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The Maui County Salary Commission will meet at 8:30 a.m. Friday to discuss possible salary adjustments for the mayor and County Council, whose members are among the highest paid in the state.
The agenda item did not detail what the adjustments may be, but the meeting comes after the panel deferred action at its Feb. 22 meeting, saying it wanted more time to consider public testimony.
The deferral comes on the heels of a failed commission motion on Feb. 8 for a 3 percent council member pay raise. In December, the panel approved a 3 percent cost-of-living increase for county directors and deputy directors. Those raises went into effect Jan. 1.
Maui County Council members are the highest paid in the state at $76,475, followed by Honolulu City and County, $64,008; Kauai County, $56,781; and Hawaii County, $52,008.
Maui's council chair is also the highest paid in the state at a salary of $82,225. Honolulu City and County pays $71,520; Kauai County, $63,879; and Hawaii County, $58,008.
The Honolulu City and County mayor is paid $173,184; Maui County mayor receives $151,979; and Hawaii County and Kauai County mayors each earn $132,000.
The salaries are from fiscal year 2019, which began July 1.
The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held in the Mayor's Conference Room in the Kalana O Maui county building in Wailuku.