June 2, 2019
Honorable Senators:
The recent closeted antics of the
CCU as they provided exorbitant raises to the GPA/GWA mana’kilu cries out for
action by you. I respectfully suggest a complete prohibition of discussion of
anything even remotely related to salary increases in executive session,
coupled with complete disclosure and a lay before provision that would allow
you take such corrective action as you find appropriate. Please consider a bill
along the lines of THE SALARY TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2019, infra. The legislative findings could consist of the Friday Post
front page article entitled “Ridgell on utility
pay raises: 'The trick is on us.’” I suggest the following as the
substance of the act:
THE SALARY TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2019
12 GCA Chapter 2 Autonomous Agencies: General Provisions
§ 2101.Salary adjustment: Lay
before provision. No salary adjustment by a board or commission for its
employees shall be effective until the certificate of the Chair of the board or
commission has lain before the legislature for ninety days.
§ 2102. Same: Procedure. The
resolution providing for a salary adjustment for a board or commission for its
employees shall be transmitted to the Speaker along with the certificate of the
Chair no later than ninety days before the legislature adjourns sine die.
§ 2103. Contents of
certificate. The certificate of the
Chair must be executed pursuant to 6 GCA § 4308. The certificate must state
that all aspects of the resolution providing for the salary adjustment were
discussed and adopted in a properly called and noticed open and public meeting,
a quorum being present and minutes being recorded.
§ 2104. Same: Reporting. The
certificate of the Chair must show that the requirements of 5 GCA § 8113.1 have
been complied with.
§ 2105. Salary adjustment
void. An attempted salary adjustment not
in compliance with the provisions of this chapter is void ab initio.
Adoption of THE SALARY TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2019 would hold
accountable for legal compliance the Chair of every board and commission engaging
in salary adjustment. The ninety day lay before provision would allow you to nix
board or commission overreach e.g.
that demonstrated by the CCU last November 27.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Robert Klitzkie
Robert Klitzkie
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