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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 183 ORDINANCE NO. A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE HAWAI'1 COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), ADMINISTRATION, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DISASTER AND EMERGENCY FUND. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose. The County Council finds that there is a need to create a special fund to provide immediate response to repair county facilities and infrastructure due to damages caused by a natural or man-made disaster or other emergencies, and to clean up property when such action serves a public purpose. SECTION 2. Chapter 2 of the Hawai' i County Code, 1983 (1995 Edition), relating to Administration, is hereby amended, by the addition of a new article to read as follows: "ARTICLE .DISASTER AND EMERGENCY FUND. Section 2-_. Creation of Fund. Pursuant to section 10-12, Hawaii County Charter, a special fund to be known as the Disaster and Emergency Fund is created. Section 2-_. Funding. The Disaster and Emergency Fund shall be funded each fiscal year by the council appropriating a minimum of $100,000 to a maximum of $500,000 per year until the Fund has accumulated a maximum of $5,000,000 at the time of the appropriation. Section 2-_. Expenditures from the Disaster and Emergency Fund. The moneys in the Disaster and Emergency fund shall be only utilized for the following purposes: (a) To repair county facilities and infrastructure damaged by a natural orman-caused disaster or emergency. (b) To clean up property, including roads and sewage systems, damaged by a natural or man-caused disaster or other emergencies when such action serves a public purpose. (c) To provide immediate response for services for public health and safety risks due to a natural or man-caused disaster or emergency in the form of personnel, equipment, materials, supplies, and service contracts. (d) To match federal, state, and/or private grants-in-aid to develop or bring back public property to a safe and useable condition. (e) To pay for administrative expenses, which shall not exceed five percent (5%) of this Fund.