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FINDINGS OF FACT BY THE 2013 SALARY COMMISSION <br /> APRIL 16,2013 <br /> Pursuant to the Revised Charter of the City and County of Honolulu 1973 (2000 Edition), <br /> Section 3-122, the 2013 Salary Commission hereby makes the following findings of fact <br /> in support of its decision to establish the salaries of elected and appointed officials of the <br /> City and County of Honolulu: <br /> I. The 2013 Salary Commission has publicly solicited testimonies regarding <br /> salaries of the City and County of Honolulu's elected officials and the following <br /> appointed officials: mayor, councilmembers, managing director, deputy <br /> managing director, department heads, deputy department heads, and band <br /> director, and salary schedules for the deputies of the corporation counsel and <br /> prosecuting attorney, and now makes its final recommendations. <br /> 2. The 2013 Salary Commission finds that the City has not been able to fill the <br /> positions of the Medical Examiner and Deputy Medical Examiner and that more <br /> competitive salaries for these positions are required. The Salary Commission also <br /> finds that inversion of salaries continues to exist in departments,where the <br /> highest paid subordinates' salaries are higher than the department and deputy <br /> department heads;however,that the Salary Commission elects to remedy the <br /> inversions incrementally over the years. <br /> 3. The 2013 Salary Commission created a permitted interactions group ("PIG") <br /> pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 92-2.5 on January 29, 2013; the PIG <br /> provided its recommendations on March 5,2013; and on March 19, 2013,the <br /> Salary Commission conducted its deliberations and decision making on the PIG's <br /> recommendations, accepting in part PIG's recommendations. <br /> 4. The Salary Commission convened on April 1,2013 and voted affirmatively on the <br /> following proposed salary increases/salaries for elected and appointed officials: <br /> Mayor: 4% <br /> Councilmembers: 4% <br /> Prosecuting Attorney: 4% <br /> Managing Director: 4% <br /> Deputy Managing Director: 4% <br /> Department Heads (except Police and Medical Examiner): 4% <br /> Police Chief: 5.5% <br /> Medical Examiner: $250,008 per annum <br /> Deputy Department Heads (except Police and Medical Examiner): 4% <br /> Deputy Police Chiefs: 5.5% <br /> Deputy Medical Examiner: $200,016 per annum <br /> Band Director: 2% <br />