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6)Establish a ‘voluntary temporary furlough’ program. Suggested format <br /> <br />is: <br />a)Department head decides which positions or whether any <br />posi <br />tions can accommodate the personnel time reduction on a <br />temporary basis only. <br />b)Any employee may apply. <br />c)Maximum of one day per week (two days per pay period) per <br />full-time employee. <br />d)Minimum of one day per month (one day per pay period) per <br />full-time employee. <br />e)90-day commitment period per agreement, renewal by application <br /> <br />at least 20 days prior to expiration (for accounting management <br />needs). Manager may require reduction to minimum (one day per <br />month) or deny, based on personnel needs. <br />7)Review and reduce number of paid holidays. (January 14, 2011 <br /> <br />meeting) <br />8)Reduce monthly accrual of vacation or sick leave from 14 hours per <br /> <br />month (4.5 weeks per year for each) to 10 hours per month <br />(three weeks per year).(January 14, 2011 meeting) <br />9)Consider consolidating vacation and sick time into personal time off. <br /> <br />Potential impacts would allow employees more flexibility to schedule <br />personal time off, would reduce abuse of sick time. (January 14, 2011 <br />meeting) <br />10)Establish an early retirement incentive plan. (January 14, 2011 <br /> <br />meeting) <br />Suggest a review of reimbursements and per diem policy <br />B. <br /> <br />1)Eliminate on-island meal reimbursements. (January 14, 2011 meeting) <br />2)Replace set per diem with actual expenses, capped at per diem <br />amount. (January 14, 2011 meeting) <br />Countyexamine their policies on travel and vehicle use <br />C. <br />1)Limit attendance at off-island conferences and/or hold off-island <br />conferences via Skype or video conferencing.Hold department and <br />division meetings via video conferencing, multimedia communication in <br />lieu of face-to-face meetings to reduce on and off-island travel. <br />(January 14, 2011 meeting) <br />2)Restrict the use of county take home vehicles. (January 14, 2011 <br /> <br />meeting) <br />Review current staffing and explore opportunities for staff <br />D. <br />consolidation <br />1)Recommend that the enforcement responsibilities of Planning <br />Department, Building Department, Real Property Tax, Environmental <br />Management and the Department of Health (as contracted effort from <br />the state to the county since this is a state function) be consolidated <br />into an Enforcement Division (November 17, 2010 meeting and <br />Comm. 210-105) <br />2 <br /> <br />