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Merit Appeals Board <br />August 30, 2023 <br />collective bargaining pay increases for bargaining units 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, and 14/15 (SEE <br />ATT. A). And the other document is the executive salary jurisdiction comparisons within the <br />State of Hawaii (SEE ATT. B). So, thank you, Glynis, for providing this. <br />This is very helpful. It gives us a little bit more insight into the salaries within the State by <br />jurisdiction and the highest paid subordinate salary compared to the department head and deputy <br />salary for human resources. <br />MR. PATEL: And so, Chair, if I can provide some— <br />CHR. CABANAS: Yes, please proceed, Mr. Patel. <br />MR. PATEL: background information. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Thank you. <br />MR. PATEL: So, I don't have exact numbers but what may be helpful is, as far as comparison <br />purposes between jurisdictions, typically, Hawaii County is compared to Maui County in terms <br />of population. Although Hawaii County's population is higher than Maui County's. And also <br />comparable in terms of number of employees and scope covered by each one of the same or <br />similar positions. <br />So, for example, I believe Maui County has somewhere around 2,000 employees total. And so, <br />now I'm speaking specifically with regard to HR—so around 2,000 employees total. Their <br />population slightly less. Obviously, Maui County's geographical area is smaller. In terms of <br />budget and ability to pay, Maui County has always had they've been the richest county by <br />far—even as compared against City and County for what their liabilities are. <br />Those would be the closest, obviously, we don't compare to State, we don't compare to City and <br />County, Kauai is a lot smaller—so the comparison is always made with Maui County. I believe <br />that is as, again, just as a starting point what the current salary commission is looking at—the <br />comparison between those two jurisdictions. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Salary commission needs to determine the salary structure for Hawaii <br />County. Human Resources used to be on the lower end in comparison to the larger departments. <br />I would think the role that human resources has to play for the County really should be there in <br />terms of the scope of work, even though the department size is small—and for it to be less than <br />Kauai Kaua`i's scope is very small compared to what Hawaii County does. Those are just <br />my few comments, just looking at this—it's like, wow. <br />Page 15 <br />