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• The Honorable Chairman J Yoshimoto and Members of the Hawaii County Council P age 7 March I, 2010 • • Social Services. Despite declining revenues and shrinking budget, the County's budget • for distributing funds to non - profit agencies will he retained at $1.5 million in the FY 2010 -1I budget. Culture and Recreation • Bands. The 1- lawai`i County and West Hawaii bands have been removed from this budget proposal. Sanitation and Waste Disposal • Solid Waste Division. The Solid Waste budget has decreased with the reductions in contract services, cover material costs and recycling expenditures. • Vehicle Disposal. The Vehicle Disposal budget will decline from approximately $4 million to about $3 million, a reduction of about 25 percent. 1- Icalth Fund • Health Benefits. Health costs, including post - employment benefits, are expected to increase with the continuing increase in premium rates. The health insurance rates for next fiscal year have not yet been set by the Employer Union Trust Fund, so increases to this budget item are possible. • POSITION CHANCES The administration has continued to analyze vacant positions and to fill only those that are immediately required for effective operations. The budget reflects the deletion or unfunding of 1 1 1 positions in FY 2010-11. Additional vacant positions remain funded, as they are deemed essential to basic County operations. • Four temporary positions were deleted from the Fireworks Enforcement section of the Fire Department budget. With the establishment of the Fireworks Auditor as required under state law, these positions are no longer needed. • Efforts are ongoing to reduce staffing through attrition, and with this budget an additional 62 vacant positions have been unfunded, for a savings of $2,350,671. • As discussed above. 34 staffed Hawaii County Band positions and 11 staffed West I- Iawai`i Band positions have been vacated as the result of layoffs and have been unfunded. saving $347,027. County of I -Iuwai i is an Mimi! Opportunity Provider amt Employer.