HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 098 Draft 01 2016-2018COUNTY OF HAWAII ' `.''T'= "'STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 98
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XIII, SECTION 13-
28 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER(2016 EDITION), 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 Hawai`i County Charter (2016 Edition),
is amended to read as follows:
Section 13-28. Compensation; Salary Commission.
a) The salary of all county elected officials and appointed directors and deputy directors of
departments and executive agencies 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).
b) One member shall be a resident of each council district. In addition,the director of human
resources and deputy director of human resources shall serve as ex-officio members of the
commission in an advisory capacity.
c) 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) The commission shall review and compensate all county elected officials and appointed
directors and deputy directors so that their total salaries and benefits have a reasonable
relationship to compensation in the public and private sectors. The salary commission shall
consult with those boards and commissions which have appointing authority for
department heads.
e) At least thirty days prior to the approval of any salary adjustment, the salary commission
shall:
1) Publish at least once in at least two daily newspapers of general circulation in the
county a detailed account of its proposal, or proposals, including specific increases
or decreases in both actual dollar amounts and percentages;
2) Hold at least one public hearing in east Hawai`i and one in west Hawai`i; and
3) Submit copies of a detailed report of the commission's findings and conclusions
used to develop its proposal, or proposals, to the office of the county clerk and the
office ofthe mayor for public inspection.
The public notice required pursuant to this subsection shall include notification that
the report of the commission's findings and conclusions is available for public inspection
at the aforementioned locations.
f) Any adjustment that increases or decreases any salary by more than ten percent shall
require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the entire membership of the salary
commission."
SECTION 2. New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or
printing these charter provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawai`i, the reviser
need not include the underscoring.
SECTION 3. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidityshall not affect other provisions or applications of
the ordinance, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this•
end,the provisions ofthis ordinance are severable.
SECTION 4. Upon adoption of this ordinance, this council, by appropriate resolution,
shall provide that this amendment be submitted to the electorate of Hawai`i County for approval
in the 2018general election.
SECTION 5. The charter amendment proposed in this ordinance shall take effect upon
its approval by a majority of voters voting on this legislation in the 2018 general election, as duly
certified.
INTRODUCED BY:
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C• I, IL MEMBER, COUNTY 6. WAI`I
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Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Date of 3rd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. 712
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