on our island. So, that's all. I'm going through that
8
bigtime debate.
9
I also wonder -- so we have the public
10
hearing -- if we go through with this, change the
11
little wording here, and we have a public hearing, and
12
three people show up, and three of them are against any
13
kind of increase, are we then, 30 days later, based on
14
the testimony of a handful of people, going to make a
15
decision based on that? I don't know. That's a tough
16
one for me. And so, that's very likely. Most times
17
people don't show up at these hearings. So, what do we
18
do? Are we going to go and make a decision on a
19
handful of people that might protest any kind of
20
increase because they hate government? Or we just,
21
right now, kick the can down the road and just say
22
"73,000 is nothing"? I don't know. That's a debate
23
I'm having. I need some help from you guys.
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CHAIR: Well, I would say do we value the
25
people that are running and overseeing the County? We
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had one commissioner come in and say that he didn't
2
think that the fire department needed raises. That was
3
the only negative we heard that I can remember as far
4
as no raises.
5
But I still think that the discussion we had
6
two months ago regarding this raise wasn't written in
7
stone. And I understand, like last year, we had the
8
lava flow, and this year we had the Protect Mauna Kea
9
movement – so, it might be something next year. Can I
10
allow that to slow up these salary increases? That's
11
something worthy, where the elected officials -- each
12
district has an elected official that is also the
13
public's advocate; and I would just stand by that for
14
myself, where I would -- I'm not saying how I'm going
15
to vote. I want to hear what the public is going to
16
say.
17
Yes, Milton?
18
MR. PAVAO: I think the 70-some-odd thousand
19
is kind of irrelevant. What's relevant is the
20
perception of the public of us giving raises in such
21
hard times. I don't think the 70,000 is a factor.
22
Whether it be 70,000 or a million, to me, that doesn't
23
matter. It's the perception of what we're doing in
24
certain times.
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MS. IKEDA: I agree with Milton because,
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actually, when you think about it, the budget is
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millions of dollars -- 73,000 is a drop in a bucket, in
3
my opinion. But I would like to at this time just say
4
that some of the positions that we take it up -- it's
5
included within the proposal that last time, but if we
6
dropped those and then take it up at another time.
7
I agree that the department heads -- to get
8
good people to run the government is really important,
9
and, at this time, I'd like to see we take it up
10
separately for the mayor, the managing director, the
11
deputy managing director, the county clerk, the deputy
12
county clerk, legislative auditor, council chair, and
13
council members as a separate group from what the
14
department heads --
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CHAIR: Can you read that slower, go through
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it one more time slower?
17
MR. PAVAO: Mr. Chairman, before we go any
18
further --
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CHAIR: We're going to allow her to have --
20
MR. PAVAO: Yeah, we'll allow, but I want to
21
say something.
22
Florence, I love you dearly, but for this
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body to pick and choose who they are going to give
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raises to is really, really a bad precedent.
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CHAIR: It's a discussion she --
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MS. IKEDA: Yeah, so --
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MR. PAVAO: I'm just giving my thoughts.
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CHAIR: Oh, yeah.
4 MR. PAVAO: We should not be doing this.
5
This is a bad precedent to pick and choose who this
6
body gives raises to.
7
MS. IKEDA: But I think in the past, that it
8
was separated at one point, yeah? It wasn't all
9
together. Is that correct, Bill? Am I correct?
10
MR. BRILHANTE: That's correct. There has
11
been decisions in the past where just certain
12
department heads were offered raises and others were
13
not.
14
May I just correct the record? And I'm going
15
to make two points. First off, there was some
16
reference to a 2.25 percent recommended raise coming
17
from myself. I just wanted to just again correct the
18
record: I didn't make any recommended raise proposals.
19
I didn't submit anything. The only document I
20
submitted was, if you look back in your packet, there's
21
a document that we received, and it was just a
22
reference to a comparison as to what the bargaining
23
unit annual raises that were approved by the --
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CHAIR: Understood. Okay, I understand.
25
Okay. My apologies.
