Salera v. Caldwell.

Opinion of the Court by

POLLACK, J.

This case concerns the decision of the Department of Environmental Services of the City and County of Honolulu to discontinue frontloader collection services to 181 multi-unit residential buildings and nonprofit organizations. We address whether the elimination of these government services is prohibited by constitutional merit principles under Article XVI, Section 1 of the Hawaii Constitution and civil service statutes.

I. BACKGROUND

Frontloader collection services 1 are part of the City and County of Honolulu’s (City and County) solid waste collection and…