Fasi v. City & County of Honolulu

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

MARUMOTO, J.

The question for decision on this appeal is the validity of salary increases for chairman and members of the council of the City and County of Honolulu contained in Ordinance No. 2711, passed by the council on October 5, 1965, and approved by the mayor on the following day.

The ordinance increased the salary of the chairman from $8,400 per year to $12,000 per year and the salary of each ol the other councilmen from $7,200 per year to $10,500 per year, effective January 1, 1966.

The salaries in effect, before these increases, had been set by Ordinance No. 2193,…