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DIRECTOR'S REPORT <br />Mr. Takahashi reported the following: <br />A) Update on Terence S. Ignacio's appeal to Third Circuit Court. <br />Terence Ignacio did appeal the Board's decision to uphold his termination to the <br />Third Circuit Court. The court has demanded that the production of the record <br />of the hearing, which is in the process of being completed. <br />B) Collective bargaining update. HGEA did agree tentatively to a <br />settlement. The agreement has been ratified. They are still in the process of <br />finalizing the final language before the parties sign off on it, but to date that has <br />not occurred. The tentative agreement does call for a 5% temporary reduction <br />in salary for two years, a change to a 50/50 contribution toward the medical <br />(EUTF), where right now the employers are paying 60% and employees 40 %. <br />That was negotiable, and that was negotiated to 50/50. The third part to that <br />agreement was that the employees would receive six hours per month of <br />supplemental time off, which is like an additional paid leave that they grant <br />through the negotiation process. <br />While they have been in constant negotiations with the UPW, Police, and <br />Fire unions, they have been unable to reach a settlement with those unions; and <br />those contracts expire June 30. He can comfortably say that come July 1, they <br />will not have a new contract to take its place. They will, however, maintain the <br />status quo and continue the provisions, benefits, conditions, and all terms of the <br />contract that are in effect on June 30 while good faith negotiations are being <br />conducted. <br />Mr. De Lima commented that he didn't think that was a good idea. If he <br />were in charge, he would have declared an impasse by this point, made his final <br />best offer, and then unilaterally implement the final best offer by July 1. <br />Otherwise they'd be playing right into the unions' hands because every month <br />they're collecting the 100% with no percentage reduction. <br />Mr. Rowe asked what happens to the furlough days for the County if they <br />are going to maintain the current contract status. <br />N <br />