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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 472 OS
RESOLUTION CREATING A TRAFFIC TECHNICIAN-DRAFTING TECHNICIAN
POSITION AND A TRAFFIC TECHNICIAN II POSITION FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS' TRAFFIC DIVISION
WHEREAS, there is a need for a Traffic Technician-Drafting Technician position and a
Traffic Technician II position for the Department of Public Works' Traffic Safety Section due to the
increasing requests for traffic calming by the members of the Hawaii County Council and the
County Administration and to the increase in the number of traffic signals and related workload;
and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works' Traffic Safety Section has only one position,
namely a Civil Engineer IV performing all of the duties required to address the planning,
engineering, and design of traffic control devices on County roadways; and
WHEREAS, in addition, while this person is responsible for preparing reports on traffic
safety projects which encompasses traffic calming such as speed humps, smart signs, etc, there
are no designated personnel to assist or provide back up and train for the duties of this position;
and
WHEREAS, creating a Traffic Technician-Drafting Technician will provide assistance to the
Traffic Safety Section with plan reviews, general traffic counts for signals and stop sign warrant
analysis, speed hump requests, investigations, drafting striping plans & striping as-builts; and
WHEREAS, the Traffic Signals and Street Lights Section currently has only one designated
personnel to monitor and maintain the "in house" hardware and software for the traffic signals and
this position is responsible for all conflicts and emergencies and is available for standby 24 hours a
day and 7 days a week; and
WHEREAS, creating a new Traffic Technician II position will provide assistance and
establish a career ladder for the training and development of traffic oriented personnel and the
additional personnel will enhance worker safety by providing an additional position for standby and
approved leave; and
WHEREAS, this new position will provide assistance to the Traffic Tech Specialist in the
Signal/Street Light Section in maintaining signal software and intricate signal timing involving
specialized data collection and congestion monitoring.; and
WHEREAS, there should be sufficient funds to cover the salaries and wages of these new
positions; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 5-1.3(c) of the Hawaii County Charter states that the Mayor
has the power to "Create positions...for which appropriations have been made by the council...".
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII
that a Traffic Technician-Drafting Technician, SR-13, position and a Traffic Technician II, SR-15,
position be created for the Department of Public Works.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there should be sufficient funds to cover the salaries and
wages of these new positions; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the
Departments of Finance, Human Resources, and Public Works.
Dated at xilo ,Hawaii, this 24th day of January , 2008.
IN DUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMB , C Y OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawaii AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawaii
FORD
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by HIGA X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the HOFFMANN X
COiJNCIL of the County of Hawaii on January 24 ~ 2008. IKEDA X
JACOBSON X
ATTEST: NAEOLE X ~
PILAGO X
YAGONG X
YOSHIMOTO X
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