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• MjY OF/� <br /> cte. .�'' 0, Wil Okabe <br /> •� '/ <br /> ,�%Cr Managing Director <br /> !�,'.�� <br /> Harry Kim -+ - 1 • <br /> Mayor .' '' r <br /> = ;'--;‘ Barbara J.Kossow <br /> +f: ..r+;••,. Deputy Managing Director <br /> (gaunt. <br /> ftfit e of filo Altagor <br /> 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo,Hawai`i 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 <br /> KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy.,Bldg.C • Kailua-Kona,Hawaii 96740 <br /> (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 <br /> March 1, 2017 <br /> COUNTY CLERK <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII <br /> RECEIVED <br /> Valerie Poindexter, Council Chair and Time i is cons,/ By LMA.! <br /> Members of the Hawai`i County Council Date mAp i t 7I DA <br /> County of Hawaii <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> Aloha Council Members: <br /> As required by the Hawaii County Charter, submitted with this message is the proposed operating <br /> budget for the County of Hawaii for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. This balanced budget <br /> includes estimated revenues and appropriations of$473,998,961, and includes the operations of <br /> eleven of the County's special funds as well as the General Fund. <br /> This proposed FY 2017-18 budget is $11,020,333 or 2.38 percent larger than the FY 2016-17 <br /> budget. Even during the years of budget challenges caused by the recession,the County continued <br /> to invest in county infrastructure, while restricting spending and coping with increased employee <br /> health care costs and other expenses. This budget reflects those efforts to control the size and cost <br /> of government, while continuing to maintain essential police, fire and other core County <br /> government services. <br /> We face a challenge posed by$11.7 million in additional employee benefit expenses in the coming <br /> year. Most of these costs were the result of increases in health benefits,post-employment benefits, <br /> Social Security contributions and retirement obligations for our existing employees and retirees. <br /> These costs reflect the lion's share of the difference between last year's budget and this year's <br /> budget. <br /> Despite those additional costs, this budget does not require any increase in real property tax rates. <br /> < EIR 0 _ <br /> COMM c 1 <br /> Ref.To: f L <br /> Ref.Dahl MR R 1 "IV <br /> County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />