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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. ~~~ 08 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM THE DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT(S) AND CREDITING SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT(S). WHEREAS, the Island of Hawaii is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and in [he event of a disaster help and assistance may only be available from another island or the mainland of the United States, causing severe delays in receiving assistance; and WHEREAS, the Island of Hawaii is subjected to lava flows, hurricanes, tropical storms, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, rockslides, and other disasters and has frequently had many areas on the island become isolated in a disaster; and WHEREAS, the Community Emergency Response Team (CER"f) Program educates people about disaster preparedness, trains volunteers in basic response skills; such as, fire safety, light search and rescue, and disaster medical operations, and with their training, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following a disaster event, and can take a more active role in preparing their community; and WHEREAS, disaster prepazedness is the responsibility of every adult, family, neighborhood, community, and government; and WHEREAS, Contingency Relief funds from Council District 8 will be appropriated to the Hawaii County Fire Department to provide funding for overtime wages to the instructors who do the training in their free time in North Kona; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the following amount is hereby transferred/appropriated as set forth below: FUND: General AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATION: $2,000 OUT AND FROM: 010.10].5101.91 Clerk-CouncilSVC-Contingency Relief $2,000 CREDITED TO: 010.221.5221.01 Hawaii County Fire Department Fire Protection S&W $2,000 (CERT training in North Kona -overtime)