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MR. BRILHANTE: And that came out to 5.33
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percent annually.
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CHAIR: And what was the 2.25 percent?
4
MR. BRILHANTE: The 2.25 was the specific
5
across-the-board raise only as related to salaries for
6
BU-13.
7
CHAIR: Gotcha.
8
MR. BRILHANTE: That was 2.25 percent.
9
CHAIR: I understand.
10
MR. BRILHANTE: The other correction is on
11
the annual costs for the proposed 1.25 percent raise,
12
if you look in your binder under the blue tab, the
13
first blue tab, there's a cut sheet there. And if you
14
look at the bottom, the annual increase is $54,000
15
dollars. My staff corrected me.
16
CHAIR: Thank you.
17
MR. BRILHANTE: It's $54,000.
18
MS. IKEDA: Well, I understand what you're
19
saying, Milton, that we should look at everybody.
20
What concerns me is, although we're not
21
supposed to think about what the financial state --
22
it's not supposed to be tied into what we're doing
23
but, realistically, I feel that if we don't do some
24
adjustments, we could be like a lot of counties on the
25
mainland where they are in dire financial straits, and
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they have even gone into bankruptcy. So, that's why I'm
2
looking at it from that point of view.
3
And I don't know about you people, but I have
4
a lot of people come up to talk to me about different
5
things, so I kind of know where my constituents are at,
6
I mean, so that's why I'm taking a look at this and in
7
this manner, you know. I want to see if we could --
8
it's like a compromise. To me, it's like a compromise.
9
MR. PAVAO: I totally understand what you're
10
saying. It's just my thought is that it's just bad
11
precedence for this body to pick and choose who they
12
going to give raises to, I mean, on those that we are
13
mandated to give raises to. It's just bad precedence
14
to pick and choose. That's my opinion.
15
CHAIR: Benson?
16
MR. MEDINA: Well, I tend to agree with what
17
Florence is saying because, you know, that executive
18
group - mayor, council members -- they are, basically,
19
either elected or appointed officials. The rest of the
20
guys that are managing the County -- the directors,
21
deputy directors, so forth -- I mean, part of what --
22
or I would say the majority of what we're supposed to
23
be doing is to make sure that those guys, their
24
salaries and benefits are consistent with what the
25
private sector is; and so, I think we need to take a
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serious look at those. And I think 1.25 percent, as
2
you add it up, as Milton said, it's inconsequential --
3
but, still, I think that we have a responsibility to at
4
least look at that and consider that and put that in
5
front of the public.
6
And, as Florence was saying, she knows the
7
constituents of her particular district that she's
8
representing and, I think, as Jim was saying earlier, I
9
mean, we can't take the testimony of three people and
10
make a decision based on that. So, I think as
11
commissioners, we're kind of incumbent on at least
12
getting some feedback from people in our district so
13
that, when we come to the meeting, that we can at least
14
speak on the behalf of the constituents that we have,
15
whatever diverse opinions those are, that we can at
16
least come and be prepared to share some of that
17
testimony with the group when we open it up to public
18
discussion.
19
MS. IKEDA: Can I ask you, Jenny, if we did
20
give the 1.25, that doesn't include the benefits,
21
right? That would be an additional?
22
MS. SAKAMOTO: Correct.
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CHAIR: Okay. There's also a -- I'm sorry.
24
MS. SAKAMOTO: But the benefits are
25
already -- Jenny Sakamoto of Human Resources, manager
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with Human Resources Department.
2
The fringe benefits are already in our
3
budget. It would just have to be adjusted, depending
4
on what retirement plan and -- so it may affect some of
5
the fringe but, generally speaking, it's already
6
calculated in the budget.
7
MS. IKEDA: Yeah. What I'm trying to get at
8
is if we did give that 1.25 in addition, though, we had
9
to calculate the fringe, right? It's not included in
10
1.25?
11
MS. SAKAMOTO: Yeah -- because you guys are
12
only looking at the base salaries. Yeah.
13
MS. IKEDA: Thank you.
