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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1960-056COUNTY OF HAWAII - STATE OF HAWAII ORDINANCE N0. 56 t ~~ , , ~ t~ ~~~. In the case where the required service has been rendered during a full payroll period, one-half (1/2) of the monthly rate shall be paid; When, for any reason, any employee is not entitled to receive the full amount of his semi-monthly installment of salary for any payroll period, the salary which he shall receive for such period shall be computed by dividing the semi-monthly installment by the number of days in such period and by multiplying the result thereof by the number of days and/or fraction of days for which pay is due. The auditor shall be authorized to approve payroll claims covering compensation for fractional parts of a month computed otherwise than in accordance with the foregoing requirements, in cases where compliance with such requirements would result in hardship or unfairness to the employees involved. SECTION 3. (Amended by Section 1, Ordinance No. 62) ~ ~, ~~ . ~~ ,~a, AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE NUMBER AND RATES OF COMPENSATION FOR ALL POSITIONS IN DEPARTMENTS, OFFICES AND OTHER AGENCIES OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE CONTROL OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DESIGNATING PAYROLL PERIODS, PAY DAYS, PERQUISITES, AUTOMOBILE ALLOWANCES AND OFFICIAL FIDELITY BONDS; SAID ORDINANCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE SALARY ORDINANCE OF 1959. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Declaration of policy. That, among other things, it is the purpose of this ordinance to fix and establish the number and rates of compensation for all positions in departments and offices of the County of Hawaii under the legislative control of the Board of Supervisors pursuant to the provisions of Act 99, Session Laws of Hawaii 1957, and chapters 3 and 4 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1955, as amended. The term "Employees" as used in this ordinance shall include all officers. SECTION 2. Payroll periods; pay days; fractional computation. All salaries and wages shall be earned and payable in semi-monthly payroll periods, from the first (1st) to the fifteenth (15th) of each month and from the sixteenth (16th) to the end of each month; The fifteenth (15th) and last days of each month shall be ~C'' the pay days for all employees; SECTION 3.U1. Overtime. Any employee who is authorized by his department head to perform overtime services in excess of the maximum number of hours set by applicable provisions of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1955, and any act amendatory Hereto, or any rule or regulation passed in pursuance thereof, shall be entitled to comps nsatory time-off for work in excess of the .. a _ ~_~, 0.~. i7 ~ . ................... I'il~ Ho .............................._._ Lt. B. N ~.--• - •--.......°-----.. .PU L ~ J 1960____QU G ~ 1960 required maximum number of hours at the rate of one and one-half hours for each hour of overtime work, Where the granting of compensatory time-off would result in a hardship to any department board or agency, compensation at the rate of one and one-half hours for each hour of overtime work may be paid in cash upon the written approval of the county Chairman prior to the commencement of the overtime work, and certification of availability of funds by the Finance Committee prior to such payment. SECTION 4. Employment governed by budget and appropriation. Employees to fill the positions enumerated herein are to be employed as needed and as specified in the respective applicable department budgets approved for the year, or in ordinances or resolutions supplemental thereto, to the extent that funds are available and appropriated by the Board of Supervisors as provided by law. SECTION 5. Perquisites. That, pursuant to provisions of Section 4-12 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1955, each department head shall determine, subject to the approval of the chairman of the board of supervisors and under such directives as he may issue, the reasonable value of allowances rendered to employees in the form of quarters, heat, light, household equipment, and maid service, laundry service or other perquisites at the expense of the county but not for the convenience or benefit of the county and cause the reasonable value of such allowances to be deducted from the compensation of such employees. The department shall notify the employees concerned of its findings and transmit the same to the personnel director and the auditor. h_ ;,•. SECTION 6. Automobile allowances. Each person, legally appointed to and occupying any position enumerated in this Ordinance, excluding department heads and members of the police department, shall be allowed monthly compensation for the value of the use of a privately-owned automobile used regularly by such person in the course and scope of his employment for county purposes under the direction and with the approval of the head of the department in which such person is employed, at such a rlat monthly rate and subject to such limitations and Condit}ons as recommended by the said department head and approved by the board of supervisors, provided, that all such flat monthly rates shall be based on a trial period of not more than six months (during which time allowance shall be granted on a mileage basis) prior to the determination of a rlat monthly rate. All slat monthly allowances, limitations and conditions, referred to above, shall be set forth in a resolution or resolutions adopted by the board of supervisors upon one reading; and any amendments thereto, shall be made by resolution adopted and approved in the heretofore mentioned manner. Department heads may be granted automobile allowances for the use of privately owned cars in the course and scope of their employment in such amounts and under such conditions as shall be determined and established by the board of supervisors. _ 2- ova. rro. - -- a~c;u r,~. - - - - Zvt. li. 1:0 . ............. pUlti: ~,.•~ -- Members of the police department shall be governed by the provisions of Section 145-16 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1955. No such allowance shall be authorized to be paid by the auditor unless moneys for the payment thereof are appropriated by the Annual Appropriation Ordinance or made available by other specific appropriation or transfer nor unless the recipient thereof shall have filed with the auditor a duplicate copy or other satisfactory evidence of the existence of a policy of insurance undertaking to indemnify the county of Hawaii against claims arising out of the negligent operation of the automobile for the use of which such compensation is paid, to the extent of not less than $S,000.UO for injuries to property and not less than $lU,000.uu for injuries to persons, together with satisfactory evidence that such insurance is and will be continued to be, maintained in force at all times during which such officer or employee may operate such automobile in the course and scope of his employment by the county of Hawaii. The auditor shall be authorized to require as a prerequisite to the payment of any such allowance or compensation satisfactory proof that such automobile has actually been operated for county purposes during the period for which such compensation or allowance is claimed. He may also require a record of the number of miles travelled in support of such claim. Each department head shall prepare and keep current a list showing persons in his department to whom automobile allowances are to be paid, copies of such lists shall be filed with the auditor. SECTION '7. Official Fidelity Bonds. Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 144-LS to 144-28, Revised Laws of Hawaii 1955, and any act amendatory thereto, or any provision passed in pursuance thereto by the board of supervisors, official fidelity bonds, filed and approved in the form and manner set forth in Sections 138-1 and 138-2, Revised Laws of Hawaii 1955, shall be required of the persons appointed to or occupying certain positions enumerated in the above sections; said bonds shall be in the custody of the county treasurer, excepting the bond of the treasurer which shall be in the custody of the county attorre y. SECTION 8. (Amended by Section 2, Ordinance No. 62) SECTION 9. Severability. If any section, or any part or clause of any section, of this ordinance be decided by the Courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not affect the validity thereof which can be given effect without that so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid. SECTION lU. 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