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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3-23-17 Agenda PacketRobert Crowell Chair Lenie Nishihira Vice Chair CALL TO ORDER Members: Daniel Aki Charles King . Sherri Kunioka-Vol Camilla Matsumoto Jo Ann Shimamoto COUNTY OF KAUAI SALARY COMMISSION NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA Thursday, March 23, 2017 9:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter Mo' ikeha Building, Liquor Conference Room No. 3 4444 Rice Street, L1hu`e, HI 96766 APPROVAL OF MINUTES Open Session Minutes of January 19, 2017 RECEIVED 17 MAR 15 P12:14 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK COUNTY OF KAUA'i BUSINESS SC 2017-05 Presentation by Director of Finance Ken Shimonishi on the County's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report SC 2017-06 Update from the Department of Human Resources Director Janine Rapozo on the status of the County's job descriptions of all elected and appointed officers as defined in Section 23.01 D of the Kauai County Charter. SC 2017-07 Discussion and decision-making on a communication dated February 24, 2017 from Council Chair Mel Rapozo to Chair Robert Crowell and Members of the Salary Commission, writing to ask the Commission to reconsider making the maximum salaries for Resolution No. 2017-01 retroactive to take effect on July 1, 2016 (excluding any retroactivity for the Kauai County Council pursuant to Charter Section 29.05). SC 2017-08 Communication dated March 7, 2017 from Councilmember Joann Yukimura to Chair Robert Crowell and Members of the Commission requesting that the Salary Commission re -look at the Group II maximum salary caps to affirm the Commission's prior recommendations that were considered in Resolution No. 2017-1 relating to the Salaries of Certain Officers and Employees of the County of Kauai. An Equal Opportunity Employer ANNOUNCEMENTS Next Meeting: To Be Determined ADJOURNMENT NOTICE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes §92-7 (a). The Commission may, when deemed necessary, hold an executive session on any agenda item without written public notice if the Executive Session was not anticipated in advance. Any such Executive Session shall be held pursuant to HRS §92-4 and shall be limited to those items described n HRS §92-5(a). cc: Matthew Bracken, First Deputy County Attorney PUBLIC COMMENTS and TESTIMONY Persons wishing to offer comments are encouraged to submit written testimony at least 24 -hours prior to the meeting indicating: 1) Your name and if applicable, your position/title and organization you are representing. 2) The agenda item that you are providing comments on; and 3) Whether you are testifying in person or submitting written comments only. 4) If you are unable to summit your testimony at least 24 hours prior to the meeting, please provide ten (10) copies of your written testimony at the meeting. The length of time allocated to persons wishing to present verbal testimony may be limited at the discretion of the chairperson or presiding member. Send written testimony to: Salary Commission C/o Office of Boards and Commissions 4444 Rice Street, Suite 150 L-1hu'e, HI 96766 Phone: (808) 241-4920 Business Fax: (808) 241-5127 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE If you need an alternate format or an auxiliary aid to participate, please contact the Boards and Commissions Support Clerk at (808) 241-4919 at least five (5) working days prior to the meeting. Salary Commission — Thursday, March 23, 2017 2 1 P a g e Cd o o O ° o o oN Q ° 0 � U .� Z ° -S 0 r ° O� cd cri p U O O cd +�"+ U y� O -- N En w Cd. 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Yukimura Council Services Division 4396 Rice Street, Suite 209 LYhu`e, Kauai, Hawaii 96766 February 24, 2017 Robert Crowell, Chair and Members of the Salary Commission c/o Office of Boards and Commissions 4444 Rice Street, Suite 150 Lihu`e, Hawaii 96766 m t?u i Lr un eli OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK Jade K. Fountain-Tanigawa, County Clerk Scott K. Sato, Deputy County Clerk Dear Chair Crowell and Members of the Salary Commission: Telephone: (808) 241-4188 Facsimile: (808) 241-6349 E-mail: cokcouncil@kauai.gov MAR 2 ` 2017 Thank you for your consideration of my December 20, 2016 letter relating to providing salary equity for the positions from the Salary Commission's Resolution Nos. 2016-1 and 2016-3 that were not approved along with the salaries in Resolution No. 2016-2, which were approved last year. I am writing to you again to request that the Salary Commission reconsider making the maximum salaries for Resolution No. 2017-1 retroactive to take effect as of July 1, 2016 (excluding any retroactivity for the Kauai County Council pursuant to Charter Section 29.05). Thank you for your consideration of this request. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 241-4188. JA:cy Sincerely. PW -4f kle__ MEL RAPOZO Council Chair. Kauai County Council AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER COUNTY COUNCIL Mel Rapozo, Chair Ross Kagawa, Vice Chair Arthur Brun Mason K. Chock Arryl Kaneshiro Derek S.K. Kawakami JoAnn A. Yukimura Council Services Division 4396 Rice Street, Suite 209 Lihu`e, Kauai, Hawaii 96766 March 7, 2017 Robert Crowell, Chair and Members of the Salary Commission c/o Office of Boards and Commissions 4444 Rice Street, Suite 150 Lihu`e, Hawaii 96766 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK Jade K. Fountain-Tanigawa, County Clerk Scott K. Sato, Deputy County Clerk Dear Chair Crowell and Members of the Salary Commission: Telephone: (808) 241-4188 Facsimile: (808) 241-6349 E-mail: cokcouncil@kauai.gov MAR 10 2017 At its February 22, 2017 Council Meeting, the County Council considered Salary Commission Resolution No. 2017-1 Relating To the Salaries Of Certain Officers and Employees of the