A draft proposal to raise the salary for the leader of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs describes the pay raise as conservative.

Office of Hawaiian Affairs CEO Stacy Ferreira, who was placed on indefinite leave in September , could see her pay jump 35%—to $270,400 — next month under a proposal up for consideration by the office’s Board of Trustees on Wednesday.

The pay raise has been a long time coming, trustees have said, because she’s gone two years without a pay raise and other top positions at OHA currently earn more than her. The proposal would set the base salary for the CEO position going forward. The trustees debated raising the position’s pay earlier this year but deferred the matter.

Ferreira has been out since Sept. 23 when the OHA Board of Trustees voted to put her on paid

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