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COUNTY OF HAWI1IId•; STATE OF HAWAII
sa' BILL NO. 138
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XIII, SECTION 13-28, OF
THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER (1991), RELATING TO THE SALARY COMMISSION_
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Article XIII, Section 13-28 of the Hawaii County Charter is amended to read as
follows
"Section 13-28. Compensation; Salary Commission.
(a) [The salary of all county elected officials shall be established by a salary commission
which shall consist of nine members appointed by the mayor with the approval of the council, in the
manner prescribed in Section 13-4(b). The members may be removed in the manner prescribed in
Section 13-4(b).] The salary commi sign shall establish the salary of all county elected officials the
manaemy director.deputy managing director, housing administrator safety coordinator, band director
county h ty clerk deputy county clerk legislative auditor and department heads alone
with deputy department h d of departments described in articles V through VII and article IX of this
charter.
U Any action of the commission establishing the salaries and salary schedules shall be by
resolution accompanied by findings of fact The resolution and findings of fact shall be forwarded to
the mayor and the council and shall take effect without their concurrence sixty calendar days after its
adoption by the co mission unless refected by a three -Quarters vote of the council's entire membership
The council may reiect the entire resolution or my portion thereof
([b]@) The commission shall consist of nine members[, six of whom shall be representatives of
the county geographical areas of Puna, Ka u, Kona, Kohala, Hamakua and Hilo, and three of whom
shall be representatives of the county -at -large]. One member shall be appointed from each of the
respective nine county council districts In addition, the civil service director and deputy civil service
director shall serve as ex -officio members of the commission in an advisory capacity.
([e]j) The commission shall establish its rules of procedure, which shall provide that it meet at
least annually, and adopt rules and regulations having the force and effect of law.
([d]_q) The commission shall review and [compensate all county elected officials so that their
salaries have a reasonable relationship to the salaries of civil service employees, given due
consideration for the duties and responsibilities of the officials] set the compensation for those persons
identified in subsection (a) in accordance with generally accented principles of Ray and compensation
for work performed and preservation of a sensible relationship with the salaries of other county
employeesprovided that once having set the salary for the mayor the salaries for all other positions set
by the commission shall not exceed 95% of the mayor's salary '
SECTION 2. Following adoption of this amendment, the current members of the salary
commission will continue to serve their terms of office. As new appointments are made, any
duplications or lack of representation of a council district shall be corrected.
SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed and new material is underscored.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any provisions of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of
the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision.
SECTION 5. Upon adoption of this ordinance, the council, by appropriate resolution, shall
provide that this amendment be submitted to the electorate of the county for approval at the next general
election.
SECTION 6. This amendment shall take effect upon its approval by the voters
INTRODUCED BY:
CIL Is¢EMB , UNTY OF HAWAII
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of I" Reading
Date of 2n1 Reading
Date of 3" Reading:
Effective Date.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
CORPORATION COUNSEL
DATE: