HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 143 09/30/1997 1996-1998 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: September 30, 1997 Re: Comm. No. 483Bi11 No. 138
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 10:35 A.M.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 138, reports as follows:
Bill No. 138, transmitted by Council Chair James Y. Arakaki, via Communication No. 483, dated September 3, 1997, initiates a
Charter amendment to Article XIII, Section 13-28 of the Hawaii County Charter (1991 Edition), as amended, relating to the
Salary Commission.
Bill No. 138 will allow the Hawaii County Salary Commission the responsibility of establishing the salary of all county elected
officials, the managing director, deputy managing director, housing administrator, safety coordinator, band director, county
physicians, county clerk, deputy county clerk, legislative auditor, and department heads, along with the deputy department
heads of departments as described in articles V through VII of the charter.
Bill No. 138 also adds a provision which instmcts the Salary Commission to review and compensate the aforementioned
persons in accordance with generally accepted principles of pay and compensation for work performed and preservation of a
sensible relationship with the salazies of other county employees; provided, that once having set the salary of the Mayor, the
salaries for all other positions set by the commission shall not exceed 95% of the mayor's salary.
Currently, the Salary Commission establishes the compensation of the Mayor, Council, and Prosecuting Attorney. The salaries
of all other persons employed by the county or any of its boazds or commissions, whether as officers or otherwise, aze
established by a pay plan as set forth in Article III, Section 3-13 of the Hawaii County Charter.
Section 13-28(a) of Bill No. 138 was amended to read as follows, "department heads, along with the deputy depaz[ment heads,
of departments described in articles V through VII and IX of this charter."
Members of Your Committee expressed concern over the reduction of public input into the issue of pay raises and the reduction
of accountability by shifting the Council's responsibilities to the Salary Commission.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 138, as amended to Draft 2, and recommends it
pass first reading.
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