Marie Laderta, chief labor negotiator for Gov. Linda Lingle, left a meeting with union officials today after 50 minutes, saying she is still waiting for the unions to present an on-the-record proposal.

The meeting started at 2 p.m. at Honolulu Hale. County officials and education officials met with state employee union leaders.
Laderta attended as Lingle's representative.
"We would like to see a commitment to a position," Laderta said. "The state is willing to discuss everything on the record."
Lingle, who proposed furloughs of state workers to help balance the budget, said last week that she wants a formal counter-proposal from the unions.
Last Thursday, Circuit Judge Karl Sakamoto determined that Gov. Linda Lingle’s plan to furlough state workers three days a month is an issue that needs to be negotiated with government worker unions.
Labor officials then asked a federal mediator for a negotiating session, but the Lingle administration has insisted that it will only come to the bargaining table if the unions present a formal proposal.
The four unions involved are the Hawaii Government Employees Association, United Public Workers, Hawaii State Teachers Association and the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly.
Lingle also planned to outline more cuts to state spending and possibly issue layoff notices to state workers in the next several days.
The governor said Monday that she will be speaking with department heads to determine what cuts can be made in order to close a state budget gap of at least $729 million.
She also said that layoff notices could be sent out by the end of the week or soon thereafter.
Lingle didn’t say how many notices will be sent out. The notices require a delay of as much as 90 days before they take effect.
In the past, Lingle said she may need to fire as many as 2,500 state workers.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.