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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 200 12 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE COUNTY CLERK TO INITIATE A TWO YEAR PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE COMPUTERS AND PRINTERS FOR PUBLIC USE TO ACCESS ELECTRONIC INFORMATION. WHEREAS, during the discussion of Bill No. 128 on December 7, 2011, it was brought to the attention of the Council Members that money and /or other tangible property is owed to the County and members of the public; and WHEREAS, the money and /or other tangible property should be claimed by the rightful owners; and WHEREAS, if money is due to the public, it is appropriate in this difficult financial time to notify them of the money and/or other tangible property; and WHEREAS, money due to the County is the taxpayers' money and should be recovered by the County of Hawai`i; and WHEREAS, members of the public may not have access to the internet; and WHEREAS, the public libraries are closed on certain days leaving their computers and internet access unavailable to the public; and WHEREAS, members of the public may need some help accessing the information via the internet; and WHEREAS, the County Clerk's office may help the public by providing accessible computers and printers at the Hawaii County Building in Hilo, the Pahoa Council Office, the Waimea Council Office, and at Building A of the West Hawai`i Civic Center; and WHEREAS, the County Clerk may apply for grants to acquire computers and printers for this service; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the Office of the County Clerk shall provide computers and printers for public use in the Hawai`i County Building in Hilo, the Pahoa Council Office, the Waimea Council Office, and Building A of the West Hawai`i Civic Center, and each computer shall be restricted to appropriate governmental websites, such as; the State of Hawai`i's website (e.g. for unclaimed property at ehawaii.gov /lilo /app) and the County of Hawaii's website. The Office of the County Clerk may determine which websites to allow.