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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 138 Draft 3) 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. Purpose. The County Council finds that executive compensation should he 'de- politicized' to the extent possible by placing the responsibility for setting salaries of executives with the Salary Commission. In transferring the establishment of executive salaries from the County Council to the Salary Commission, the Council also recognizes the need to encourage long-term careers in government by attracting employees who seek career development. In addition, the public sector must be competitive with the private sector in compensation. The Salary Commission would be able to foster these objectives. The other major amendment set forth in Section 13-28(b) would change the composition of the Salary Commission from its current structure of six members from six geographical districts and three at - large members to nine members from each of the respective nine county council districts. SECTION 2. 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 134(b). The members may be removed in the manner prescribed in Section 13-0(b).] The salary commission shall establish 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 alone with the deNly department heads of departments described in articles V through VII and article IX of this charter. (b) The commission shall consist of nine members[, six of whom shall be representatives of the county geographical areas of Puna, Ka'a, 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