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The Honorable Chairman Pete Hoffmann and Members of the County Council Page 3 March 1, 2007 creation of a separate Vehicle Registration and Licensing (VRL) division within the Finance Department. The purposes of this consolidation are: • To improve services to the public by eventually offering regional one-stop VRL service centers in Hilo, Kona, Waimea, Pahoa, and Kau; • To promote efficiency of operations by cross -training staff to carry out more functions; • To enable the Police Department to focus on its core functions of fighting and preventing crime; and ■ To enable the Treasury division to concentrate on investments, banking, and municipal financing. This budget includes funding for expanded services and rent for a new facility in Waimea. If approved, regional VRL service centers will be opened in Hilo, at the former Real Property Tax office on Piilani Street (1/08); in Kona, at the new West Hawaii Civic Center (upon completion); in Pahoa, at the planned new Police station (upon completion); and in Waimea and Kau, at sites to be selected. • Roll-on, Roll -off Trailers for Solid Waste. The Solid Waste division will purchase two roll -off trucks and six 40 -cubic yard roll -off trailers to establish a pilot program to separate, collect, and transport green waste and white goods from a number of transfer stations, When full, the roll -off containers will be taken to the scrap metal yard, or green waste facility. The containers will also be stationed at the Hilo tip floor to transport separated items, including wood, pallets, cardboard, green waste, and scrap metal, to the appropriate disposal site. The roll-on bins and trucks provide the flexibility to serve the public and divert more of the waste stream from the landfills. The roll-on trailers and tractor trucks are an integral part of the equipment needed to haul items away from the transfer stations for proper disposal. SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS This budget adds supplemental funding for the following major areas of need: Parks and Recreation • Establishes additional Plumber, Electrician, and Mechanic positions, and increases to full-time, 6 Park Caretaker positions to improve the maintenance of parks. • Adds funds to repair Aunty Sally's Luau Hale. • Continues municipal golf rates in West Hawaii.