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10. To facilitate and assist in its review of compensation for the OSCER Administrator, and <br />as required by the Charter, the COH Salary Commission consulted the appointing <br />authority for this Agency, specifically, it solicited input from the Office of the Mayor and <br />the Department of Human Resources. The COH Salary Commission also afforded the <br />Interim OSCER Administrator to submit input and/or recommendations for the COH <br />Salary Commission to consider. The COH Salary Commission also considered its <br />Findings of Fact adopted in December of 2023 which reflected all substantive <br />information reviewed and considered when the COH Salary Commission evaluated and <br />then increased compensation for all County of Hawaii Covered Personnel. <br />11. The COH Salary Commission acknowledged a need to set the OSCER Administrator <br />salary at an equitable rate with other commensurate County of Hawaii department heads <br />to entice competitive applicants and avoid the ongoing issue of parity with civil service <br />employees. Given such, the COH Salary Commission used both Research and <br />Development and the County Auditor as the commensurate department/agency and found <br />the most appropriate salary for the OSCER Administrator to be One Hundred Sixty -Two <br />Thousand and Five Hundred and Forty Dollars and no/cents ($162,540.00). <br />12. On September 24, 2024, the COH Salary Commission having acknowledged its charge <br />pursuant to the Charter is to review and compensate all county elected officials and <br />appointed Directors and Deputy Directors so that their total salaries and benefits have a <br />reasonable relationship to compensation in the public and private sectors. The COH <br />Salary Commission approved these Proposed Findings of Fact recommending the salary <br />for the OSCER Administrator be set at One Hundred Sixty -Two Thousand and Five <br />Hundred and Forty Dollars and no/cents ($162,540.00), and will hereafter ensure <br />publication runs at least once in two daily newspapers of general circulation, submit said <br />Proposed Findings of Fact to the Office of the County Clerk and the Office of the Mayor <br />for public inspection and will hold a public hearing on these Proposed Findings of Fact <br />on a date to be announced in the aforementioned newspaper publication. Any adjustment <br />that increases or decreases any salary by more than ten percent shall require an <br />affirmative vote of two-thirds of the entire membership of the COH Salary Commission. <br />Following public hearing, the COH Salary Commission may vote to approve the <br />recommended salary for the OSCER Administrator at its next duly scheduled and noticed <br />meeting. <br />13. The COH Salary Commission is comprised of volunteer commissioners who are mindful <br />of current economic conditions and anticipated concerns of the public. The COH Salary <br />Commission balanced such against their obligation to set salaries consistent with the <br />principles of adequate compensation for work performed while preserving a reasonable <br />relationship between the salary it sets for the OSCER Administrator and other <br />commensurate departments so that their total salaries and benefits have a reasonable <br />3 <br />