PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Raises are in the offing for a handful of state officials.

On Tuesday, Department of Administration director Gary Sasse will hold a public hearing on proposed salary increases for the chief medical examiner; the executive director of the Emergency Management Agency and a newly created post within the Coastal Resources Management Council for a "marine infrastructure coordinator'' at a starting salary of $64,563.

Barring opposition, the hearing will result in a $17,000 raise for the state medical examiner, Dr. Thomas Gilson, to what is being described as "a more competitive'' $193,514 salary and a $4,130 raise for emergency management chief James D. Smith, from $85,220 to $89,350.

The administration will air a second set of proposals Thursday to create a new class of state job for "prevailing wage investigator(s),'' at a starting salary of $37,460, and raise the starting pay for a deputy chief medical examiner from $150,735 to $168,956 for "recruitment purposes.''

The hearings begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday in Conference Room B, on the second floor of the Department of Administration building. Thursday's hearing is at the same time in Conference Room C.