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<br /> <br /> <br /> The Honorable Chairman Pete Hoffmann <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> Page 3 <br /> February 29, 2008 <br /> <br /> ¦ The responsibility for lease payments will reside with the Finance Department's <br /> Property Management Division. Thus, $1.8 million, which represents payments <br /> for the Public Works leases, has been removed from its budget. <br /> ¦ Funding for Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) updates has been reduced to <br /> $500,000 from the current $1.5 million. The additional $1 million provided by <br /> the County Council last year will not be required this year. <br /> <br /> Public Safety <br /> <br /> • Police. In addition to salaries and wages, this budget includes cost increases for the <br /> mobile data terminal project, and matching funds for the Public Safety Interoperable <br /> Communications project and the marijuana grants. <br /> <br /> • Fire. Included in the department's budget is $1.6 million to replace the rescue <br /> helicopter. <br /> • Animal Control. The cost of animal control services is expected to increase <br /> substantially based on the last request for proposal (RFP). <br /> <br /> Culture and Recreation <br /> <br /> • Administration. $500,000 has been included as matching funds for the Veterans <br /> Center construction project on Kawili Street. <br /> <br /> • Park Maintenance. Increased costs include security services for Isaac Hale Beach <br /> Park and a crew for the Kohanaiki Park, starting in the last quarter of the fiscal year. <br /> Sanitation and Waste Disposal <br /> <br /> • Solid Waste Division. <br /> <br /> ¦ Nine positions have been added: 1 Supervisor for Kona and 8 Transfer Station <br /> Attendants, 3 for Hilo, 3 for Kohala, 2 for Kona. <br /> • Landfill operations expenses have increased by $1.6 million due to added <br /> positions, contracts, and repairs. <br /> • Expanded recycling efforts (additional recycling centers at transfer stations, <br /> increase in green waste contracts) will increase expenses by $1.8 million. <br /> <br /> • Wastewater Division. Cost of operations is expected to increase by $835,000. <br /> • Vehicle Disposal. More funds are needed to fulfill Department of Health permit <br /> requirements (East Hawaii, $300,000, West Hawaii, $300,000) and conduct an <br /> environmental cleanup of the scrap metal facility in East Hawaii ($150,000). <br />