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your11274.94 department11275.26 and11275.82 employees11275.98 do11276.38 certainly11276.69 deal11277.02 with11277.33 some11277.58 tough11277.82 customers11278.22 from11278.77 time11278.94 to11279.1 time11279.26 and11279.42 disgruntled11279.66 residents,11280.22 so11280.69 we11281.02 all11281.33 thank11281.66 each11281.9 and11282.14 one11282.22 of11282.38 them11282.53 for11282.69 their11282.94 hard11283.18 work.11283.33 Are11284.06 there11284.22 any11284.38 questions?11284.61 Councilor11285.45 Pietrantonio.11285.85 11288.41 PIETRANTONIO11288.41 -11288.41 On11288.41 your11288.57 salaries,11288.89 I11290.33 know11290.49 everyone11291.05 gets11291.85 3%11292.01 raise,11292.65 4%11292.97 raise,11293.61 but11293.93 who's11294.17 the11294.49 lucky11294.65 deputy11295.05 collector11295.61 that11296.09 got11296.09 $11,00011296.33 raise?11297.69 11299.06 FORD11299.06 -11299.06 So,11299.06 I11299.61 believe11299.77 that11300.1 the11300.42 department,11301.94 the11303.22 assistant11306.9 positions11306.9 are11307.45 getting11307.61 realigned,11308.02 and11308.58 I11308.82 think11308.9 that11309.06 that's11309.3 just11309.45 like11309.69 a11309.85 cap11310.02 that11310.25 was11310.5 set.11310.66 I11311.3 don't11311.45 know11311.69 that11311.94 that11312.18 position11312.97 is11313.29 actually11313.45 getting11313.77 that11314.09 amount.11314.25 They're11315.29 trying11315.45 to11315.77 align11316.09 the11316.49 two11316.73 assistant11316.97 positions11317.53 to11318.09 be11318.65 at11318.89 the11319.05 same11319.21 level.11319.45 I11320.25 don't11320.41 believe11320.65 that11320.89 necessarily11321.21 means11321.77 that11322.25 that11322.57 person11322.65 is11323.05 getting11323.21 that11323.77 raise.11324.01 They're11325 just11325.17 setting11325.33 a11325.65 cap11325.81 to11326.13 put11327 that11327.33 cap11327.56 at11327.89 for11328.2 that11328.44 position11328.68 for11329.56 the11329.73 next11329.81 year.11330.05 11330.2 PIETRANTONIO11330.2 -11330.2 So,11332.28 they're11332.68 not11332.92 going11333.17 from11333.41 $79,00011333.73 and11334.84 change11335.08 to11335.33 $92,00011335.56 and11336.52 change?11336.76 11340.1 MICHERDA11340.1 -11340.1 Can11340.1 I11340.5 add11340.74 to11340.9 this?11341.22 11341.78 DIPIERRO11341.78 -11341.78 Yes.11341.78 11343.7 MICHERDA11344.18 -11344.18 So,11344.18 what11344.18 we've11344.42 noticed11344.66 throughout11345.54 the11345.86 budgeting11346.1 process11346.66 that,11347.38 the11349.22 collector11349.46 is11350.42 significantly11350.74 underpaid,11351.86 comparing11354.28 where11354.92 she11355.25 should11355.41 be11355.65 at11355.81 the11356.05 market,11356.2 and11357.08 they11357.41 are11357.57 doing11357.73 an11358.13 exceptional11358.36 job.11359.17 This11362.84 has11363 been11363.17 sort11363.41 of11363.57 a11363.73 discussion11363.89 at11364.6 the11364.76 end11364.92 of11365.08 the11365.25 budget.11365.41 So,11366.27 we11366.43 need11366.59 to11366.91 take11366.99 a11367.23 look11367.31 at11367.71 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11616.75 SPEAKER211616.75 -11616.75 Thank11616.75 you.11616.91 Who11618.21 was11618.37 next?11618.61 Thank11619.01 you.11619.25 Councilor11619.65 Elsie11620.13 Gebuene.11620.53 11624.53 JABOUIN11624.53 -11624.53 I11624.53 just11624.69 wanted11624.93 some11625.33 clarification11625.65 because11626.53 I11626.93 think11627.09 I11627.33 made11627.49 that11627.73 comment11629.65 earlier11630.13 during11631.35 the11631.52 budget11631.68 that11632.16 I11632.32 noticed11632.56 that11632.88 some11633.19 people11633.35 are11633.68 overpaid,11634.72 and11635.44 some11635.75 clerks11636.24 and11636.88 assistants11637.19 were11637.75 grossly11638.08 underpaid.11638.8 So,11639.6 are11639.83 we11640 referring11640.24 to11640.8 these11641.03 positions?11642.72 11646.26 FORD11646.26 -11646.26 Yes.11646.26 So,11647.38 with11647.86 the11648.1 new11648.26 budget,11648.98 we11649.62 were11649.78 able11649.94 to11650.18 take11650.34 a11650.46 look11650.58 at11650.82 who11651.54 was11651.78 being11652.1 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12463.28 SPEAKER212463.28 -12463.28 Counselor12463.28 Rogers.12463.84 12464.81 ROGERS12464.81 -12464.81 Thank12464.81 you,12464.97 Mr.12465.29 Chair.12465.61 Through12465.61 you,12465.77 thank12465.93 you12466.09 for12466.25 joining12466.41 us12466.73 tonight.12466.89 As12468.09 far12468.41 as12469.85 trying12470.17 to12470.49 fill12470.57 the12470.81 position,12470.97 what12472.89 are12473.13 the12473.29 qualifications12473.45 for12474.25 that12474.41 role,12474.65 and12475.13 is12475.61 it12475.85 a12476.41 salary12477.28 issuer12477.84 encountering12478.25 competing12478.89 with12479.36 the12479.52 private12479.68 sector,12480.08 or12480.49 is12480.65 it12480.81 a12480.97 lack12481.05 of12481.28 adequately12481.52 trained12482 staff?12482.33 12482.81 FOWLER12482.81 -12482.81 To12483.76 fill12483.92 the12484.25 auditor's12484.33 position?12484.81 12485.2 ROGERS12485.2 -12485.2 Yes.12485.2 12485.68 FOWLER12485.68 -12485.68 It's12485.68 multiple.12486.17 Little12488.73 history,12490.08 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