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•VV Oi <br /> <br /> JAMES Y. ARAKAKI •d?~ ~ ""•'!r.~ Phone: (S08) 961-827? <br /> ~iL{~~ <br /> Chnmrann&Presrding q/jner Fax: (808) 961-8780 <br /> •i'•. ~ <br /> T•'oi.N'1 <br /> COUNTY COUNCIL <br /> County qJ Huwni'i <br /> Huwui'i Cowm= Buil~/ing <br /> 25 Aupuni Strerl <br /> Hilo, HoH~ui'i 96 "?0 <br /> May 21.2003 <br /> FO: Council Members' <br /> FROM: .lames Y. Arakaki <br /> Chair <br /> RE: Bill No. 59. Draft 2 <br /> This is to replace my memorandums dated May 16 and 19, 2003, relating to Solid Waste <br /> subsidies, Alae Cemetery. Waiakea Uka Playground Restrooms and the Corporation Cowlsel's <br /> Salaries & Wages Account. <br /> According to Finance Director Bill'fakaba, the Alae Cemetery expansion is currently under <br /> negotiation. I also believe that the County should not be in the development business of <br /> consolidating and resubdi~~iding 1 [amakua properties fbr resale. The properties should be sold <br /> "as is" and returned to the private sector to be placed back on our tax rolls. If there we access <br /> problems with the properties that prompt the consolidationhesubdivision action, the Council <br /> should be informed of these problems and the monies can be made available on an "as needed" <br /> basis. However, because (here is still a desire to hold back our expenditures. I propose to place <br /> $300,000 in the Council's Contingency Relief account. <br /> Based upon discussions w ith Corporation Counsel Lincoln Ashida, the services gained from the <br /> Icgal positions proposed to be eliminated and/or defunded is much needed. While we can gauge <br /> the quality of this service for ourselves, I am instead recommending a $50,000 decrease in <br /> Corporation Counsel's Miscellaneous Contractual Services Account for Special Counsel <br /> (Account No. 010-131-51.31.10) to he placed in the Council's Contingency Relief account. <br /> With regards to my memorandum on Solid Waste Fees, I would propose that $97,584 be <br /> transferred to the General Fund Subsidy to Solid Waste Fund Account. Another $30,488 will be <br /> placed in the Council's Contingency Relief account. This amounts to a defunding of the <br /> l;mployee Scholarship Program and elimination of the proposed Senior Accounts Clerk in <br /> Environmental Management Additionally, the Solid Waste equipment fund will be decreased <br /> by $55,416. These changes will address the $153,000 decrease in revenues prgjected because of <br /> the residential hauler credit amendment made to Bill 36. <br /> Comm. No. 1~• <br /> Ref. To~n~p° ~ <br /> Ref. Date MAC <br /> <br />