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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br /> DATE: October 20, 2020 Re: Comm. No. 1105/Bill No. 208 <br /> PLACE: Council Chambers <br /> Hilo, Hawai`i <br /> TIME: 9:03 a.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawai`i County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 208, reports as follows: <br /> Bill No. 208, transmitted by Finance Director Deanna Sako, via Communication No. 1105 <br /> dated October 2, 2020, amends Ordinance No. 20-45, as amended, the Operating Budget for the <br /> County of Hawai`i for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2021. <br /> Bill No. 208 appropriates revenues in the Parks and Recreation Department of Business, Economic <br /> Development and Tourism (DBEDT) Social Transportation Program Income account ($50,000); <br /> and appropriates the same to the DBEDT Social Transportation Program Income account. Funds <br /> would be to support the Elderly Activities Division's paratransit program for seniors. <br /> A motion to move Bill No. 208 to Council with a positive recommendation was made by <br /> Council Member Rebecca Villegas, and seconded by Council Member Karen Eoff. <br /> Elderly Activities Operations Director Roann Okamura addressed Your Committee with appreciation <br /> for the appropriation, noting that many seniors who are told they can no longer drive still have needs <br /> to be met; the paratransit service provides for social transportation such as that. She credited <br /> Representative Mark Nakashima and Council Member Valerie T. Poindexter for creating this pilot <br /> project in Hamakua, and stated that although COVID-19 has hampered much ridership, the funding <br /> provides for the replacement of their fleet to be able to better serve the seniors in the near future. <br /> Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 208, and recommends <br /> its passage on first reading. <br /> db <br /> AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted, <br /> CHUNG X <br /> DAVID x COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br /> EOFF X I _' <br /> KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X <br /> KIERKIEWICZ X /APO <br /> ' <br /> LEE LOY X ,.•� <br /> POINDEXTER X AILE MEDEI' OS DAVID, CHAIR <br /> RICHARDS X FC REPORT NO.: 154 <br /> VILLEGAS X ADOPTED: NOV 0 6 2020 <br />