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DENNIS "FRESH" ONISHI Council Member Council District 4 Mailing Address: (Former County Building 25 Anpuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Hawai `i County Council County of Hawai `i Phone: (808) 96/-857/ Fax: 18as~ 96t-89n Email donishiaco.hawaii. hi. us Business Address: 333 Kilauea Avenue, Second Floor Ben Franklin Building Hilo, Hawaii 96720 N [-"+ O fly •~ May 18, 2009 ~,~r. ~ .~- TO: J Yoshimoto, Council Chair ~ °o And Members of the Hawaii County Council ~ ... ~ __; #l ~,;~ ~EM~ =1';; `"' FROM: Dennis "Fresh" Onishi _ `~-~ 2009-10 Budget Ad Hoc Committee, Secretary ~' ~. cri RE: Ad Hoc Committee Meetings Relating to Fiscal 2009 - 2010 Budget. Pursuant to Communication 216, discussed at the April 8, 2009 Council Meeting, the Ad Hoc Committee relating to the 2009-2010 Fiscal Year Budget met on four separate occasions. At this time, the committee has no recommendations relating to the 2009-2010 Fiscal Year Budget. The first meeting was held on April 13, 2009 in the Hilo Council Chambers. Council members attending were Pete Hoffmann, Chair of the Committee, Donald Ikeda, and Dennis "Fresh" Onishi. To cover the estimated $31 million deficit, the following were suggested: • Cut $900,000 Contingency Funds • Cut $500,000 West Hawaii Golf Subsidy • Cut $10 million Fund Balance • Cut $4.5 million 2% Open Sapce Fund • Unfunded 40 positions from the Administration • GASB Fund -not Fund for 2009-10 • Unfund more vacant positions • Increase the real property tax for time share • Increase the Vehicle Weight Tax - to fund Mass Transit and the Elderly Activities Division. • Increase the Gas Tax • Cut Union Benefits Comm. h:o. oZ.lb.2 Ref. To: "" ~e4C`"~{ Ref. Date MAY 2 p 2ppg Sewing the Lnterests of the People of Our Island Hawai i County is art 8qua( Oppor[unity Provider and Employer