Proposed Findings of Fact by the 2023 County of Hawaii Salary Commission Dated October 12, 2023

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Hawaii County Dept. of Human Resources 10/16/2023 01:19:37 PM Positions compensation since 2018, an unfair reduction of income for the individuals occupying these positions. This inflationary adjustment is granted to bring the base compensation from the 2018 level to a 2023 level. It does not entail any retroactive pay to individuals serving in these Covered Positions. 10. To keep pace with CPI inflation rates, pay increases granted to BU 13 employees, and to avoid further inversion scenarios where Civil Servants are paid more than their managers, the COH Salary Commission concludes that an inflationary adjustment of 22.44% in base salary for Covered Positions effective January 1, 2024 or on the first day of the month following the COH Salary Commission's final approval. In addition, the COH Salary Commission only approves a 5% pay increase after the base compensation is set to a 2023 level. This is the only increase granted to account for pay adjustments for fiscal year ("FY") 2024-2025, effective on July 1, 2024. The estimated inflationary rate for calendar year 2023 is 4.8%. This adjustment is also consistent with the wages paid to other County of Hawaii employees in collective bargaining units who receive across the board pay increases, step movements, and overtime. It shall be implemented and is consistent with the principles of adequate compensation for work performed and preservation of a reasonable relationship to compensation in the public and private sectors, as the COH Salary Commission is directed to do by Section 13-28 of the Charter. A table of the recommended salary increases as set forth in this section are attached hereto as Exhibit "A". 11. The COH Salary Commission acknowledges that the proposed inflationary adjustment and the 5% pay increase may not level the historic disparity but it is, nonetheless, a step in the right direction. The COH Salary Commission strongly recommends that this Commission meet annually, before the budget cycle begins, and make the appropriate adjustments going forward. It should be reiterated that the Covered Positions compensation have not received any adjustment since either January 1, 2018 or March 1, 2018 (certain select Covered Positions received salary increases on January 1, 2018, while others received their salary increases on March 1, 2018). 12. On October 12, 2023, the COH Salary Commission having acknowledged its charge pursuant to the Charter is to review and compensate all county elected officials and appointed Directors and Deputy Directors so that their total salaries and benefits have a reasonable relationship to compensation in the public and private sectors. The COH Salary Commission approved these Proposed Findings of Fact recommending the inflationary adjustment from the 2018 to 2023 level and grants a 5% pay increase for FY 2024-2025 for Covered Positions and will hereafter ensure publication at least once in two daily newspapers of general circulation, submit said Proposed Findings of Fact to the Office of the County Clerk and the Office of the Mayor for public inspection and will hold a public hearing on these Proposed Findings of Fact on a date to be announced in the aforementioned newspaper publication. Any adjustment that increases or decreases any salary by more than ten percent shall require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the