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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai`i
Hawai`i County Building
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1402
Hilo, Hawai`i 96720
DATE: May 1, 2014
TO: J Yoshimoto, Chairperson,
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Valerie T. Poindexter, Council Member
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 231, Draft 2; An Ordinance Adopting a
Pay Plan for Persons Employed by the County Other Than Those Whose Pay
is Otherwise Provided for, Designates Payroll Periods, Pay Days, Prescribes
Requirements with Respect to Official Fidelity Bonds, and Repeals Ordinance
No. 13-50 and All Amendments Thereto, Said Ordinance to be Known as the
Salary Ordinance of 2014
Please find attached proposed amendments to Bill No. 231, Draft 2. The proposed
amendments are illustrated below by Ramseyer format (material to be deleted is bracketed
and stricken; material to be added is underscored).
Bill No. 231, Draft 2, is amended by amending subsection (B) of Section 3 to read as
follows:
"(B) The salaries of the Executive Assistant to the Council Chairperson, Deputy Executive
Assistant to the Council Chairperson, Legal Specialist, Administrative Assistant to Legislative
Auditor, Administrative Assistant to the County Clerk, Special Assistant, Audit Analyst, Legislative
Specialist, Council Aide, Council Aide to the Chairperson, and Council Legislative Assistant of the
Legislative Branch shall be at the following rates:
Pay Grade
EA-1 A B C D E
33,468 35,136 36,900 38,748 40,692
F G H
42,720 44,868 47,112 p 3.
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Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Emplover R14. To:
Ref. Date. LMY 01 MIA
EA-2 A B C D E
31,872 33,468 35,136 36,900 38,748
F G
40,692 42,744
AD C D E F G
27,636 29,016 30,468 31,992 33,588
H I J K L
35,268 37,044 38,904 40,848 42,996
M N O P
45,048 47,304 49,680 52,164
AU C D E F G
47,952 50,352 52,870 55,512 58,284
H I J K L
61,212 64,260 67,476 70,836 74,388
LE-1 C D E F G
45,216 47,484 49,848 52,344 54,960
H I J K L
57,696 60,588 63,600 66,768 70,116
LE-2 A B C D E
61,284 64,344 67,560 70,944 74,496
F G H 1
78,216 82,128 86,232 90,540
CA-1 A B C D E
27,228 28,584 30,024 31,512 [33,088]
33,096
F G H
[34,7 ] [ ] [38,303]
34,752 36,480 38,304
CA-2 A B C D E
28,140 30,024 31,512 [33,088] [34,742]
33,096 34,752
F G H
[36,479] [38,303] [40,218]
36,480 38,304 40,224
CLA-1 A B C D
42,720 44,868 47,112 49,476
SA-1 A B C
45,768 48,048 50,448
The Council Chairperson may appoint employees to any of the steps within the appropriate
pay grade and may authorize and approve any step movements along the appropriate pay grade[...];
provided, however, the Council Chairperson may not authorize and approve any upward step
movement prior to the inauguration of the 2014-2016 Council term. Prior to any appointment or
step movement in the CA-1 and CLA-1 positions so authorized by the Council Chairperson the
Council Member to whom said personnel is assigned shall review and approve the appointment or
step movement."
A draft copy of Bill No. 231, Draft 3, is attached with these proposed amendments incorporated.
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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A PAY PLAN FOR PERSONS EMPLOYED BY THE
COUNTY OTHER THAN THOSE WHOSE PAY IS OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR,
DESIGNATING PAYROLL PERIODS, PAY DAYS, PRESCRIBING REQUIREMENTS
WITH RESPECT TO OFFICIAL FIDELITY BONDS, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE
NO. 13-50 AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO, SAID ORDINANCE TO BE KNOWN
AS THE SALARY ORDINANCE OF 2014.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Declaration of policy. It is the purpose of this ordinance to establish,
pursuant to §3-13 of the Hawaii County Charter, a pay plan for all persons employed by the
County whose pay is not otherwise provided for. This ordinance also covers other matters relating
to the compensation and temporary employment of County employees. 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 (1 st) to the fifteenth
(15th) of each month and from the sixteenth (16th) to the end of each month.
The fifteenth (15th) day and last day of each month, except for June, shall be the pay days
for all employees. The June 30th payroll shall always be paid on the first workday in July.
