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To Date FY OS-06 FY 04-OS FY 03-04 FY 02-03 FY O1-02 A/R Balance $1,572,769 $1,376,607 $1,498,037 $1,000,228 $1,159,347 Avg. Monthly Charges $ 734,704 $ 632,762 $ 450,923 $ 301,153 $ 283,840 A/R over 90 Days $ 447,669 $ 361,031 $ 321,046 $ 356,348 $ 541,403 Percentage over 90 Days 28% 26% 21% 36% 47% Avg. Days in AB 71 69 81 118 120 We will continue to work to find new ways to improve collections and further reduce balances over 90 days. 3. Why is it that when we increase employees, the Department's overtime increases (5604.01.02])? Although we have increased employees, we are still not at the desired level where there are sufficient employees to do all the necessary work required. Therefore, employees are requested to do more than their normal four 10-hour shifts. Keeping in mind that the tonnages landfilled have risen 31% in the last three years, the workload has increased dramatically for a variety of reasons which falls into four general areas: a) Regulatory Compliance Issues -minimization of wind-blown litter by collecting is a regulatory requirement. This was one item in our Consent Agreement with the State at the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill. Now that we are at higher elevations, it is even more difficult to control. Litter control fences have been requested and are being procured. In the meantime, under the current permit, it is necessary to have County of Hawaii employees working up and down the face of the landfill picking up litter. Because there is no extra manpower to do this in the normal regular work day, employees are brought in on their days off to provide this needed service. b) Equipment & Facility Repairs -Many of the transfer stations are still unguarded and are not gated. This allows anybody to throw trash down the chute. When the chute is full, trash is dumped on the ground or back up out of the chute. We have had to keep our transfer station attendants working after normal hours to do a late push (operate the hydraulic cylinder in the transfer trailer) just before dark. Gating more of the stations, with additional education to the public, may reduce this need. When the trash is overloaded at a station, extra personnel are brought in to clean up the trash which may require a backhoe and several men. They are called in on an as-needed basis, from their days off, as the normally working crews are already assigned to specific tasks that need to be accomplished. Employees are utilized to make repairs to the transfer stations such as welding new chutes, replacing guard rails and maintaining the hydraulic pumps. c) Maintenance Equipment -There is no maintenance facility or crew to service the vehicles. Overtime is utilized to bring back employees to take trailers and tractors to the shop for repair, wash down prior to providing the necessary maintenance, along with prepping and painting. d) Overtime is used when employees are brought back after their normal shift to cover for those who are taking annual leave, sick leave, comp time, etc. This is necessary to keep the program moving as there are no extra employees to fill in for those who are absent.