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Home My WebLink AboutREP FC 173 12/02/1997 1996-1998 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE DATE: December 2, 1997 Re: Comm. No. 582/Res. No. 185 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 10:50 A.M. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 185, reports as follows: Resolution No. 185, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro, via Communication No. 582, dated November 6, 1997, approves the cost items agreed upon by the employers and Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA) affecting bargaining units 03, 04, 63 and 84 for the contract period July 1, 1997 through June 30, 1999. The cost items aze a continuation of step movements during the two yeazs covered and a 2.23% across-the-boazd increase on January 1, 1998. The estimated cost to the County of Hawaii for negotiated cost items wil? be $1,315,616. Additional adjustments such as employer's contribution to the Employee Retirement System, vacation, holiday, and sick leave repazations will increase the total cost to $1,715,993. The increased costs for this fiscal year will be covered by the Provision for Compensation Adjustment appropriation in the current budget. Pursuant to Section 89-10(B) of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to collective bargaining, the employer must 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. Members of Your Committee were concerned with approving salary increases at a time when the County's economy is in a decline and reductions in revenues aze anticipated. Conversely, some members voted in favor of the cost items because they were negotiated in good faith by the Government Employees of the State and County, and because funds to cover the additional remuneration's are budgeted. A motion asking Your Committee on Finance to approve Resolution No. 185 failed by the vote reflected below. Your Committee recommends that Resolution No. 185 be filed. ]kc ayh Nye. n~c ex Respectfully submitted CHUNG X LEITHEAD-TODD X COM]~TTEE ON FINANCE RAY X ~l SANTANGELO X } - SMITH X 7 ~ TYLER X AARON 5.~. CHUNG,ICHAIR YAGONG X FC REPORT ~O. 173 ARAKAKI,EO.M. X ADOPTED: