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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br /> DATE: June 4, 2013 Re: Comm. No. 24/Res.No. 18-13 <br /> PLACE: Council Chambers <br /> Kona, Hawai`i <br /> TIME: 1:34 p.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawai`i County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 18-13, reports as follows: <br /> Resolution No. 18-13, transmitted by Council Member Margaret Wille, via Communication No. 24 <br /> dated December 3, 2012, establishes a Real Property Tax Stakeholders Task Force. <br /> On December 18, 2012, Your Committee postponed the measure to the call of the Chair; and at its <br /> April 30, 2013 meeting, the measure was further postponed to June 4, 2013. <br /> During the April 30, 2013 meeting, a proposed amendment was transmitted via Communication <br /> No. 24.3 by Council Member Wille, dated April 11, 2013. She recommended that the Real Property <br /> Tax Taskforce to include Council Members Poindexter and Onishi; Finance Director Nancy Crawford; <br /> Real Property Tax Administrator Stanley Sitko; Real Property Assistant Administrator Lisa Nahoopii; <br /> Deputy Corporation Council Ryan Kanakaole; and three members of the public: Stewart Hussey, <br /> Bob Price and Jeanne Sunderland. Ms. Wille explained that the main purpose of the Ad Hoc Committee <br /> was to review the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) recommendations and to <br /> prioritize their findings to present to the Council. <br /> In the course of the Finance Committee meeting on June 4, 2013, Council Member Wille withdrew <br /> Comm. No. 24.3. Your Committee amended Res. No. 18-13 with the contents of Comm. No. 24.10, <br /> proposed by Ms. Wille, which changes the Real Property Tax Taskforce members to include Council <br /> Members Wille and Onishi; Finance Director Nancy Crawford; Real Property Tax Administrator <br /> Stanley Sitko; Real Property Assistant Administrator Lisa Nahoopii; Deputy Corporation Council Ryan <br /> Kanakaole; and three members of the public: Janice Mahuna, Bob Price, and Stewart Hussey. For <br /> informational purposes, Janice Mahuna and Bob Price were members of the Real Property Tax Ad Hoc <br /> Committee. <br /> Finance Director Nancy Crawford appeared before Your Committee and addressed several of the <br /> Council Members' concerns. She stated that some of the recommendations brought forth by the Real <br /> Property Ad Hoc Committee are already being worked on. She is pleased to see that the Real Property <br /> Tax Work Group is moving forward and noted that the agriculture classification will be the first priority <br /> of the new task force. In order to implement new tax classification and dedication program changes into <br /> the next tax year, Ms. Crawford would like to see the Council move quickly in finalizing a selected core <br /> task force group. <br /> FC Report No. 74 <br />