Proposed Findings of Fact by the 2024 County of Hawaii Salary Commission Dated August 27, 2024

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$105,600.00, or be increased or decreased. At the time of this meeting, the contracted Interim Administrator had not yet begun employment and as such, the COH Salary Commission delayed further consideration of the OSCER Administrator salary for six (6) months to afford the Interim Administrator time to begin to establish the Agency and be prepared to report to this Commission its efforts to date. 6. At its July 31, 2024 meeting, the COH Salary Commission received verbal testimony from Hawaii County Council Chair Heather Kimball who shared the vision and intent of OSCER and noted that it was developed based on the Standford "Community Impact Model", which was designed to bring in resources to support its mission of community outreach, community connection, and reporting of data metrics, while vigorously seeking out grant resources for the County of Hawaii. Chair Kimball reiterated the important need for the COH Salary Commission to consider a salary for the OSCER Administrator that would be competitive with the private sector to entice high-quality candidates while also being commensurate with similarly situated existing County of Hawaii Administrators and Department Heads considering the OSCER Administrator's responsibilities and objectives. 7. At its July 31, 2024 meeting, the COH Salary Commission also heard from the Interim OSCER Administrator, Bethany Morrison, who articulated the need to breakdown silos and streamline collaboration within all County of Hawaii agencies and departments while evaluating existing policies and programs. Interim OSCER Administrator Morrison further articulated several new and ongoing initiatives that illustrate OSCER's role in the County of Hawaii, beyond that as a grant writer, but also as finding solutions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, using renewable energy sources, examining the Island of Hawai`i's fragile biodiversity and how to properly protect such, while look at options for resilience with the County of Hawai`i's infrastructure as it is directly affected by sea levels rising. 8. At its August 27, 2024 meeting, the COH Salary Commission heard from Managing Director Deanna Sako (hereinafter "MD Sako"). MD Sako shared comparative information for similarly situated Agency and/or Departments within the County of Hawaii that closely resembled either the amount of personnel or the breadth of responsibility to that of the newly formed OSCER Agency. Most similarly situated for departmental expectations was the Department of Research and Development, and the most similarly situated for personnel purposes was the County Auditor, both of which paid its Director or Administrator a current recently evaluated salary of One Hundred Sixty -Two Thousand and Five Hundred and Forty Dollars and no/cents ($162,540.00). 9. In accordance with the Charter and Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 92, the COH Salary Commission's meetings held on January 27, 2024, July 31, 2024, August 27, 2024, and September 24, 2024; were duly noticed and afforded opportunities for public comment and testimony was received. 2