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- '.• ''.•. . Walter K.M.Lau <br /> " b4g. Managing Director <br /> William P. Kenoi ';,•,,,F/, 1•: <br /> Mayor •-- 's � Randall M. Kurohara <br /> +J;• +e:'� Deputy Managing Director <br /> • <br /> •County of Hawaii <br /> Office of the Mayor <br /> 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(8o8)961-6553 <br /> KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy.,Bldg.C • Kailua-Kona,Hawaii 96740 +v <br /> (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 ° n <br /> -es O c-7 <br /> O <br /> May 5, 2014 '." <br /> r- <br /> m <br /> J Yoshimoto, Chair <br /> And Honorable Members of the Hawai`i County Council co — <br /> County of Hawai`i <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> Aloha Chair Yoshimoto and Council Members: <br /> As required by the Hawai`i County Charter, submitted with this message is the proposed <br /> operating budget for the County of Hawai`i for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015. This <br /> balanced budget includes estimated revenues and appropriations of$416,915,831, and includes <br /> the operations of eleven of the county's special funds as well as the general fund. <br /> This FY 2014-2015 budget is $13,710,833 or 3.4 percent larger than the budget in effect when <br /> this administration took office in 2008. This budget continues our strategic investments in county <br /> services and infrastructure to support our working families and businesses, while carefully <br /> controlling the cost of government. <br /> We continue to see a gradual recovery from the past five years of budget challenges caused by <br /> the national and international recession. We are finally experiencing a measured recovery in <br /> property values, which allows us to address the new challenge of $20.9 million in additional <br /> employee expenses in the year ahead. Most of these costs are the result of public worker <br /> arbitration decisions and negotiated agreements that significantly increase salaries, wages, social <br /> security contributions and retirement obligations. <br /> A coordinated effort by the Hawai`i State Association of Counties and Hawai`i Conference of <br /> Mayors this year helped to convince the state Legislature to allocate additional hotel room tax <br /> funding to the counties, and we welcome this assistance. This revised budget commits all of that <br /> additional funding to pay for future health care obligations for public employees. <br /> This proposed balanced budget does not require any increase in property taxes. <br /> // Comm.No 8 9' 6 <br /> J <br /> )County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. Reef.Dote, lijAY A g 2,011 <br />