14
MR. MEDINA: Can I ask a question before you
15
leave?
16
So, what is the indirect cost -- like the
17
percentage? So, when you take a look at somebody's
18
salary, then there's a percentage -- 20 percent --
19
whatever that is, that tacks on benefits and fringe
20
benefits and all that.
21
MS. SAKAMOTO: I don't know the exact amount,
22
but it's about 60-something percent in addition to
23
their base salary.
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MR. BRILHANTE: 60?
25
MS. SAKAMOTO: Yeah.
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MR. BRILHANTE: No -- fringe is running about
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30 percent.
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MR. MEDINA: Yeah, because it's usually
4
something between 25 and 30.
5
MS. SAKAMOTO: I think we better
6
double-check because, generally speaking, I thought it
7
was about 60-something. We can double-check with
8
Finance.
9
MR. BRILHANTE: Yeah, why don't you do that,
10
because generally the salaries -- the fringe benefits
11
that have been communicated to us --
12
MR. MEDINA: Yeah, correct.
13
MR. BRILHANTE: -- is about 30-something
14
percent on top of the current salary.
15
MR. MEDINA: Right.
16
MR. BRILHANTE: And going back to Ms. Ikeda's
17
point is the fact that, when we talk about salary
18
increases or raises with unions and we do union
19
arbitration, negotiation, and settlements, those fringe
20
benefits is something that is a given. Generally, it
21
doesn't get calculated in the cost of the raises.
22
MR. HIGGINS: And then, there's the catch-up
23
on the inadequate amount of money in the retirement
24
plan; so, there's a huge amount of money that
25
everybody -- all the counties -- are being assessed for
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to try to catch up for the unfunded liability. So, I
2
don't know if that's calculated but it all adds up,
3
and then it compounds as you go down the line. None of
4
this just ends. It's just not 54,000. It's a
5
compounding effect. People are living longer. Health
6
costs are going up. So, all that stuff keeps going --
7
the clock keeps running on that.
8
Another just food-for-thought kind of a
9
question, what if we did nothing? Speaking of my
10
constituents, I don't know any of them that would be
11
unhappy if it came out that Nancy wrote an article that
12
the Salary Commission decided on no pay raises. I
13
don't think there would be a lot of tears on that. So,
14
along with what Milton says, it's not so much the
15
amount of money because if we had the money, why would
16
we do 1.25? Why not 10 percent increase? It comes
17
down to the perception, again, of a government
18
commission actually having some sort of responsibility,
19
given the times.
20
Now, when the Fire Commission guy came and
21
said that their commission decided that, given the
22
times, they were not for pay raises, I think we
23
commented and gave him accolades for having the guts to
24
actually come out and say something like that.
25
So, that's how I'm viewing us right now.
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That's not to say that things get rosy in the future,
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that this commission is not going to be able to grant
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pay raises. That's not the thing --
4
CHAIR: Sure.
5
MR. HIGGINS: Right now – perception -- not
6
too good.
7
CHAIR: I mentioned to Danny can we table
8
this until a later date?
9
And it seems like that's where it's kind of
10
steering, in that direction, where the members present
11
would rather not pass this or more discussion on this
12
at a later date? Because, if not, I'm going to make a
13
motion to vote on it.
14
MS. IKEDA: Okay. I would just like to say
15
that I have a lot of businesspeople within my
16
district, and what their concern is, we can give them
17
the raises, et cetera, but how are they going to pay
18
for it? Because they do not want to see increases in
19
taxes because they're stressed to the max already,
20
because property taxes went up this past August and
21
then the excise tax went up, and it's going up again in
22
January. So, that's what they're really concerned
23
because now they're concerned about how are they going
24
to run their businesses? And I hear a lot of it.
25
CHAIR: Anymore?
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MR. MEDINA: I would just like to say one
2
more thing, that although we're not supposed to be
3
thinking about where the money is coming from -- but
4
like Milton said -- hey, man, let's face the reality.
