Chapter 5
SALARIES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, NON-CIVIL SERVICE OFFICERS AND
EMPLOYMENT AND BONDING REQUIREMENTS
Articles:
1. Bonds of Elected Officials, Officers and Employees
2. Pay Plan in the Offices of the Corporation Counsel and the Prosecuting Attorney
3. Salaries of Various City Officers
Article 1. Bonds of Elected Officials, Officers and Employees
Sections:
5-1.1 Bonds of elected officials.
5-1.2 Bonds of officers and employees.
5-1.3 Procurement of bonds.
5-1.4 Liability of officers and employees on bonds.
Sec. 5-1.1 Bonds of elected officials.
Before entering upon the duties of the councilmember's office each councilmember and the
mayor shall be covered by an individual bond in the amount of $25,000.00
conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the councilmember's office. (Sec.
6-2.1, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))
Sec. 5-1.2 Bonds of officers and employees.
All officers and employees of the city, except the board of water supply,
shall be covered by a public employee's faithful performance blanket position bond in
the amount of $25,000.00 for each officer and employee, subject to excess indemnity
coverage in the following amounts for the below-listed officers and employees:
Director of finance $225,000.00
Deputy director of finance 225,000.00
Chief of treasury 225,000.00
Assistant chief of treasury 225,000.00
Treasury head teller 75,000.00
Director of auditoriums 75,000.00
Deputy director of auditoriums 75,000.00
Auditoriums fiscal officer 75,000.00
Auditoriums accountant V 75,000.00
Auditoriums box office manager 25,000.00
Auditoriums box office accountant 25,000.00
(Sec. 6-2.2, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 91-27, 97-02)
Sec. 5-1.3 Procurement of bonds.
The bonds specified in Sections 5-1.1 and 5-1.2 shall be procured by the
director of finance as the director may deem best in the interest of
the city, subject to the following conditions:
(a) That such bonds be procured from companies licensed to do business in Hawaii;
(b) That such bonds be in favor of and the premiums thereof shall be
borne by the city; provided, that in the event of any undertaking or
project involving joint participation between the city and the United States or any
agency of the United States, and the condition of such undertaking or project
requires that the officers of the city entrusted with the receipt and disbursement
of funds be covered by a faithful performance or fidelity bond, then the
United States may be named as co-obligee in the bond.
(Sec. 6-2.3, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))
Sec. 5-1.4 Liability of officers and employees on bonds.
If any bonded city officer or employee refuses or neglects to account for
and pay over all moneys received by such person by virtue of such
person's office or employment, such person shall be liable for such refusal or
neglect upon such person's official bond, and the finance director shall bring an
action against such person for the recovery thereof, in the name of the
city and recover in such action, in addition to the amount so received,
50 percent thereon by way of damages. No order of the council shall
be necessary to bring such action. The finance director's reasonable expenses, including an
attorney's fee if necessarily incurred, shall be a city charge. (Sec. 6-2.4, R.O.
1978 (1983 Ed.))
Article 2. Pay Plan in the Offices of the Corporation Counsel and the
Prosecuting Attorney
Sections:
5-2.1 Deputies and clerks.
5-2.2 Variations from pay plan.
Sec. 5-2.1 Deputies and clerks.
The salary ranges and schedules of the deputies and law clerks of the
departments of the corporation counsel and prosecuting attorney shall be set by the
corporation counsel and prosecuting attorney respectively with the salary range and schedule of
the highest ranking deputy to be five percent less than that of the
corporation counsel or prosecuting attorney and for subsequent salary ranges and schedules in
descending order with a five percent differential between salary ranges and schedules. (Sec.
6-3.1, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))
Sec. 5-2.2 Variations from pay plan.
The department heads are authorized to set a salary of any deputy between
the salary range of one LS position to another LS position including entry
level. (Sec. 6-3.2, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.))
Article 3. Salaries of Various City Officers
Sections:
5-3.1 Salaries of elected officials.
5-3.2 Salaries of appointed officials of the executive branch.
5-3.3 Salaries of appointed officials of the council.
5-3.4 Salaries of other employees of the executive branch.
Sec. 5-3.1 Salaries of elected officials.
The salaries of all elected officials shall be established by an independent salary
commission, pursuant to the charter. (Sec. 6-4.1, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.); Am. Ord.
88-12)
Sec. 5-3.2 Salaries of appointed officials of the executive branch.
The annual salaries of appointed officials of the executive branch, other than the
manager and chief engineer of the board of water supply, shall be established
by an independent salary commission pursuant to the charter. Any action of the
commission altering salaries shall be by resolution accompanied by findings of fact. Said
resolution shall be forwarded to the mayor and the council but shall take
effect without their concurrence 60 calendar days after its adoption unless rejected by
a three-quarters vote of the council's entire membership. The council may reject either
the entire resolution or any portion of it. All such salaries shall be
paid semimonthly out of the city treasury. (Sec. 6-4.3, R.O. 1978 (1987 Supp.
to 1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 88-12, 91-27, 91-59, 93-82, 97-02)
Sec. 5-3.3 Salaries of appointed officials of the council.
(a) The salary of the city clerk shall not exceed an amount equal to
the salaries of the department heads of the executive
branch, payable semimonthly out of the city treasury.
(b) The salaries of the deputy city clerk and the deputy director of the
office of council services shall not exceed an
amount equal to the salaries of the first deputy department heads of the
executive branch, payable semimonthly out of
the city treasury.
(c) Positions of Staff Attorney. All positions of staff attorney in the office of
council services shall be compensated at
rates consistent with those attorneys in the department of the corporation counsel, payable
semimonthly out of the city
treasury.
(d) Positions of Legislative Analyst. All positions of legislative analyst in the office of
council services shall be
compensated at rates not to exceed the highest amount payable to an employee
at SR-31 in the salary schedule
applicable to city and county civil service employees, payable semimonthly out of the
city treasury.
(e) Positions of Legislative Aide. The salaries of legislative aides shall be set by
the chair of the city council, with the
concurrence of the city council, payable semimonthly out of the city treasury.
(f) Other Positions. All other positions shall be classified with a position classification plan
set forth in HRS Chapter 77,
and all persons holding such positions shall be compensated as provided by the
compensation law of the state.
(Sec. 6-4.4, R.O. 1978 (1987 Supp. to 1983 Ed.); Am. Ord. 88-12, 90-48,
94-89)
Sec. 5-3.4 Salaries of other employees of the executive branch.
(a) Students. The salary rates of students hired under Revised Charter, Section 6-1103(e), shall
be set by the director of
personnel, payable semimonthly out of the city treasury.
(b) Personal Services. The salaries of personal services employees hired under Revised Charter, Sections
6-1103(f), (g),
(h) or (j), shall be consistent with the position classification plan established under
Revised Charter, Section 6-1109,
and shall be payable semimonthly out of the city treasury.
(c) Administrative or Executive Assistants of the Prosecuting Attorney. Positions of administrative or executive
assistants
of the prosecuting attorney under Revised Charter, Section 6-1103(c), shall have salaries that
are consistent with the
position classification plan established under Revised Charter, Section 6-1109, and those salaries shall
be payable
semimonthly out of the city treasury.
(Added by Ord. 93-82)
Revised Ordinances