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Honorable James Arakaki, Chairperson and _
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Hawaii County Council
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Re: Resolution Creating Positions
Enclosed is a Resolution creating two (2) Housing and Community
Development Specialist III positions for the Office of Housing and Community
Development.
Because of the tremendous workload forthcoming to OHCD, two new positions
are needed to implement the program for the current residents of the Hilo Val
Hala Apartments
If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to call the Office of Housing
and Community Development.
Harry A. akahashi
Director o Finance
APPROVED:
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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
DEPARTMENT: Office of Housing & Comm. Dev. DATE: 11/02/99
STAFF CONTACT: Edwin S. Taira PHONE: ext 8379
A. REQUEST: Draft and process a resolution to create and fill
the two (2) New Housing and Community Development Specialist
(HCDS) III positions, SR-20 in the Existing Housing
Division.
S. BACKGROUND 6 JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS
NEEDED):
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST I
The County will be receiving 200 Welfare-to-Work Vouchers
and 100 Opt-Out Vouchers for current residents of Hilo Val
Hala Apartments for a total of 300 new vouchers. The
current caseload for a HODS III is 225 vouchers. They are
currently working overtime to manage and handle this
caseload. With the approval of the two new HCDS III
positions the case load will be a more manageable 211
vouchers.
The Welfare-to-Work vouchers come with additional
requirements that must be verified, documented, and audited.
We hope that the reduced caseload from 225 to 211 will allow
staff to offset these new requirements.
The additional 300 vouchers and 2 new positions were not
budgeted for the fiscal year 1999/2000. The County was
notified of this after the budget was approved.
However, the additional vouchers will enable the County to
earn an additional maximum (at 100% lease up) of $199,404
per year in administrative fees. The administrative fees
will cover the anticipated cost for the two new positions
and other administrative cost (accounting costs, overhead
expenses, start up cost, etc.) necessary to implement the
300 additional vouchers. No additional County funds will be
required.
ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED
One alternative is to assign the additional vouchers to
existing employees. However, the other HCDS I and III are
already working overtime to cover for other positions that
take leave and to administer the current vouchers. The
Vouchers program is a complicated program to learn. It
normally takes at least a year to train a new hire. It would
be impractical to hire staff on a short term basis.
SIGNED: ~ ~ DATE: O
artment Head