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FROr; Nature Walk Gifts PHONE ND. 808 322 5641 May. 15 2001 01:03PM P2 Fax transmission Continued -page 2 oi: ~ De4T'E: Ntay 1 S, 2001 T0: NiP. J~ii~es ~F~kaki, Cfiaii:r~iari F~QM: MI. Rb~~ 5o~eld®n Mawai'i County Council Board of Directors s~IHS i am writing to urge the bounty council to adequately fund the anirraal control contract via the Hawaii island Humane Society (I~IIHS) for the corning fiscal year. I would ask that you support, at a r~ninirrrurri, the administration's ~~~~~a ~~a~~~ ~®r wn-IS o~ ~77s,~av. In all fairness, it should be pointed out that ~77g,Q00 Is not an Increase from ari ~~X~®n5~~' ~er8t cif v~~W+. lAor fisEal yeas y the ~n8~na~ G®rltfol contract is in fact costing about that earns art~ount. The difference is that this ~as~ year, the Hii~ane S®cielji has siib§sdized tfi~ ~a~itr'act day ni®r~ than ~1 DD,®®® in order to continue services to the citizens of the gig Island. We have been fore®d to put many of the Humane Society programs on hold in order to make up for th+~ contract deflect. It Is not the responsibility of a non-profit organization to pay for the county animal control contract. gut even 0'P the Humane Society was willing to accept that responsibUity, we could not continue to do so for the coming ~~sca1 'yeas n®i- ~bf Tut'u'r~ ~a~idg+rt~, D'ue ~fi~ ~'i~b1~in®ii~ clrairt b'f ~i~r~ey Born H1H5 to support anlrnal control over the last two years, we no longer have the financial ability to subsidize the contract. it should be noted that even at ~778,DOD H1WS will not be able to III all vacant ~slti®ns. W® viii 6®ntin~se t® find creative ways of d®ing more with less. ~lowever, if the County Council is unwilling to fund the animal contr®I ~~fitra~t at file adiiilriistrati®h'~ i'ecoi~i~iei~decl level, eNe eNill be forced f® ciit back services. `This is not a choice we take lightly. Qur willingness to step up for the past two years to make up the m®netary shortfall should make it clear where our priorities lie. gut we no longer have the financial resources, and the Board of ®irectors has a lega4 responsibility to ensure that HIHS does not go bankrupt. 1AI! of us at HII°IS are grateful to Dili T'akaba of the F#nance f~epartment f®r working with Grayson Hashlda, our executive director, to increase the administration's ®riginal budget. We hope the C®unty Council will now C~ntinibe tb iiii3v~ f®r~i~~~ in That same direction.