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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-12-15 CCC Open Session Min. ApprovedCOUNTY OF KAUAI Minutes of Meeting OPEN SESSION Board /Committee: Cost Control Commission Meeting Date October 12, 2015 Location Mo'ikeha Building — Meeting Room 2A /B Start of Meeting: 1:30 p.m. End of Meeting: 2:11 p.m. Present Chair Laurie Yoshida; Vice -Chair Glen Takenouchi; Members: Dirk Apao, Joanne Nakashima, James Whitfield, Tricia Lynn Yamashita. Also present: Board & Commissions Office Staff. Support Clerk Mercedes Omo; Administrator Jay Furfaro; and Deputy County Attorney Matthew Bracken Excused Absent Jan Hashizume SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Call To Order Chair Yoshida called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m. with six (6) members present constituting a quorum. Approval of the • Regular Open Session Minutes of July 13, 2015. Meeting Minutes • Regular Executive Session meeting minutes of July 13, 2015. With no corrections to the meeting minutes, Chair Yoshida called for the A motion was made by Vice Chair Takenouchi approval of the Regular Open Session and Executive Session meeting to approve the Open Session meeting minutes of minutes of July 13, 2015. July 13, 2015. Mr. Whitfield seconded the motion. Motion carried 6:0 A motion was made by Ms. Nakashima to approve the Executive Session meeting minutes of July 13, 2015. Motion carried 6:0 Business Discussion and possible decision - making on a recommendation to CCC 201540 implement an employee cost saving incentive monetarcompensation program. Deputy County Attorney Bracken gave the Commissioners a briefing on Cost Control Commission Regular Quarterly Meeting Open Session October 12, 2015 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION the pros and cons on implementing an employee cost savings incentive monetary compensation program. He stated that he was informed by the Director of Human Resources for the City and County of Honolulu that their employee incentive program is at a standstill because of the lack of employee participation. Chair Yoshida asked what the maximum amount of the award to which Attorney Bracken responded according to the HR Director the maximum amount was set at $2500 before taxes which is considered added income and will push the employee into a higher the tax bracket. He added that if the Commission is seriously thinking about making a recommendation the HR Director from the City & County of Honolulu recommends that award earned is made after taxes. Commissioner Whitfield commented that because there seems to be a lot of mixed reviews about the program it may not be worth with for the Commission to pursue the program. *Note - Due to a malfunction with the recording equipment the remainder of the meeting was not transcribed. Announcements Next tentative meeting — Monday, November 9, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. at the Mo'ikeha Building in the Liquor Conference Room No. 3. Adjournment At 2:11 p.m. Chair Yoshida called for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Vice Chair Takenouchi moved to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Nakashima seconded the motion. Motion carried 6:0 Cost Control Commission Regular Quarterly Meeting Open Session October 12, 2015 Submitted by: Mercedes Omo, Staff Support Clerk (X) Approved as circulated on February 8, 2016. ( ) Approved as amended. See minutes of meeting. Reviewed and Approved by: Joanne Nakashima, Chair