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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br /> DATE: April 23, 2019 Re: Comm. No. 223/Bill No. 57 <br /> PLACE: Council Chambers <br /> Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i <br /> TIME: 9:15 a.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawai`i County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 57, reports as follows: <br /> Bill No. 57, transmitted by Finance Director Deanna Sako, via Communication No. 223 dated <br /> April 4, 2019, adopts a pay plan for persons employed by the County other than those whose pay <br /> is otherwise provided for, designates payroll periods, pay days, prescribes requirements with <br /> respect to official fidelity bonds, and repeals Ordinance No. 18-53 and all amendments thereto, <br /> said Ordinance to be known as the Salary Ordinance of 2019. <br /> This bill establishes rates of compensation for appointed employees in the Legislative Branch <br /> and the Office of Housing and Community Development, the County Physician, and Student <br /> Helpers and Senior Community Services Aids for various County agencies. <br /> County Clerk Jon Henricks commented there are a number of pay steps in this bill that have not <br /> been utilized in at least five years. Mr. Henricks explained this measure could either be <br /> postponed or moved forward to first reading where an amendment may be introduced. He <br /> explained that the pay steps that have not been used for several years could be removed and not <br /> add any new steps at this point in time. <br /> Council Member Valerie T. Poindexter stated removing the lettered steps would cause confusion <br /> and suggested putting a line through the ones that are obsolete. <br /> Mr. Henricks suggested that the obsolete pay steps be removed and to keep all others in place so <br /> as not to disrupt the Human Resources system. He stated that an amendment would take effect <br /> on July 1, 2019. <br /> Council Member Susan L.K. Lee Loy stated she is all for cleaning up the bill and feels working <br /> with the Clerk on an amendment and working with William Brilhante, Director of Human <br /> Resources, to ensure proposed amendments are appropriate and in line with rules and regulations <br /> of the department. <br /> FC Report No. 31 <br />