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<br />COST OF GOVERNMENT COMMISSION <br /> <br />c/o Office of the Corporation Counsel, 101 Aupuni Street, <br />Suite 325, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br />AGENDA <br />Friday,April 8, 2011 –10:00 a.m. <br /> <br />Liquor Control Conference Room <br /> <br />Hilo Lagoon Centre <br /> <br />101Aupuni Street, Suite 230 <br /> <br />Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br /> <br />1.CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />2.STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC <br /> <br />3.APPROVAL OF MINUTES (March 23, 2011) <br /> <br />4.DISCUSSION, AND QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION WITH ERIC <br /> <br />TANOUYE, AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY COMMISSION REGARDING HIS <br />RESPONSE DATED DECEMBER 9, 2010 TO QUESTIONS IN THE COST OF <br />GOVERNMENT’S AUGUST 5, 2010 LETTER <br />5.REPORTS FROM SUBCOMMITTEES <br /> <br />A.Operations, Budget, and Consolidation (G. Wong, G. Matsuda) <br /> <br />B.Revenue Enhancement and Collections (K. Armour, P. Provalenko) <br /> <br />C.Technology Recommendations and Adoption (E. O’Hara, M. Nicholson) <br /> <br />6.DISCUSSION REGARDING ITEMS PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED TO BE <br /> <br />PLACED IN DRAFT REPORT <br />Review of the complete compensation package for employees <br />A. <br />1)Allow employees to work 10 hours/4 days per week. <br /> <br />Potential impacts: save on electricity, reduce overtime costs for staff <br />required to attend evening public meetings.(January 14, 2011 <br />meeting) <br />2)Institute performance-based reward program. Rewards might be a <br /> <br />bonus, time off, raise, etc.(January 14, 2011 meeting) <br />3)Set the work week at 40-hours a week rather than eight hours a day, <br /> <br />and allow an employee to flex their work schedules and reduce <br />overtime. (January 14, 2011 meeting) <br />4)Link pay cuts to an economic index that would restore cuts as the <br /> <br />economy improves. (January 14, 2011 meeting) <br />5)Focus work-hour cuts or shift personnel in departments that have less <br /> <br />demand for their services in a slow economy to department or tasks <br />acquiring additional man hours. (January 14, 2011 meeting) <br />Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br /> <br />