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CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 10
SALARY COMMISSION
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
Section 1. 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 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) [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 a resident of each council district. In addition, the civil service director
and deputy civil service director 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
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]
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."
Section 2. Article 16 of the Hawaii County Charter is amended by adding a new section
to be appropriately numbered and to read as follows:
"Section . Boards Boards and Commissions with District Residency
Re • uirements. An commission member serving at the time of the ado tion of a council
district residency requirement in the year 2000 may serve the remainder of the term.,
regardless of residency. Any vacancy must be filled by a resident of a council district not
represented on the commission."
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Section 3. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed. New charter material is
underscored.
Section 4. This amendment shall take effect upon its approval by the voters.
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