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Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br />Barbara Bell <br />Director <br />C ann#g Of Anfunli <br />DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMEI-' s <br />25 Aupuat Street, Room 210 •Hilo, Hawaii 967204252 <br />(808) 961-8083 • Fax (808) 961-8086 _ - 1--• r - <br />N <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE March 12, 2004 <br />TO Aaron S.Y. Chung, Finance Committee Chairman and <br />all Hawaii County Council ers <br />FROM Barbara Bell, Director{) <br />SUBJECT : Department of Envirdnmental Management Operating Budget, FY 04-05 <br />I hope the following will answer most of your questions and address your concerns as <br />outlined in the letter from the Legislative Auditor, Deputy County Clerk and staff. We <br />can elaborate at our Finance Committee review on Friday, March 12, 2004. For further <br />clarification we can provide responses in writing at a later date. <br />ADMINISTRATIVE <br />PAGE 1 <br />DEPARTMENT GOALS <br />3. To maximize convenience to the public. <br />To clarify, maximizing convenience to the public involves several goals, including: <br />1) Maintenance and enhancement of existing services. <br />2) Construction of new facilities to serve changes in population. <br />3) Public education. <br />5. To utilize the best available technology to minimize waste volume and/or tonnage. <br />6. Perhaps language should acknowledge financial impacts as maximum convenience and <br />best available technology will come with exorbitant costs. <br />It is our understanding that costs is a large part of the definition of "best available <br />technology ". We could change the wording to "best available technology in tandem with <br />good value for the County's residents ". Utilization of the best available waste reduction <br />technology will likely involve substantial costs. These costs are currently unknown and <br />Comm. No. �t�•�O <br />Ref. To: Pteste� <br />Ref. Date MAR 12 2004 <br />70 <br />