5
It has to come from someplace. And, basically, what
6
Florence has said is it's probably going to come from a
7
tax increase or levy or something that is going to
8
generate some money for these increases. And although
9
now it's 54,000, which is less than the 73,000 Bill
10
first said, it's a drop in the bucket, but like Jim
11
said, you know, there's a compounding effect because
12
it's not just that, right? So, it's the benefits; it's
13
the retirement; it's all of the stuff. So, that figure
14
is actually much bigger.
15
And I agree with you that probably it
16
wouldn't create too much sweat on anybody's brow if we
17
decided, basically, to do nothing. My concern is how
18
long are we going to be in the do-nothing phase?
19
Because, at some point, you got to do something. And
so,
20
we don't want to be in a situation where we got to do
21
ten years of catch-up when we could have done it
22
incrementally every couple of years. So, that's my
23
mana ʻ o on the subject.
24
MS. IKEDA: It's just a question -- but should
25
we table this until the next meeting, or should we make
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a motion or what? Where do we stand? How do we
2
proceed?
3
CHAIR: You can make a motion to table it.
4
MS. IKEDA: Should I make a motion to table
5
it?
6
CHAIR: You can make a motion to table it,
7
and then we get a second, and then I'm going to call --
8
we've had enough discussion already. I'll call for the
9
vote.
10
MR. PAVAO: If I may comment, a motion to
11
table it means it has to come back again. Instead of
12
just table it, why don't we just -- I don't know what
13
the word is --
14
CHAIR: Go for it?
15
MR. PAVAO: Can --
16
MR. HIGGINS: Kill it?
17
MR. PAVAO: Yeah, good word, "kill it," and
18
then we can bring it back at any time we want instead
19
of table it. Instead of table it, I think kill it
20
would be better.
21
CHAIR: I hate to use those words, kill it.
22
MR. PAVAO: Suicide it.
23
CHAIR: Do we hear a motion? I'd like to
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hear a motion. I mean, we --
25
MR. BRILHANTE: Somebody can submit a
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motion --
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MR. PATEL: Postpone indefinitely.
3
MR. BRILHANTE: Postpone indefinitely.
4
CHAIR: Postpone indefinitely.
5
MR. BRILHANTE: But somebody is going to have
6
to make that motion.
7
MR. PAVAO: I make a motion to postpone it
8
indefinitely.
9
MS. IKEDA: I'll second it.
10
CHAIR: I call for a vote.
11
MR. BRILHANTE: Discussion?
12
CHAIR: Anymore discussion to the discussion
13
we already had?
14
Vote?
15
Benson?
16
MR. MEDINA: So, the motion is to cancel it or
17
kill it or --
18
CHAIR: Postpone it indefinitely.
19
MR. MEDINA: Postpone it indefinitely. I
20
vote yes.
21
MS. IKEDA: I vote yes.
22
CHAIR: I vote yes.
23
MR. PAVAO: Yes.
24
MR. HIGGINS: Yes.
25
CHAIR: It's unanimous.
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MR. PAVAO: It has to be.
2
CHAIR: With that, B. Update by Human
3
Resources Director William V. Brilhante, Jr., regarding
4
collective bargaining agreements.
5
MR. BRILHANTE: I think you're on the wrong
6
agenda.
7
CHAIR: I'm sorry. I am on the wrong agenda.
8
Sorry.
9
MR. BRILHANTE: I think we're about to go
10
home.
11
MR. PAVAO: I think we're done.
12
CHAIR: Sorry.
13
Any unfinished business for discussion?
14
None.
15
Opportunity for commissioners to request
16
items for placement on the next agenda. Do you want to
17
discuss this again on the next agenda -- raises?
18
MR. PAVAO: If possible, I'd like to --
19
CHAIR: We have to meet once a year at least.
20
MR. PAVAO: Yeah. If possible, at the next
21
meeting, I would like to hear from somebody from
22
administration again in regard to finances, based
23
what's going on.
24
CHAIR: Yeah, I hear what you're saying.
25
It's hard to look into the future into a crystal ball
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to see how long this is going to last up on the
2
mountain.
