ROH §5-3.3

Salary limits for council-appointed officials

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This section sets pay caps for certain city council staff. The city clerk, deputy clerk, and deputy director cannot earn more than comparable executive branch officials. Staff attorneys, legislative analysts, and legislative aides have their own pay rules. All salaries are paid twice a month from city funds.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Salaries of appointed officials of the council

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 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 council, with the concurrence of the council, payable semimonthly out of the city treasury. )

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

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