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~f,~tV or y~ O GL4i COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII or•~.+' RESOLUTION NO. ~ (D1ZA~T 3 ) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXTENSION OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII FUEL TAX. WHEREAS, the provisions of Section 243-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, enable, empower and authorize the Council of the County of Hawaii to determine the amount of the county fuel tax; and WHEREAS, it is provided in said section that the amount of the county fuel tax shall be determined by resolution to be adopted by the Council in the manner provided by law, relating to resolutions involving the expenditure of public money, and the amount so fixed may be, per gallon, one or more cents or a fraction of a cent or both, or zero; and WHEREAS, the said section further provides that no such resolution shall be adopted until the Council shall conduct a public hearing on the amount of the proposed tax after a notice of such hearing shall have been published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county at least twice during a period of thirty days immediately preceding the date of such hearing; and WHEREAS, the existing Hawaii County fuel tax of eight and eight-tenths (8.8) cents has remained unchanged since 1988 to continue to June 30, 2008, and is the lowest in the state, as the County of Kauai fuel tax is thirteen (13) cents; the City and County of Honolulu fuel tax is sixteen and fivc-tenths (16.5) cents; and the County of Maui fuel tax is sixteen (16) cents per gallon; and WHEREAS, Hawaii County currently has the highest miles per employee ratio as it has 904 miles of roads, not counting 122 miles ofroads-in-limbo, and 136 employees, compared to Honolulu, which has 1,156 miles of road and 400 employees or the State of Hawaii, Big Island Division, which has 335 miles of road and 109 employees; and WHEREAS, the Council, after considering the various and numerous highway needs and improvements to be made within the county of Hawaii, believes that the county fuel tax should be extended until and unless otherwise provided by another resolution adopted as above provided; and WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Council that expenditures of revenues generated by three and eight-tenths (3.8) cents of the fuel tax be based upon the apportionment formula developed by the Department of Public Works and be used in accordance with highway improvement projects as appropriated.