3
MR. PAVAO: Yeah.
4
CHAIR: And would you like to -- would you
5
like the mayor or --
6
MR. PAVAO: It's just a suggestion. I don't
7
know what the --
8
CHAIR: -- Deanna Sako?
9
MR. BRILHANTE: I guess -- may I interject?
10
CHAIR: Yes.
11
MR. BRILHANTE: My question would be for what
12
purpose?
13
CHAIR: Yeah, if we're not going to give a
14
raise.
15
MR. BRILHANTE: Exactly. If there's no
16
pending issue on the table, I don't think we even have
17
to schedule a meeting.
18
CHAIR: No.
19
MR. PAVAO: Well, then, what does
20
"indefinitely" mean? At some point in time, we got to
21
come back and discuss it.
22
MR. PATEL: Right. So the Chair can schedule
23
a meeting at any time, even if it's not scheduled
24
today. So, at some point, if a Commissioner feels that
25
now is the time, maybe, we should take it up again,
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that request can be made, and then a meeting can be
2
called.
3
CHAIR: We do need to make a meeting for
4
December so we can discuss the election, who is going
5
to be the new chairman and vice-chairman; so, at some
6
point in December, we need to meet.
7
MR. PAVAO: Okay.
8
CHAIR: And there's going to be people -- you
9
said you're going to be leaving, Mr. Higgins?
10
MR. HIGGINS: I don't know. I think my term
11
is up. I'm not sure. I think it is.
12
CHAIR: Okay. Glynis? Meeting in December?
13
MR. PAVAO: Yeah, let's get him reappointed.
14
MS. IKEDA: You're still young enough, Jim.
15
MS. YAMADA: So, you want me to check on the
16
availability of the council room?
17
CHAIR: Yes, thank you.
18
This will be our third holiday season going
19
through this. So, we can also have an election in
20
November, discuss it in November, for the next calendar
21
year.
22
The 4th and the 12th are available in
23
November.
24
MS. IKEDA: I'm not here on the 4th.
25
CHAIR: Anybody available on the 12th of
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November?
2
MR. MEDINA: 12th of November. What day of
3
the week is that? Is that a Tuesday?
4
CHAIR: I have it right here. That is a
5
Tuesday.
6
MR. MEDINA: I cannot make it.
7
CHAIR: Benson cannot be here.
8
MR. MEDINA: Yeah, I cannot be here.
9
CHAIR: So, we're looking at December. What
10
day of the week --
11
MR. BRILHANTE: May I recommend, since
12
there's a lot of Commissioners who aren't here today --
13
not a lot, but several -- and I think it's somewhat up
14
in the air, you can agree to schedule the next meeting
15
at the call of the Chair, and then --
16
CHAIR: Got it.
17
MR. BRILHANTE: -- we can work with the Chair
18
going forward and come up with an acceptable date with
19
everybody, just like how we scheduled today's meeting.
20
MR. PAVAO: Very good.
21
CHAIR: Thank you.
22
MR. MEDINA: Actually, now that I think about
23
it, that's Veteran's Day that weekend, right? I'm
24
actually available on that Tuesday.
25
CHAIR: You are?
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MR. PAVAO: No wonder you're the HR director.
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CHAIR: We'll go with Bill's suggestion.
3
MR. MEDINA: Yeah, yeah, Monday, because --
4
CHAIR: We'll go with your suggestion.
5
MR. BRILHANTE: That's an option, that date.
6
MR. MEDINA: Yeah, so the 12th I'm good. I'm
7
good on the 12th if you want to schedule it.
8
CHAIR: Well, if we vote for it now, George
9
can always change it.
10
MR. HIGGINS: What was that? I'm sorry.
11
MR. MEDINA: The 12th?
12
CHAIR: The 12th.
13
MR. HIGGINS: Of?
14
CHAIR: November.
15
MR. MEDINA: That's the day after Veteran's
16
Day.
17
CHAIR: Day after Veteran's Day, a Tuesday.
