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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 188 Draft 01 2024-2026 A RESOLUTION COMMITTING TO FUNDING THE COST ITEMS AGREED UPON BY THE EMPLOYERS AND THE HAWAI‘I GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (HGEA) UNITS 02, 03, 04, 13 AND EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM THOSE BARGAINING UNITS FOR THE CONTRACT PERIOD JULY 1, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2029. WHEREAS, Section 89-10(b) of the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, relating to collective bargaining, requires that “[a]ll cost items shall be subject to appropriations by the appropriate legislative bodies”; and WHEREAS, this section further requires that “the employer shall submit within ten days of the date on which the agreement is ratified by the employees concerned all cost items contained therein to the appropriate legislative bodies”; and WHEREAS, pursuant to provisions of Section 89-10, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, after good-faith negotiations, a settlement was reached between the employers and the HGEA on behalf of Bargaining Units 02, 03, 04, 13 and employees excluded from those bargaining units, the settlement was ratified by the membership of the bargaining units; and WHEREAS, the estimated cost to the County of Hawai‘i over the four years of the new contracts, as shown in the exhibits attached to this resolution, will be $46,901,771; now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I that the cost items as negotiated and ratified with HGEA, as shown on the attached exhibits, are hereby approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the funds necessary to pay the obligations under this agreement will be included in the operating budgets in FY2026, FY2027, FY2028, and FY2029. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit copies of this resolution to the Department of Human Resources and the Department of Finance. Dated at _____________, Hawai‘i, this ______ day of ___________________, 20___. INTRODUCED BY: _______________________________________ COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai‘i Hilo, Hawai‘i ROLL CALL VOTE    AYES NOES ABS EX   GALIMBA       HUSTACE       I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawai‘i on _____________________________________. INABA       KAGIWADA       KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER       KIERKIEWICZ      ATTEST: KIMBALL       ONISHI       VILLEGAS              Reference:  COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO.