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Hawaii County Clerk 09/11/2025 08:56:43 AM <br /> Hawaii County Council-23 September 17,2025 <br /> Res. 307-25: APPROVES THE HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS <br /> AND PRIORITIES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR INCLUSION IN THE <br /> 2026 HAWAI`I STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES LEGISLATIVE <br /> PACKAGE <br /> Includes proposals relating to repealing the preemption of local authority to regulate <br /> tobacco products; allowing the counties to request a State land use boundary <br /> amendment from agricultural to rural districts for small, contiguous parcels; <br /> requiring denitrification in individual wastewater systems under certain conditions; <br /> extending the county surcharge of the general excise tax until 2040; establishing a <br /> Homeless Services Fund to be funded through certain adjustments to the <br /> conveyance tax; and adding preferences for an applicant's place of employment <br /> relative to the location of a housing project, status as a state or county employee, <br /> and status as a returning student when considering applications for housing <br /> assistance under Chapter 201H, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Also includes eight <br /> policy priorities relating to: (1) increasing funds for emergency preparedness; <br /> (2) increasing accessibility and transparency regarding the use of public funds for <br /> state transportation projects and highway maintenance; (3) workforce development; <br /> (4) water viability and usage, and watershed monitoring and stewardship; <br /> (5)responsible game management of wild ungulates; (6)promoting producer <br /> responsibility for solid waste; (7)wastewater infrastructure, cesspool conversion <br /> and related financing; and (8)prioritizing and increasing safe routes to school. <br /> Reference: Comm. 490 <br /> Intr. by: Council Member Kimball <br /> Waived: GOEAC <br /> Res. 308-25: TRANSFERS/APPROPRIATES AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A <br /> DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITS SAME TO A DESIGNATED <br /> FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO HAWAII FARMERS UNION <br /> FOUNDATION TO ASSIST WITH EXPENSES FOR THE 2025 HAWAII <br /> FARMERS UNION CONVENTION <br /> Transfers $5,000 from the Clerk-Council Services—Contingency Relief account <br /> (Council District 8); and credits to the Department of Research and Development, <br /> Agriculture Other Current Expenses account. <br /> Reference: Comm. 491 <br /> Intr. by: Council Member Inaba <br /> Page 5 <br />