18
MR. MEDINA: That's, typically, like a
19
three-day weekend for everybody, right?
20
CHAIR: And, if George wants to change the
21
date, he can send a memo out to everybody to change it.
22
MR. HIGGINS: Sounds good to me.
23
CHAIR: So, the 12th of --
24
MR. HIGGINS: November.
25
CHAIR: 10:00.
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MS. YAMADA: Here at the council chambers?
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CHAIR: Council chambers.
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MR. BRILHANTE: No, wait, wait, wait. Before
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Fringe benefits right now, with the ERS
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contributions and the catch-up and all that, is running
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about, on average, about 43 percent.
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MR. PAVAO: When I was with Water Supply, 43
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we used to call it 4 and 1. For every four that you
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hired, the fifth one was all your benefits; so we used
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MR. PAVAO: So, 25 percent.
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MS. IKEDA: Yeah. But I retired a long time
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CHAIR: So, I haven't adjourned it, yet.
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MR. BRILHANTE: Now you can.
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CHAIR: So, is there anything we would like to
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MR. PAVAO: No. The only comment I have is
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keep with the 43 percent because that's my pension.
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6 reporter in the State of Hawaii, do hereby certify
7 that the foregoing pages are a true and correct
8 transcription of the proceedings in the above matter.
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Ms. Teri Hoskins, Certified Court Reporter, transcribed the aforementioned proceedings of the
Salary Commission at its meeting held on September 16, 2019.
Glynis Yamada, Secretary, Salary Commission, had incorporated some minor
formatting/housekeeping revisions throughout the transcript.
Respectfully Submitted,
Glynis Yamada, Secretary
APPROVED:
George W. Campbell, Chair
Salary Commission
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September 5, 2019
To: Honorable Harry Kim, Mayor
Jon Henricks, County Clerk
From: George W. Campbell, Chair
County of Hawai`i Salary Commission
Subject: Salary Commission's Detailed Report of Its Findings and Conclusions
Used to Develop its Proposal for a 1.25% Salary Increase for Executives
and Elected Officials, Effective January 1,2020
In accordance with Article XIII, Section 13-28(d) of the Hawai`i County Charter(2018),
Rule 204-1 of the Rules of the County of Hawai`i Salary Commission provides that the
Salary Commission:
shall review and compensate all county elected officials and appointed
directors and,deputy directors so that their total salaries and benefits have
a reasonable relationship to compensation in the public and private
sectors. All salary adjustment proposals shall be determined in
accordance with a plan adopted by the Commission (as amended), which
shall include, at a minimum, consultation with those boards and
commissions which have appointing authority for department heads.
Rule 204-2(c)provides that the Commission "submit copies of a detailed report of the
Commission's findings and conclusions used to develop its proposal, or proposals, to the
office of the county clerk and the office of the mayor for public inspection."
This letter and its attachments comprise the report required by Rule 204-2(c) when the
Salary Commission approves salary adjustments.
Rule 204-1 requires the Salary Commission to develop salary adjustment proposals in
accordance with a plan adopted by the Commission. This plan ("Plan") was adopted by
J. A. GreE,na , Nelson,H. Haravw;James-W. Hrgg;,m;
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Jon Henricks,County Clerk
September 5,2019
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the Commission in final form at its March 7, 2019 meeting. Attached hereto as Exhibit 1
is the March 7, 2019 meeting minutes. The Plan was reaffirmed at each of its meetings
up to and including August 15, 2019.
One of the requirements of the Plan was to evaluate private industry salary information.
See Att. A to Exhibit 1. The Director of Human Resources submitted Private Industry
Salary Information at the March 7 Commission meeting. See Att. B to Exhibit 1.
The Commission considered the Plan at its May 16, 2019 meeting. Attached hereto as
Exhibit 2 is the May 16, 2019 meeting minutes.
At its May 16, 2019 meeting, the Commission received written answers to the Plan
questions from all of the County Departments. See Att. E to Exhibit 2. At that meeting,
the Commission also received presentations from Corporation Counsel, the Chair of the
Fire Commission and the Chair of the Merit Appeals Board.
