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Cost of Government Commission <br />April 26, 2018 meeting minutes <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES (April 5 meeting) <br />Comments: Commissioner Buehler noted a correction needed on pg. 4 under “Public <br />Outreach Methods and Website” to replace “contact” with “contain”. <br />Commissioner Larson motioned to approve the minutes as amended. Commissioner <br />Allen seconded. <br />Motion approved unanimously by voice vote – 8 ayes <br /> <br />OVERVIEW OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN <br />RESOURCES (taken out of agenda order) <br /> Department of Human Resources Director William Brilhante relayed the <br />Commission with the numbers of County employees broken down by various <br />categories, types and bargaining units. A spreadsheet of the data was provided, <br />which is on file. <br />o Discussions: <br />What is HGEA? Hawai‘i Government Employees Association union <br />Are these positions approved by the County Council? All approved during <br />the annual budget process. <br />The creation of new positions have been minimal. Growth and decline on <br />number of employees. Over a five year period, the number of County <br />positions have increased by less than 150, which is reflective of population <br />growth. <br />When a police officer goes from regular duty to special duty, there is a <br />different category such as an overtime account and the funds are billed to <br />the contractor, who covers costs. <br />The difference between collective bargaining and Salary Commission <br />positions are that the department heads wages are determined by the <br />Commission. Mass Transit, The Office of Aging and Civil Defense are <br />considered agencies and their salaries are through the “excluded manager <br />compensation plan”. <br />We may want to look at what is referred to as “level of services standards” <br />such as how many police officers are adequate for certain districts, etc. <br /> <br />OVERVIEW OF COUNTY BUDGET BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE (taken out <br />of agenda order) <br /> Department of Finance Director Deanna Sako presented a PowerPoint <br />presentation titled “County Budget 101…Where it Comes From…Where it Goes, <br />an Overview of Budgetary Accounting and the Budget Process for the County of <br />Hawai‘i. The presentation is on file. <br />o Discussions included revenue streams, taxes collected by County such as <br />the fuel tax, the transient accommodations tax (TAT) received from the <br />State, total payroll expenses, public open space lands. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />