Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 21, Number 4, 1 April 2004 — Trustee salary [ARTICLE]

Trustee salary

The 2004 OHA Trustee Salary Commission has recommended a 28-percent pay raise for Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees, the first increase since the trustees first began receiving a salary in 1993. The seven-member salary commission, appointed in January by Gov. Linda Lingle, has recommended raising eight of the nine trustees' annual salaries to $41,000 from $32,000, and the chairperson's salary to $47,000 from its current level of $37,000. If approved by the state Legislature, the pay raises will take effect July 1. The commissioners' report said their recommendation is based on cost-of-living increases since 1993, using data from the Social Security Administration. The commission consisted of seven well-known individuals in the Native Hawaiian community: Ann K. Nathaniel, See BRIEFS on page 7

BRIEFS from page 4 Andrew Poepoe, Charles L. Rose Jr., Alan M.L. Yee, Dr. Claire Hughes, Dr. Miehael Chun and Mona Kapaku. Nathaniel served as chairperson of the commission and Poepoe as vice-chair.