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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1997-081 1996-1998 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 83 ORDINANCE NO. 81 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 26 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE RELATING TO SALARY GRADES FOR DEPUTIES IN THE OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL AND THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Article 26 of Chapter 2 of the Hawaii County Code is amended to read as follows: Section 2-143. Definitions. (a) "Deputies" means deputies in the office of the corporation counsel and the office of the prosecuting attorney. (b) "Appointing authority" means the corporation counsel or the prosecuting attorney. [Section 2-144. Placement in grade; step. Deputies shall be placed in appropriate salary grades and steps in accordance with this article. Section 2-145. Salary grades; steps. (a) There shall be two salary grades, each with a set number of steps, as follows: (1) Law Grade 1 (LG-1), with steps "A" through "J," shall be the non-supervisory grade. (2) Law Grade 2 (LG-2), with steps "A" through "E," shall be the supervisory grade. Section 2-146. Law Grade 1. (a) Minimum qualifications Deputies in Law Grade 1 shall be admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Hawaii. Additional qualifications may be required as the appointing authority deems necessary. (b) Initial placement within grade for inexperienced deputies Deputies with no legal work experience shall be placed initially in Step "A." (c) Initial placement within grade for experienced deputies Deputies with legal work experience may be placed initially in whatever step the appointing authority deems appropriate, provided that the step is no higher than the highest step to which the deputy could have advanced had the deputy begun employment with the County with no legal work experience. Section 2-147. Law Grade 2. (a) Minimum qualifications --Deputies in Law Grade 2 shall be admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Hawaii and shall have practiced law, or supervised employees, for a period of at least two years. Additional qualifications shall set out in guidelines adopted by the appointing authority pursuant to this article. -2- (b) Initial placement within grade Deputies appointed to supervisory positions as defined in the guidelines adopted by the appointing authority pursuant to this article may be placed initially in the step designated by the guidelines. Section 2-148. Advancement within grade. (a) Law Grade 1 A deputy may be advanced one step within grade after having completed a six-month period of initial employment with the County. Thereafter, upon completion of subsequent six-month periods of employment, a deputy may be advanced one step within grade or not more than two subsequent steps within grade in a one-year period. (b) Law Grade 2 A deputy may be advanced one step within grade after having completed a six-month period of employment in the step from which the deputy is advancing or not more than two subsequent steps within grade in a one-year period. (c) Advancement within grade is at the discretion of the appointing authority and shall be based upon merit principles and governed by the guidelines adopted pursuant to this article. Section 2-149. Guidelines for advancement within grade and supervisory placement. -3- (a) The appointing authority shall adopt guidelines setting out the following: (1) The criteria or conditions that must be met before a deputy may be advanced initially after having completed a six-month period of initial employment or one step within grade in any six-month period. (2) The criteria or conditions that must be met before a deputy may be advance more than one step within grade in any one-year period. (3) The responsibilities and duties that must be performed by any supervising deputy placed in or advanced to any step within the supervisory grade.] Section [2-150.]~~ Salary Schedule. The Appointing Authorities shall [establish salary schedules for [Grades LG-1 and LG-2] within a range between] set the salaries for deputies within their offices: provided no deputy shall be compensated at a rate which is less than fifty percent (50$) [and] nor more than ninety percent (90$) of the salary which has been established for the [appointing authority by ordinance] Prosecuting Attorney or Corporation Counsel, whichever is higher. The department head shall set the salary for the individual deputies based upon the individual's professional experience and performance. -4- SECTION 2. Bracketed material is repealed. New material is underscored. SECTION 3. This ordinance Shall take effect upon its adoption. INTRODUCED BY: ~,~~,~PC w , COUNCIL BER, C U TY OF HAWAII Hilo, Hawaii Date of Introduction: May 20, 1997 Date of 1st Reading: May 20, 1997 Date of 2nd Readinq: June 2, 1997 Effective Date: June 18, 1997 kEFERFNCE, Comm. 200.02 PKO:pc 3995I -5- OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK County of Hawaii Hilo ,Hawaii ~Ji'v M(9LL ~~1~I. NCB IntroducedB Aaron ('hnn R/Rl ~ ,AYES NOES ABS EX Y 4--(~ Date Introduced: Mdy 20, 1997 Arakaki , _ ~ First Reading: May 20, 1997 Chung _ X Published: May 29, 1997 Leithead-Todd X Kay - - X - REMARKS: Keynolds X _ Santangelo X Smith X Tvler _ X Yagong X - 7 1 1 0 Second Reading: June 2, 1997 ROLL CAhL VOTF, To Mayor: June 3 , 1997 _ AYES NOF;S ABS EX Returned: Jung 18, 1997 Arakaki Effective: June 18, 1997 Chung Published: Jur~e 199 Leithead-Todd g Ray X - REMARKS: Reynolds X Santangelo g - Smith g Tyler g Yagong g 9 0 0 0 / DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council and published as tndicated above. APRR01/ED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL / COUNTY OF HAWAII /~(C p~tc JUN 4 199/ Approved/Di.rcrry/sroved this day C UNC/L CHA/RMAN of~/ i..t _ ~ 19 ~ ~ / COUNTYCLERK f ~ ~~~~1~i t cti.~ = !v°1 / MAYOR,Q~OUNTYOF~AWA/I BiIINo.: 83 Reference: C-200/FC-83 Ord. No.: 9~ 81