2017-11-16 Ltr to Valerie Poindexter re: SHOPO BU 12 and Employees Excluded from that BU

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Harry Kim Mayor C�� 11U1 af,41afult`t Wil Okabe Managing Director Barbara J. Kossow Deputy Managing Director (Offir e of f4r4LVvr 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553 KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg. C • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 (808) 323-4444 9 Fax (808) 323-4440 November 16, 2017 Valerie Poindexter, Council Chair, and Members of the Hawaii County Council County of Hawaii 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Dear Chair Poindexter and Members of the County Council: SUBJECT: Cost Items, State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO) Bargaining Unit 12 and Employees Excluded from that Bargaining Unit In accordance with Sections 89-11(e) and (g), HRS, attached for council action is a resolution authorizing the appropriation in future fiscal years of funds to cover the cost items awarded by the arbitration panel to resolve the impasse between the employers and the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO) for Bargaining Unit 12. The award covers the period from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2021. Cost items presented for your consideration are across-the-board increases; step movements; one-time lump sum bonuses and an increase to the firearm maintenance allowance for bargaining unit 12 and employees excluded from that bargaining unit. Attached as an exhibit to the resolution is a schedule showing the total cost of these various adjustments over the four years of the contract. As our employees serve as a major resource for the County's ability to operate, their related collective bargaining unit increases also represent one of the major contributors to the County's rising cost to operate. As many of the cost items are retroactively effective from July 1, 2017, we ask that this resolution be waived from the Finance Committee to the full Council meeting scheduled for December 5, 2017. Sinc ely, arry Kim Mayor Attachment — Resolution and Exhibit County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.