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Honorable Members of the Hawai`i County Council February 28, 2014 Page 7 Highways & Streets • Public Works Road Maintenance. Approximately $350,000 is appropriated for additional maintenance equipment. • Mass Transit Agency. Increased appropriations of approximately $1.3 million are attributable to an increase in the cost of insurance and bus driver contracts. Culture & Recreation • Parks and Recreation Department. Eight positions to provide maintenance and recreation are being added for new locations that will be serving the public, including Ka`u District Gym & Shelter and `O`oma shoreline. • The majority of other changes in culture and recreation are attributable to salary and wage increases explained above. Sanitation & Waste Removal • Vehicle Disposal Fund An increased appropriation of approximately $1 million will provide additional funding for environmental cleanup. • Solid Waste Fund. The appropriation for landfill tonnage costs has increased by about $1.7 million because of increased operations costs. Debt Service • Transfer to Debt Service. As the result of refinancing old bond issues, there is a reduction of debt service cost of$1.5 million for the upcoming year. Pension & Retirement • Retirement Benefits. Contributions to the employee retirement system will increase by approximately$4.3 million, or 12.2%, as the result of new salary and wage costs and rate increases established by the state legislature. Health Fund • Health Benefits. Contributions to the state employee health system will increase by $1.9 million, which includes an increase of$1 million for future post-employment health benefits. Miscellaneous • Provision for Compensation Adjustment. This provision contains the estimated cost of salary and wages pursuant to contract negotiations that have not been fully approved, and increased by about $2 million. The $5.8 million appropriation is related to pending increases for Unit 11 Fire employees.