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~fY or 4 IJ~ COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII ' RESOLUTION NO. ~92 OS RESOLUTION TO ADVANCE FUNDING PRIORITIES TO THE MAYOR FOR INCLUSION IN THE 2008-09 FISCAL YEAR OPERATING BUDGET. WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Charter, Article X, Section 10-5, establishes the council's authority to amend the County's operating budget, by stating, in part: "After the public hearing, and after the submission of the amendments to the operating budget and to the capital budget, the county council may adopt the operating budget as amended with or without further amendments. First reading shall be after May 5. In amending, it may add new items or increase items in the operating budget. It may decrease or delete items, excepting appropriations required by law and appropriations for debt service. But in all cases the estimated revenues for the ensuing year shall be at least equal in amount to the proposed expenditures...."; and WHEREAS, recognizing the importance of council participation in shaping the County's budget process, the council wishes to take a more proactive role in establishing priority items to be included in the County's operating budget; and WHEREAS, the council wishes to provide its input to the mayor prior to the submission of the operating budget to the council no later than March 1 of each year, as mandated by the Hawaii County Charter in Article X, Section 10-2(a); and WHEREAS, by advancing some funding priorities to the mayor earlier in the budget process, the council will encourage a more deliberate budget review process by communicating its priorities for County funding and resources to ensure the public welfare and accommodate growth in the County; and WHEREAS, the council has initially identified regional and island-wide funding priorities that primarily emphasize public health and safety related issues; now, therefore,