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RESOLUTION 103-99, DRAFT 2 RAMSEYER FORMAT A RESOLUTION APPROVING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS FOR THE INCLUDED EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII IN BARGAINING UNIT O1 (UNITED PUBLIC WORKERS), AND EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM THAT BARGAINING UNIT. WHEREAS, Chapter 89, Hawaii Revised Statutes ("HRS"), establishes a statewide collective bargaining process for public employees; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 89, HRS, the Employers and representatives of Bargaining Unit Ol (United Public Workers) met in late 1996 and early 1998 to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement for the employees in the bargaining unit; and WHEREAS, on March 10, 1998, the Employers and Bargaining Unit O1 reached a tentative agreement, and a new contract was subsequently ratified by the Bargaining Unit O1 membership; and WHEREAS the Employers and Bargaining Unit O1 have agreed to new terms and conditions to that contract via a Memorandum of Agreement dated Ma 3 1999• and WHEREAS, the adjustments to wages and other non-wage cost items are part of a collective bargaining agreement that is effective from July 1, 1995 through June 30, 1999; and [WHEREAS, the 1998 State Legislature adjourned without appropriating funds for collective bargaining costs for Bargaining Unit O 1; and WHEREAS, the parties have subsequently agreed to the same terms and conditions as previously ratified by the membership; and WHEREAS, the 1999 State Legislature passed Senate Bill No. 1518 which provides the counties funding for retroactive pay raises for Bargaining Unit O1; and] WHEREAS, in fiscal year 1999-2000 the total estimated settlement costs to the County of Hawaii, for the cost items established b the provisions of the new contract as modified by the May 3 1999 Memorandum of Agreement will be $4 327 062• and