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the salaries; council doesn' t determine it. Yuen: The <br /> proposal is for the Salary Commission to set the <br /> salaries of all elected County officials (includes <br /> mayor , prosecutor and council) ; department head <br /> salaries are still set by ordinance. <br /> Bethea: Partial wording said, elected officials will <br /> have a "reasonable relationship to the salaries of <br /> civil service employees , giving due consideration for <br /> the duties and responsibilities. " Also, Salary <br /> Commission members should have the approval of mayor <br /> and council . <br /> L'Orange: Questioned whether sunshine law applies to <br /> Salary Commission. Yuen: Yes , it does apply. <br /> Cushnie: Questioned whether check and balance existed <br /> between Salary Commission and council . Mentnech: If <br /> council wants a raise, they chose people who will agree <br /> that they need a raise. Cushnie: But council is <br /> accountable to people. Mentnech: Can see abuse--not <br /> from present electees , but maybe from those in place <br /> after the next election. Prefers to leave it as it now <br /> is . If council is in charge of the money, they <br /> shouldn' t be delegating salary decisions to <br /> commissions. L'Orange: Repeated Mr . Mentnech' s <br /> proposal: to rewrite the compensation section to <br /> delete the Salary Commission complete and have salaries <br /> set by council. Mentnech: Yes , or require council to <br /> okay salaries . <br /> Mentnech: Newspaper article hinted at ALL executive <br /> salaries being raised , but in actually, it ' s only the <br /> mayor ' s and prosecutor ' s. <br /> PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Jerry Rothstein. Rothstein: Re <br /> Article XI , (1) does not wish any further voting rights <br /> taken away from citizens. (2) Wants clear ballot <br /> language addressed by the Charter Commission because of <br /> the confusing language used in the Hapuna initiative. <br /> County Clerk is supposed to have the final say in <br /> language, but the County Clerk always deferred to <br /> Corporation Counsel . Rothstein reviewed language <br /> before it was put on allot , found it confusing, and <br /> made suggestions to change it; there was even a factual <br /> mistake in the language. Corporation Counsel not only <br /> refused to simplify the language but refused to correct <br /> the error. Hence, Hawaii residents lost the right to <br /> 885 <br />