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DIRECTOR’S REPORT <br />Mr. Takahashi reported the following: <br />A) Update on collective bargaining. They have master agreements and <br />supplemental agreements with HGEA and UPW. County of Hawai‘i’s <br />supplemental agreements with both HGEA and UPW are practically identical, <br />where they have a furlough of one day a month and are maintaining the 60/40 <br />EUTF contributions. The UPW furloughs went into effect in January but <br />because they have to catch up by 12 days for the fiscal year, UPW employees will <br />be taking two furlough days a month from January to June. When the next <br />fiscal year starts in July, they will revert to one day a month. For the most part, <br />the furlough day will be on the first Friday of every month. The second furlough <br />day will be staggered depending on the department’s operations. <br />For HGEA, there were two furlough days a month for the last two years. <br />They are basically doing the same thing for this fiscal year, except it’s one <br />furlough day a month. <br />Negotiations are ongoing and progressing slowly with the Hawai‘i Fire <br />Fighters Association (HFFA) and SHOPO. Mr. Takahashi has a meeting <br />scheduled tomorrow and Friday with HFFA. <br />B) Office reorganization. Effective January, Mr. Takahashi <br />implemented their new office organization whereby a pool was created of <br />generalists to work in all areas across the department. The division heads will <br />still maintain their own divisions; however, their support will now come from <br />the pool of generalists. <br />Mr. Takahashi has been moving toward that direction for a year now. <br />They do have one key vacancy, the division head for Employee Relations <br />Division, which is in charge of employee relations and labor relations. That was <br />actually Ian Takashiba’s old position that Mr. Takahashi restructured into a <br />larger division to take over more things. He has recruited someone and has a <br />commitment from that individual to fill that position, but cannot announce it <br />until he has officially finalized the selection. <br />There will be another unexpected vacancy at the end of the month. Yumi <br />Nakamura will be leaving the department for personal reasons. They will miss <br />her tremendously. Mr. Takahashi is hoping to get approval from the <br />2 <br /> <br />