At its June 27, 2019 meeting the Commission received presentations from the Mayor and
the Head of the Finance Department. Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is the June 27, 2019
meeting minutes.
At its August 15, 2019 meeting the Commission received reports on collective bargaining
agreements, an update on compensation packages of private sector business, and a
general discussion on salary inversions from Human Resources Director
William V. Brilhante, Jr. Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is the August 15, 2019 meeting
minutes. The Commission also received written reports on Executive Salary Jurisdiction
Comparisons and the State's Executive Pay Plan. See Atts. B and C, respectively, to
Exhibit 4.
After discussing and contemplating all of the information outlined above, the
Commission agreed that it had completed all of the requirements of the Plan.
The Commission then voted to advance a proposal for a 1.25% cost-of-living adjustment
for all of the positions within its charter. A detailed account of the Commission's
proposal, including specific increases or decreases in both actual dollar amounts and
percentages is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.
Pursuant to Rule 204-2(a), notice that this report is available for public inspection at the
offices of the county clerk and the mayor will be published at least once in at least two
daily newspapers of general circulation in the County, along with the detailed account of
the Commission's proposal, including specific increases or decreases in both actual dollar
amounts and percentages.
Honorable Harry Kim,Mayor
Jon Henricks,County Clerk
September 5,2019
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The Commission wishes to thank you for all of the support received from all of the
County Departments with special thanks to William V. Brilhante, Jr., Danny Patel, and
Glynis Yamada.
Respectively Submitted
George W. Campbell, Chair
Salary Commission
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Attachments
***Proposed Proposed
Annual Salary Monthly Salary Annual Salary
Position 3/1/2018 1.25%ATB Increase 1/1/2020
Mayor 162,582 13,718.00 164,616.00
Managing Director 153,612 12,962.00 155,544.00
Deputy Managin Director 132,744 11,201.00 134,412.00
Prosecuting Attorney 153,228 12,929.00 155,148.00
First Deputy Prosecuting Attorney 145,968 12,317.00 147,804.00
Fire Chief 151,200 12,758.00 153,096.00
Deputy Fire Chief 143,640 12,120.00 145,440.00
Chief of Police 153,270 12,933.00 155,196.00
Deputy Chief of Police 145,968 12,317.00 147,804.00
Corporation Counsel 153,228 12,929.00 155,148.00
Assistant Corporation Counsel 145,968 12,317.00 147,804.00
Director of Human Resources 128,628 10,853.00 130,236.00
Deputy Director of Human Resources 122,628 10,347.00 124,164.00
Director of Environmental Management 132,744 11,201.00 134,412.00
Deputy Director of Environmental Managerr 126,420 10,667.00 128,004.00
Director of Finance 132,726 11,199.00 134,388.00
Deputy Director of Finance 126,402 10,666.00 127,992.00
Housing Administrator 126,420 10,667.00 128,004.00
Director of Planning 132,744 11,201.00 134,412.00
Deputy Director of Planning 126,420 10,667.00 128,004.00
Director of Public Works 132,582 11,187.00 134,244.00
Deputy Director of Public Works 126,264 10,654.00 127,848.00
Director of Parks and Recreation 128,760 10,865.00 130,380.00
Deputy Director of Parks cind Recreation 122,628 10,347.00 124,164.00
Director of Information Technology 126,420 10,667.00 128,004.00
Director of Liquor Control 126,420 10,667.00 128,004.00
Director of Research and Development 126,420 10,667.00 128,004.00
Deputy Director of Research and Developm 113,778 9,601.00 115,212.00
County Clerk 126,420 10,667.00 128,004.00
Deputy County Clerk 113,778 9,601.00 115,212.00
Legislative Auditor 126,420 10,667.00 128,004.00
Council Chair 77,016 6,499.00 77,988.00
Council Member 70,008 5,907.00 70,884.00
Totals 4,313,454 4,367,580
Annual increase 54,126
***Rounded up to next whole dollar