Trustees debate administrator salary increase and process; committee requests additional review
A contested proposal to raise the Office of Hawaiian Affairs administrator’s base salary prompted legal, procedural and governance questions from trustees. Trustees questioned process, contract language and whether administration was appropriately involved; the committee did not finalize a permanent raise and directed further review.
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Budget and Finance Committee took up a contested proposal Oct. 15 to raise the administrator position’s base salary for fiscal years 2025 and 2026. The proposal would have set a FY2025 base salary and applied a step increase for FY2026; trustees raised procedural and legal concerns during extended debate.
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