Pay plan and salary ranges for council staff

A. The following pay plan is established: Pay Plan Council aide CR-0 Communications specialist CR-1 Hawaiian language communications specialist CR-1 Project assignment specialist CR-1 Support specialist CR-1 Senior committee secretary CR-2 Committee secretary CR-3 Supervising committee secretary CR-4 Legislative analyst CR-5 Legislative attorney CR-6 Supervising legislative analyst CR-7 Support supervisor CR-8 Senior legislative analyst CR-9 Council services ambassador CR-10 Council services assistant (full-time) CR-10 Senior support specialist CR-11 Council executive assistant variable Council services assistant (part-time) variable   B. The following pay ranges are established: 1. The annual salary for the director of council services and deputy director may be set by the council by resolution. 2. The salaries or other compensation of council executive assistants may be set by the council member directly supervising the position, subject to availability of funding. 3. The salaries or other compensation of council services assistants may be set by the director of council services, with approval of the council chair, but may not exceed 150 percent of the minimum wage. 4. The pay schedule for positions in the office of council services is as follows: Pay Ranges Annual Rates in Dollars Effective July 1, 2025 Steps CR-0 CR-1 CR-2 CR-3 CR-4 CR-5 CR-6 CR-7 CR-8 CR-9 CR-10 CR-11 A 60,822 66,953 65,818 60,265 71,209 81,455 122,315 106,404 76,997 88,099 48,983 72,309 B 63,863 70,301 69,109 63,278 74,770 85,527 130,122 111,724 80,847 92,504 51,432 75,924 C 67,057 73,816 72,564 66,442 78,508 89,804 138,428 117,310 84,889 97,129 54,004 79,720 D 70,409 77,506 76,193 69,764 82,433 94,294 147,263 123,176 89,134 101,986 56,704 83,706 E 73,930 81,382 80,002 73,252 86,555 99,008 156,663 129,334 93,590 107,085 59,539 87,891 F 77,626 85,451 84,002 76,915 90,883 103,959 166,663 135,801 98,270 112,439 62,516 92,286 G 81,508 89,723 88,202 80,760 95,427 109,157 177,301 142,591 103,183 118,061 65,642 96,900 H 85,583 94,210 92,612 84,798 100,198 114,615 188,618 149,721 108,343 123,964 68,924 101,745 I 89,862 98,920 97,243 89,038 105,208 120,345 200,658 157,207 113,760 130,163 72,370 106,833 J 94,355 103,866 102,105 93,490 110,469 126,363 213,466 165,067 119,448 136,671 75,989 112,174 K 99,073 109,059 107,211 98,165 115,992 132,681 173,320 125,420 143,504 79,788 117,783 L 104,027 114,512 112,571 103,073 121,792 139,315 181,987 131,691 150,680 83,778 123,672 M 109,228 120,238 118,200 108,227 127,881 146,281 191,086 138,276 158,214 87,967 129,856 N 114,690 126,250 124,110 113,638 134,275 153,595 200,640 145,190 166,124 92,365 136,349   The director of council services may place any employee on administrative leave, with or without pay, as a result of disciplinary action or subject to an investigation or at the employee's request. C. Whenever payment is made on the basis of monthly, weekly, hourly, or daily rate, the rate must be computed in the following manner: by dividing the annual rate by twelve to find the monthly rate; by dividing the annual rate by fifty-two to find the weekly rate; by dividing the weekly rate by forty to find the hourly rate; and by multiplying the hourly rate by the number of daily hours of service required to find the daily rate. D. The council may assign council services staff by appointment resolution to any step in the appropriate pay range. Except for legislative attorneys, council services staff assigned to a step by appointment resolution will move to the next step in the appropriate pay range on the annual anniversary date of their appointment if, after consultation with the councilmembers, a satisfactory annual performance review has been issued by the director of council services. After reaching the highest step in subsection B, council services staff will receive a three percent salary increase on the next anniversary date of the staff's appointment and may be appointed with that salary for the next term. The council may suspend any of this subsection's provisions by resolution. The pay of each council executive assistant must be set by the council member supervising the position. The pay of each council aide must be set by the council chair, within the range established by this section. Compensation must not exceed appropriations and is subject to the general authority of the council chair, as chief administrative officer of the legislative branch, to adopt appropriate personnel policies (including policies regarding employee benefits, personnel leaves, and furloughs) unless otherwise required by the council. ( Ord. No. 5826 , § 1, 2025; Ord. No. 5765 , § 2, 2025; Ord. No. 5669 , § 1, 2024; Ord. No. 5533 , §§ 1, 2, 2023; Ord. No. 5448 , § 1, 2022; Ord. No. 5405 , § 1, 2022; Ord. No. 5388 , § 1, 2022; Ord. No. 5286 , § 1, 2021; Ord. No. 5226 , § 3, 2021; Ord. No. 5098 , § 1, 2020; Ord. No. 5072 , § 1, 2020; Ord. No. 4981 , §§ 1, 2, 2019; Ord. No. 4855 , §§ 1, 2, 2018; Ord. No. 4448, §§ 1, 2, 2017 ; Ord. No. 4394, §§ 1, 2, 2017 ; Ord. No. 4072, § 1, 2013; Ord. No. 4052, § 1, 2013; Ord. No. 3742, § 4, 2010; Ord. 3567 § 1, 2008; Ord. 3510 § 1, 2007; Ord. 3457 § 1, 2007; Ord. 3383 § 1, 2006; Ord. 3343 § 1, 2005; Ord. 3287 § 2, 2005; Ord. 3242 § 1, 2004; Ord. 3189 § 1, 2004; Ord. 3127 § 1, 2003; Ord. 3069 § 1, 2002; Ord. 2970 § 1, 2001: Ord. 2870 § 2, 2000: Ord. 2820 § 1, 1999; Ord. 2586 § 1, 1997; Ord. 2506 § 1, 1996; Ord. 2422 § 1, 1995: Ord. 2394 § 1, 1994: Ord. 2257 § 2, 1993: Ord. 2117 § 1, 1992: Ord. 2037 § 1, 1991: Ord. 2024 § 1, 1991: Ord. 2020 § 1, 1991: Ord. 1825 § 1, 1989; Ord. 1730 § 2, 1988; Ord. 1660 § 1, 1987; Ord. 1557 § 1, 1986; Ord. 1532 § 1, 1986; Ord. 1491 § 1, 1985; Ord. 1445 § 1, 1984; Ord. 1390 § 1, 1984; Ord. 1323 §§ 2, 3, 1983; Ord. 1264 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1221 § 1, 1982: Ord. 1160 § 2, 1981)