In the case where the required service has been rendered during a full month, one-half(1/2)
of the monthly rate shall be paid at the end of each payroll period.
The director of finance 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. Rate of Compensation. (A) There shall be a pay plan covering appointive
executive/administrative positions. Employees occupying positions covered by this pay plan shall
be paid at rates of compensation set forth by the pay grade assigned or salary fixed and established
by section 7 of this ordinance or any amendatory resolution.
(B) The salaries of the Executive Assistant to the Council Chairperson, Deputy Executive
Assistant to the Council Chairperson, Legal Specialist, Administrative Assistant to Legislative
Auditor, Administrative Assistant to the County Clerk, Special Assistant, Audit Analyst,
Legislative Specialist, Council Aide, Council Aide to the Chairperson, and Council Legislative
Assistant of the Legislative Branch shall be at the following rates:
Pam
EA-1 A B C D E
33,468 35,136 36,900 38,748 40,692
F G H
42,720 44,868 47,112
Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
EA-2 A B C D E
31,872 33,468 3 5,13 6 36,900 38,748
F G
40,692 42,744
AD C D E F G
27,636 29,016 30,468 31,992 33,588
H I J K L
35,268 37,044 38,904 40,848 42,996
M N O P
45,048 47,304 49,680 52,164
AU C D E F G
47,952 50,352 52,870 55,512 58,284
H I J K L
61,212 64,260 67,476 70,836 74,388
LE-1 C D E F G
45,216 47,484 49,848 52,344 54,960
H I J K L
57,696 60,588 63,600 66,768 70,116
LE-2 A B C D E
61,284 64,344 67,560 70,944 74,496
F G H I
78,216 82,128 86,232 90,540
CA-1 A B C D E
27,228 28,584 30,024 31,512 33,096
F G H
34,752 36,480 38,304
CA-2 A B C D E
28,140 30,024 31,512 33,096 34,752
F G H
36,480 38,304 40,224
CLA-1 A B C D
42,720 44,868 47,112 49,476
SA-1 A B C
45,768 48,048 50,448
The Council Chairperson may appoint employees to any of the steps within the appropriate pay
grade and may authorize and approve any step movements along the appropriate pay grade;
provided, however, the Council Chairperson may not authorize and approve any upward step
movement prior to the inauguration of the 2014-2016 Council term. Prior to any appointment or
step movement in the CA-1 and CLA-1 positions so authorized by the Council Chairperson, the
Council Member to whom said personnel is assigned shall review and approve the appointment or
step movement.
(C) The salaries of the deputies of the Offices of the Corporation Counsel and the
Prosecuting Attorney shall be set pursuant to Chapter 2, Article 26 of the Hawai`i County Code.
(D) Exempt positions covered by this ordinance which have been assigned to
classifications and pay grades by the director of human resources shall be paid at excluded
managerial (EM), salary range (SR), and blue collar (BC) rates contained in appropriate collective
bargaining contracts and executive orders
SECTION 4. Employment governed by budget and appropriation. Employees to fill all
positions whether enumerated herein or not 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 county council
as provided by law; provided, however, that an additional employee may be appointed on a
temporary basis to fill any such position during the period that the incumbent of the position is on
a temporary assignment or a long-term leave of absence due to illness, injury, or otherwise,
provided that funds are available in the agency's salary and wages account.
SECTION 5. Emergency employment. When an emergency exists in the opinion of the
mayor and additional labor or service not provided for by this ordinance is needed by the county to
care for such emergency, the mayor is authorized to appoint to a position or to employment with
the county any such person or persons as the mayor deems necessary at rates which are
comparable to the rates of corresponding county positions to care for such emergency; provided,
however, that no person shall be so appointed unless at the time of appointment of such persons
there shall be available legally expendable funds sufficient for their compensation. In the event
the mayor appoints any person or persons to positions or employment under this section, the
mayor shall report the same to the county council at its next regular meeting.
SECTION 6. Official fidelity bonds. Pursuant to the provisions of section 2-2 of the
Hawai'i County Code and any amendments thereto, official fidelity bonds, filed and approved in
the form and manner set forth in sections 46-26 and 46-28, Hawai'i Revised Statutes, 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 director of finance.
SECTION 7. That the compensation of positions in the classes of work listed below are
hereby fixed and established as follows:
Item Title Pay Grade
Section 7.01 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.
