HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 323 03/20/1987 1984-1988 • REPORTOF THE 111.
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COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Date : February 24 , 1987 Re: Comm. 819
Place: Councilroom
Time: 9 : 00 a.m.
Chairman and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo , Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill 282, reports as
follows :
Bill 282 proposes to amend Ordinance 86-63, the Operating Budget for
Fiscal Year 1986-87 , by increasing the General Fund Fund Balance from
Previous Year by $8,000 and appropriating same to the Civil Service -
Employee Assistance Program.
The purpose of Bill 282 is to provide the necessary funds by which
the Employee Assistance Program can be initiated as a pilot project
in the Police Department . The program is aimed at early intervention
whereby employees and their families can refer themselves or can be
referred by supervisors for counseling and possible treatment .
Your committee heard from the Director of Personnel Services that the
main thrust of the program is to assist a good employee in getting
back into the mainstream rather than firing him/her . Hard drugs and
marijuana are not the problem, alcohol is the most prevalent
problem. Primary emphasis will be placed upon getting the employee
into some kind of treatment or counseling.
The $8 ,000 is a modest sum to initiate this pilot project . The
Personnel Director has been providing some assistance to employees on
an informal one-to-one basis . With 11 employees , the department is
not able to handle any formal program.
Upon questioning as to how the unions perceive this program, the
Director indicated that they are consulted and fully informed of the
program prior to implementation . Thus far , the Director has
indicated that all of the unions have been supportive of the program.
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Your committee also inquired as to whether the unions would be
willing to provide financial support . The Director indicated that
this type of problem is management 's responsibility.
Your committee requested that if the proposal is approved , that an
evaluation report be submitted, to which the Director indicated that
the report would be in terms of numbers rather than names because of
privacy aspects .
Councilman Domingo shared the success of the Hamakua Sugar Company' s
program with the committee. He indicated that the program is working
well for those who are alcoholics, whose absenteeism is high and
those who get hurt more often than others .
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the intent and purpose of
Bill 282 and recommends that it pass fir reading.
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