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N�Vlos NFL COUNTY OF HAWAII '•• STATE OF HAWAII ',T OF RESOLUTION NO. 57 11 RESOLUTION URGING MAYOR WILLIAM P. KENOI, IN CONJUCTION WITH THE MAYORS OF KAUAI, MAUI, AND THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU AND THE GOVERNOR, TO NEGOTIATE A NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE POLICE AND FIRE BARGAINING UNITS THAT GIVES THE COUNTY OF HAWAII THE AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT A MINIMUM FIVE PERCENT WAGE REDUCTION FOR PERSONNEL THAT WERE NOT SUBJECT TO THE FURLOUGH PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED IN FISCAL YEAR 2010 -2011. WHEREAS, Mayor William P. Kenoi joined other Mayors in the State of Hawaii in successfully negotiating an agreement with the various public employee bargaining units to incorporate 24 furlough days in the fiscal year 2010 -2011 operating budget for the County of Hawaii; and WHEREAS, only certain employees of the County of Hawaii Police and Fire Departments were required to take the two -day a month furlough that the majority of County employees were subject to; and WHEREAS, over the last four years the bargaining units of the Police and Fire department employees received well - deserved pay raises amounting to 22% and 20% respectively, and a determination was made to not furlough these essential public safety personnel during fiscal year 2010 -2011; and WHEREAS, the County of Hawai`i's financial picture has not improved at the same rate as the other three counties in the State of Hawaii, resulting in the deferment of expenditures into fiscal year 2012 -2013 to achieve a balanced budget proposal; and WHEREAS, in the proposed 2011 -2012 operating budget message submitted by Mayor Kenoi on March 1, 2011, it states in part that "...we now contend with a $38.8 million shortfall." ; and