Section 7.01(a) OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK.
1 Executive Assistant to the Council Chairperson EA-I
2 Deputy Executive Assistant to the Council Chairperson EA-2
3 Council Legislative Assistant CLA-1
4 Administrative Assistant to the County Clerk AD
5 Council Aide CA-1
6 Council Aide to the Chairperson CA-2
7 Special Assistant SA-1
8 Legislative Specialist LE-1
9 Student Intern $7.25 hrly
10 Legal Specialist LE-2
11 Temporary Election Clerk SR-07 (B.U. 03)
Section 7.01(b) OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR.
I Administrative Assistant to Legislative Auditor AD
2 Audit Analyst AU
Section 7.02 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT.
Section 7.02 (a) COUNTY PHYSICIAN.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT.
1 County Physician $90,652
2 Assistant County Physician $86,346
Section 7.02(b) OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT.
1 Assistant Housing Administrator EM-05
2 Housing and Community Development Specialist VI SR-26 (B.U. 13)
3 Housing and Community Development Specialist V SR-24 (B.U. 13)
4 Housing and Community Development Specialist IV SR-22 (B.U. 13)
5 Housing and Community Development Specialist III SR-20 (B.U. 13)
6 Housing and Community Development Specialist II SR-18 (B.U. 13)
7 Housing and Community Development Specialist I SR-16 (B.U. 13)
8 Special Program Manager SR-24 (B.U. 13)
9 Special Program Coordinator SR-22 (B.U. 13)
10 Special Projects Coordinator II SR-20 (B.U. 13)
11 Special Projects Coordinator I SR-18 (B.U. 13)
12 Housing Quality Standards Technician III SR-17 (B.U. 03)
13 Housing Quality Standards Technician II SR-15 (B.U. 03)
14 Housing Quality Standards Technician I SR-13 (B.U. 03)
15 Housing and Community Development Worker III SR-13 (B.U. 03)
16 Housing and Community Development Worker II SR-11 (B.U. 03)
17 Housing and Community Development Worker I SR-09 (B.U. 03)
18 Accountant IV SR-24 (B.U. 13)
19 Accountant III SR-22 (B.U. 13)
20 Accountant II SR-20 (B.U. 13)
21 Accountant I SR-18 (B.U. 13)
22 Senior Account Clerk SR-13 (B.U. 03)
23 Housing Administrative Assistant SR-13 (B.U. 03)
24 Account Clerk SR-11 (B.U. 03)
25 Senior Clerk-Stenographer SR-11 (B.U. 03)
26 Clerk III SR-10 (B.U. 03)
27 Clerk 11 SR-08 (B.U. 03)
28 Student Helper I $7.25 hrly
Section 7.03 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
1 Student Helper I $7.25 hrly
2 Student Helper II $7.75 hrly
Section 7.04 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.
1 Student Helper I $7.25 hrly
2 Student Helper II $7.75 hrly
Section 7.05 DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAM, ELDERLY ACTIVITIES DIVISION.
1 Senior Community Services Aid $7.25 hrly
Section 7.06 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
1 Student Helper I $7.25 hrly
2 Student Helper II $7.75 hrly
3 Engineering Student SR-13 (B.U. 03)
(assigned to departments for training purposes)
Section 7.07 DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY.
1 Student Helper I $7.25 hrly
2 Student Helper II $7.75 hrly
SECTION 8. The positions and rates of compensation adopted in the 2014 budget of the
County of Hawaii are hereby ratified and confirmed as of July 1, 2014; and that any creation of
positions or changes of pay subsequent to the adoption of said budget, shall take effect as
authorized on the date of such creation or change of pay or a date otherwise prescribed, subject to
the certification of availability of funds by the director of finance.
SECTION 9. Ordinance No. 13-50-and any resolutions amendatory thereto are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 10. The repeal of the ordinance, enumerated in section 9 above, shall not affect
any act done, ratified, or confirmed, or any right accruing and accrued or established, or any
action, suit, or proceedings had or commenced in any several cause prior to said repeal, but all
rights and liability under said ordinance hereinabove repealed shall continue and may be enforced
in the same manner and with the same force as if said repeal had not been made.
SECTION 11. 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 12. This ordinance shall be known as the Salary Ordinance of 2014 and the
salaries herein shall take effect on July 1, 2014.