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~~v or ~y COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII I, '1ja~~,.M''+ RESOLUTION NO. 303 0'7 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE MAYOR TO CREATE A COMMUNITY VIOLENCE COORDINATOR POSITION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY WHEREAS, the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney and the Hawaii Police Department believe it is in the best interest of both agencies to have a committed, or permanent community violence coordinator; and WHEREAS, previous coordinators focused on domestic violence have been grant funded; and WHEREAS, the coordination of government, social service agencies, and non-profit agencies geared toward domestic violence lapses when the grant funding lapses and the position is eliminated; and WHEREAS, initially, there was a coordinator in the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney in the early 1990s who created the Domestic Violence Interagency Team; and WHEREAS, the Domestic Violence Interagency Team ultimately dissolved on or around 2001 and a Family Violence Advisory Commission to the Mayor was formed and the last meeting was in September 2004; and WHEREAS, all parties involved agree that for this county to effectively respond to its domestic violence problem, a permanent, full-time coordinator must be in place; and WHEREAS, a coordinator would ensure that all agencies, government and non- government, that respond to domestic violence, create a strategic response to the problem; and WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Council is committed to addressing the domestic violence problem; and WHEREAS, for the duration of the first year of the coordinator position being established, council members are requested to commit a portion of their Contingency Relief funds toward the salaries and benefits of this newly-created position; and WHEREAS, the County Council requests that the Office of Prosecuting Attorney budget this Community Violence Coordinator position in subsequent fiscal years; and