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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF FUNDS OF A LATER FISCAL <br />YEAR AND OF MORE THAN ONE FISCAL YEAR FOR ONE (1) D8 BULLDOZER OR <br />EQUIVALENT. <br />WHEREAS, Section 10 -11 of the Hawai'i County Charter requires that any <br />contract, lease or other obligation requiring payment of funds from the appropriations of <br />a later fiscal year or more than one fiscal year be approved by resolution; and <br />WHEREAS, the Department of Health requires that there is equipment available <br />at all times to properly manage daily solid waste at both the Hilo and Pu`uanahulu <br />Landfills; and <br />WHEREAS, the County needs two bulldozers at each landfill to provide <br />reciprocal backup when either bulldozer requires maintenance or repair; and <br />WHEREAS, the County already has a single, County -owned D8 bulldozer at the <br />Hilo Landfill; and <br />WHEREAS, the County has been renting a privately owned D8 bulldozer on a <br />month -to -month basis as a backup for the County's D8 bulldozer at the Hilo Landfill; and <br />WHEREAS, the County wants to eliminate the need to rent a privately owned <br />bulldozer at the Hilo Landfill; and <br />WHEREAS, a new D8 Waste Handler Series Bulldozer or equivalent, is needed <br />to meet the Department of Health's requirement at the Hilo Landfill to have equipment <br />available at all times; and <br />WHEREAS, this purchase of a new bulldozer will ensure that there is sufficient <br />equipment to operate the indicated landfills when one of the primary bulldozers is out of <br />service due to repairs or maintenance requirements; and <br />