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Harry Kim Mayor County of Hawaii 25 Aupuni Street, Room 215 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 (808) 961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 March 1. 2004 The Honorable Chairman James Y. Arakaki and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii Hilo, HI 96720 Dixie Kaetsu Managing Director Peter L. Hendricks Deputy Managing Director Dear Chairman Arakaki and Council Members: cD i As required by the Hawaii County Charter, I am submitting to you with thi4essagelhe proposed operating budget for the County of Hawaii for the fiscal year ending June, 2005. This balanced budget includes estimated revenues and appropriations of $246,596,820, and includes the operations of eleven of the County's special funds as well as the general fund. Preparation of the budget involves estimating costs such as debt service, retirement and medical insurance requirements and obtaining estimated expenditures from departments. This year, although the departments were instructed to submit a status quo spending plan, they were allowed to include inflationary increases and present additional needs in the form of supplemental budget requests. Supplemental requests required justification and priority -setting based on the department's program goals, objectives, and performance measures. This budget reflects an 11.5% increase in estimated net taxable real property, and no changes in our tax rates. The real property assessed valuations used are still preliminary figures and the values certified in April may vary from those assumed here. The final budget presented to you in May will be based on the final numbers. This budget reflects our plans to maintain current services. In addition, we are proposing increased spending to expand programs in certain priority areas that are highlighted below. BUDGET PRIORITIES Expansion of Emergency Services One of our priorities is expansion of emergency services. 'This is reflected in the budget by the funding of the new Kalaoa Fire Station in North Kona and funding to assume responsibility for the KMC Fire Station in Volcano. 8111 ,237 Comm. No. 3 t Ref. To: F G _ Ref. DatMAR 204 0 0 On s z Dear Chairman Arakaki and Council Members: cD i As required by the Hawaii County Charter, I am submitting to you with thi4essagelhe proposed operating budget for the County of Hawaii for the fiscal year ending June, 2005. This balanced budget includes estimated revenues and appropriations of $246,596,820, and includes the operations of eleven of the County's special funds as well as the general fund. Preparation of the budget involves estimating costs such as debt service, retirement and medical insurance requirements and obtaining estimated expenditures from departments. This year, although the departments were instructed to submit a status quo spending plan, they were allowed to include inflationary increases and present additional needs in the form of supplemental budget requests. Supplemental requests required justification and priority -setting based on the department's program goals, objectives, and performance measures. This budget reflects an 11.5% increase in estimated net taxable real property, and no changes in our tax rates. The real property assessed valuations used are still preliminary figures and the values certified in April may vary from those assumed here. The final budget presented to you in May will be based on the final numbers. This budget reflects our plans to maintain current services. In addition, we are proposing increased spending to expand programs in certain priority areas that are highlighted below. BUDGET PRIORITIES Expansion of Emergency Services One of our priorities is expansion of emergency services. 'This is reflected in the budget by the funding of the new Kalaoa Fire Station in North Kona and funding to assume responsibility for the KMC Fire Station in Volcano. 8111 ,237 Comm. No. 3 t Ref. To: F G _ Ref. DatMAR 204