County Of Kauai (hereinafter Resolution 2017-1). I suggested a deferral because I felt that the public had not received proper notice (the subject resolution was posted "for Council information," with no indication that the Council would be taking action on the matter) and because I had many questions about the Salary Commission's reasoning in approving the resolution. The majority of the Council voted to receive the resolution instead, thereby effectively allowing the resolution to take effect. Since Council Chau Mel Rapozo is now asking you to consider making the salaries covered by Resolution 2017-1 retroactive, and as I requested orally at the Council Meeting of February 22, 2017, I would like to ask that you make the record clear as to your reasoning in re -proposing salary cap increases that were disapproved by the County Council in 2016. I acknowledge and appreciate the extensive analysis and explanation that the Salary Commission submitted with Resolution 2016-1 last year. However, when I looked at the lowest nine positions in Salary Resolution 2016-1 (hereinafter "Group II") in the context of the severe budgetary constraints of the Fiscal Year 2017 budget (the situation has not improved with the Fiscal Year 2018 budget), it seemed that the arguments about inversion, recruitment, and retention that applied to the top twenty-one positions in Resolution 2016-1 (hereinafter "Group I"), and comparables with other neighbor island counties taken all together were not as compelling as they were with Group I. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Chair Crowell and Members of the Salary Commission Re: Follow -Up to Salary Commission Resolution No. 2017-1 March 7, 2017 Page 2 For example, I am not aware of any inversion problems for any of the Group II positions. Perhaps you have information that I do not have. Nor am I aware of recruitment or retention problems with any of the Group II positions— except perhaps with the County Auditor position, for which I know first-hand that the compensation package in its totality was a factor in the Council's prime candidate turning the job down. Lastly, the chart below compares the salaries of comparable Group II positions among the three neighbor island counties. Please remember that of the three counties, Kauai County has the smallest population—about one third of the Big Island and less than one half of Maui's. (According to the U. S. Census Bureau, Population Division, resident populations in the three counties were as follows in 2014: Hawaii County -194,000, Maui County -163,00 and Kauai County -70,000.) Other important factors to remember about the comparison among neighbor island counties are: • Maui County's Housing Director is the Director of Housing and Human Concerns, which means that the Director oversees more than housing. • The County Clerk and Deputy County Clerk on Kauai oversee all legislative concerns (including staff responsible for all meetings of the Council and its committees and providing service to all Councilmembers), recordkeeping, and elections, while the County Clerk on Maui shares those responsibilities with the Office of Council Services headed by a separate department head. While I voted against receiving Resolution No. 2017-1, it was not because I held a preconceived position against all of the proposed salary caps; it was because I wanted to obtain all relevant information and have a robust conversation with you, the public, and my colleagues on the Council prior to making my decision on each proposed increase. I also felt the public was misled by the agenda posting and that the Council should have allowed more time for the public to become aware of, and to testify on, the proposed salary caps; deferral would have allowed more time. As you may know, I have also been concerned about the Mayor's appointment of department heads without a competitive process and his setting of salaries at the maximum level without regard to experience, credentials, or time served. This sets a bad precedent and does not encourage high standards of performance on behalf of the taxpayers of Kauai County. In fact, in several instances, whether the actual decision was right or wrong, the appointing process appears political (i.e., the appointment of his campaign manager to a department head position) rather than Chair Crowell and Members of the Salary Commission Re: Follow -Up to Salary Commission Resolution No. 2017-1 March 7, 2017 Page 3 based on merit, and diminishes the credibility of county government. Here's where an open, competitive process could prevent such conclusions—and promote a higher level of performance. While these issues in the immediately preceding paragraph are not within the Salary Commission's power to address directly, it is worthwhile to remember that a previous Salary Commission that shared your desire "to advocate quality of services" (your words in your 2016 report) mentioned the issue of annual reviews in its report, something that was not within its power to institute. This spurred the Administration over time to institute annual performance reviews of all department heads and managers. I believe this professional procedure has enhanced the quality of county government. I therefore respectfully request that the Salary Commission re -look at the Group II maximum caps in light of the points I have raised. If, after a re -look, you, as the Salary Commission, affirm your prior recommendations, I will be satisfied that my points have been thoroughly considered and vetted and the public will have a record of your position and reasons. Hopefully some of the points made here will be useful in considering retroactivity as well. Thank you for your consideration of this request. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 241-4188. Sincerely, JOANN A. YUKIMURA Councilmember, Kauai County Council JA: as