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OFFICE INFORMATION ONLY
Meeting: June 9, 1986 (7C)
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Action: Action taken_ on Revised Pay Schedule for Deputy Prosecutors
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M _ II! REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE. ON FINANCE
Date: April 29 , 1986
Place: Councilroom
Time: 9 :00 a . m.
Chairman and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Finance , to which was referred Communication 489 ,
reports as follows:
The purpose of Communication 489 is to encourage the County Council
to consider the executive pay plan increases with specific attention
to the Prosecuting Attorney's Office .
In the communication, the Prosecutor points out that their deputy
attorneys are among the poorest paid in the State of Hawaii .
Therefore, recruitment and retention of qualified and experienced
deputies have become difficult. He goes on to say that his office
has had extreme success in prosecuting organized crime figures due to
hard work by dedicated. prosecutors . The communication further points
out disparities in salaries between the Hawaii and Kauai Counties of
as much as $6,000 per year .
An additional communication dated April 28 was submitted by the
Prosecuting Attorney showing the comparison of the salaries of the
deputy prosecuting attorneys with that of the Public Defender 's
Office .
In Committee discussion, the Prosecuting Attorney expounded on his
communication citing the difficulty in recruiting and retaining
deputies due to the depressed salary schedule . He further stated
that he has suffered the loss of three experienced deputies in 1985
and two other experienced members may be leaving soon . He further
stressed his point by indicating that his referrals from the police
have been averaging 800 cases per month making it necessary for his
deputies to work 60 plus hours a week and 80 plus hours on crime
cases .
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FC-16,2 Page 2 April 29 , 1986
Your Committee on Finance recommends that Communication 489 be
referred to the Council to be considered with FC Report No . 120 ,
regarding the Executive Pay Plan, which is presently pending before
the County Council .
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FRANK DE LUZ III, CHAIRMAN
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TAKASHI DOMINGO, MEMBER 0V 0 ' cSSELL S. KOKUBUN, MEMBER
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MERL K. LAI, MEMBE' SPENCER K. SCHUTTE, MEMBER
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