Board buoys salary of medical examiner to entice applicants

By Gary T. Kubota

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 20, 2013

~~<p>The Honolulu Salary Commission voted Tuesday to increase the pay of the city medical examiner by 25 percent, to $250,000, in an attempt to attract qualified people for a job that has not been permanently filled since late 2009.</p>
<p>But the commission deferred a decision on raising the police chief's pay to $160,000 from 143,729 and the deputy police chiefs' pay to $152,000 from $137,000, pending more discussion at its April 1 meeting.</p>
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The Honolulu Salary Commission voted Tuesday to increase the pay of the city medical examiner by 25 percent, to $250,000, in an attempt to attract qualified people for a job that has not been permanently filled since late 2009.

But the commission deferred a decision on raising the police chief's pay to $160,000 from 143,729 and the deputy police chiefs' pay to $152,000 from $137,000, pending more discussion at its April 1 meeting. Login for more...