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12. If an employee is already in an unpaid leave status at the time they are designated for furlough, they shall not have to take an alternative furlough date unless the furlough action for the work unit is extended beyond their return date; 13. An employee shall not use or substitute paid or accrued leave (vacation or flex time, etc.) for a period of furlough until the furlough is cancelled; 14. Furlough dates may be established before or after a designated paid holiday without the loss of holiday pay; and 15. Employees desiring part-time employment on a permanent basis are not eligible for furlough; 16. If a temporary or permanent layoff is necessary following a furlough, the period of the furlough shall be counted as part of the layoff for purposes of reinstatement; 17. An employee who is furloughed does not have the right to displace another employee. WHEREAS, if time and circumstances allow, the Administrative Branch may wish to consider implementing voluntary furloughs prior to implementing an involuntary furlough. Employees from other non -affected work areas may volunteer and be selected for furlough if the furlough will result in a savings that offsets the funding shortfall; and WHEREAS, employees who have special skills or are considered "essential to public safety" shall be excluded from participation in furloughs. "Essential to public safety" employees should be identified early in the furlough process to avoid the appearance of preferential treatment. "Essential" employees are employees in the public safety departments of Fire, Police. Civil Defense, and employees of the Mass Transit Agency; and WHEREAS, furloughs for any specific or all departments and agencies may be cancelled by the Mayor in the event of a disaster or emergency requiring the return of employees to full duties; and WHEREAS, it is anticipated that the furlough used will be an intermittent furlough lasting for a full budget cycle; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the Mayor of the County of Hawaii shall initiate an intermittent furlough of one -day -per -month in those departments of the administrative branch that are not "essential to public safety" for non- union, non -bargained -for employees beginning with the budget cycle of July I, 2009 through June 30, 2010. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that efforts to reduce budget in "salaries and wages" docs not imply that these employees are less important to the function of the County administration, to their peers, managers, the County Council, or to the public.