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COUNTY OF HAWAII HAWAH COUNTY COUNCIL PROGRAM AND BUDGET REVIEW QUESTIONNAIItE Fiscal Year 1997-98 (FY98) Planning Department March 7, 1997 2. Identify goals and objectives that are to be discontinued in FY98 and the rationale for termination. • Development and the adoption of previously developed community development or regional plans are being terminated as they either have gone through the adoption process. The focus for the Long Range Planning Division will be more on the General Plan update and infrastructure planning. 3. Identify programs or divisions (if appropriate) with significant 10%) budget increases or decreases from the current year and the rationale for change in FY98. What impact do you expect these changes to have on services provided? Significant budget increases include: • Budget items increasing by greater than 10% include Miscellaneous S&W, where $16,000 is being requested as compared with a $1,000 budget for FY97. This increase is necessary as staff vacancies require temporary assignments into positions of greater responsibility when additional tasks are assigned or when covering for staff on vacations. The increase will help maintain the regulatory services provided to the public. • The travel and conference account reflects an increase of $7,565 over the budget for FY97. This is largely due to Hawaii County's hosting of the Hawaii Congress of Planning Officials conference in September. • Despite decreases in some items (Hearings officer services), an overall $8,000 increase is being projected for the Miscellaneous Contractual Service account. The deletion of the hearings officers will require that either Planning Staff, Corporation Counsel or the Planning Commission and Board of Appeals will need to conduct contested case hearings and may impact timely processing of permit applications. The increase to fund an inventory of streets and street naming mapping will however aid in the public's 911 and other medical service needs. 2