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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 194 0'7 A RESOLUTION COMMITTING TO FUNDING THE COST ITEMS AGREED UPON BY THE EMPLOYERS AND THE UNITED PUBLIC WORKERS (UPW) UNIT 01 AND EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM BARGAINING UNIT 01 FOR THE CONTRACT PERIOD JULY 1, 2007 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2009. WHEREAS, Section 89-10(b) of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to collective bargaining require that "[a]II cost items shall be subject to appropriations by the appropriate legislative bodies"; and WHEREAS, this section further requires that "the employer shall submit within ten days of the date on which the agreement is ratified by the employees concerned all cost items contained therein to the appropriate legislative bodies"; and WHEREAS, pursuant to provisions of Section 89-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, after months of negotiations a settlement was reached between the employers and the UPW on behalf of Bargaining Unit 01, and the settlement was ratified by the membership of the bargaining unit; and WHEREAS, the cost items included in the settlement are shown on the attached exhibits; and WHEREAS, the estimated cost to the County of Hawaii over the two years of the new contract, as shown in the exhibits attached to this resolution, is $3,581,614 for blue-collar employees included in bargaining unit 01 and $21,459 for blue-collar employees excluded from bargaining unit 01, for a total of $3,603,073. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the cost items as negotiated and ratified with UPW, as shown on the attached exhibits, are hereby approved.