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require. The legislative body shall appropriate funds of the amount requested or funds of a different amount after discussing the reasons with the appropriate authority. (c) No adjustment shall be made and no funds shall be used for purposes of this chapter unless the legislative body has appropriated the funds necessary to implement the adjustment; and WHEREAS, HRS section 89C-6 provides that adjustments made in accordance with this chapter shall take precedence over all contrary local ordinances, executive orders, legislation, or rules adopted by the State or a county, or any department, agency, board, or commission thereof, including the personnel departments or the merit appeals boards; and WHEREAS,pursuant to the Mayor's Executive Order No. 155, signed and dated June 29, 2011, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof, and the provisions of HRS Chapter 89C, all changes related to the cost and administration of the benefit plans afforded by the Employee Union Trust Fund (EUTF) that take effect for bargaining unit employees, shall also apply to eligible County employees in the executive branch, who are appointed or excluded from bargaining units 02, 03, 04, and 13, in the Excluded Managerial Compensation Plan(EMCP), or in appointed or elected positions. Furthermore, the Director of Human Resources advised the Council Chairperson prior to the Resolution 98-11 being drafted that the EUTF Premium Payments ratio was to be split in the following manner—Employer contribution 50% and Employee Contribution 50%. That ratio information was provided to the county council on July 7, 2011, and the county council voted and passed Resolution No. 98-11 on the basis of a 50%-50% ratio for the EUTF premiums; and WHEREAS, upon the adoption of this resolution, former Resolution No. 98-11 shall become null and void, and is superseded by this resolution; and WHEREAS,pursuant to an information sheet written by Sharon Toriano, Deputy Director, Human Resources, with a distribution date of July 15, 2011, provided to employees with their paychecks. Until a supplemental agreement is executed, the County of Hawai`i legislative branch will implement the following interim measures: (a) the EUTF Premium Payments ratio is now to be split in the following manner— Employer Contribution 60% and Employee Contribution 40%which was the ratio in effect on June 30, 2009; (b) Additionally, the salary schedule in effect on June 30, 2009 is applied and returns employees to the pay level they had before the two-days-per-month furloughs were implemented ; and WHEREAS,the legislative branch wishes to be consistent with the Mayor's Executive Order No. 155, but use the current EUTF ratio of 60-40; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that upon the adoption of this resolution, former Resolution No. 98-11 shall become null and void, and is superseded by this resolution. 3