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SECTION 3. Chapter 2, article 41, section 2 -209, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 2 -209. Funding. [The disaster and emergency fund shall be funded each fiscal year by the council appropriating a minimum of $100,000.] caj Each fiscal year, the minimum amount to be appropriated into the disaster and emergency fund shall be $250,000. (b) The council hereby establishes a policy for the disaster and emergency fund to have a targeted funding amount of $10,000,000. This policy does not preclude the use of the funds for any reason listed in section 2 -210 even if the targeted amount is not met. (c) Additional funds may be deposited in the disaster and emergency fund from state or federal grants, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, private sources, and any other source of revenue." SECTION 4. Chapter 2, article 41, section 2 -210, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 2 -210. Expenditures from the disaster and emergency fund. The [moneys] money in the disaster and emergency fund shall only be [only] utilized for the following purposes: (1) To repair [county] County facilities and infrastructure damaged by a natural or [man caused] human - caused disaster or emergency. (2) To clean up County property, including roads, drainage, and sewage systems, damaged by a natural or [man caused] human - caused disaster or other emergencies when such action serves a public purpose. To provide immediate response for services to deal with public health and safety risks due to a natural or [man caused] human - caused disaster or emergency in the form of personnel, equipment, materials, supplies, and service contracts. (4) To match federal, state, [and/or] or private grants -in -aid individually or in any combination to develop or restore public property to a safe and useable condition. To pay for operational expenses of the County after a disaster or emergency when the County is unable to realize revenue at sufficient levels due to the disaster or emergency. (6) To pay for administrative expenses, which shall not exceed five percent of this fund [ -] except as indicated in (5) above. For the purposes of this section, administrative expenses are defined as staff or contracted salaries, and related fringe benefits." (3) (5) 2