ROH §4-9.1
How the city clerk is hired, paid, and removed
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗The city council appoints the city clerk for a six-year term. The clerk can only be removed or suspended for a good reason, and only by a two-thirds vote of the full council. The clerk's pay is set to match most department heads, or the budget director if there is no majority salary.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — City clerk - Appointment, tenure, suspension, removal, and compensation
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) The city clerk shall be appointed by the council to serve for a term of six years and thereafter until a successor is appointed. The council, by two-thirds vote of its entire membership, may remove or suspend the city clerk from office, but only for cause.
(b) The salary of the city clerk shall be equal to that of the majority of executive department heads who are subject to the salary commission. If no majority of such department heads is entitled to the same salary, then the salary of the city clerk shall be equal to the salary of the director of budget and fiscal services.
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