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Form #: B-52 <br /> 7/18/91 <br /> DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> DEPARTMENT: Public Works DATE: April 27, 2017 <br /> STAFF CONTACT: Aaron Brown PHONE: 961-8463 <br /> A. REQUEST: <br /> The Department of Public Works and Mass Transit Agency propose a fuel tax increase of ten and two- <br /> tenths (10.2) cents, increasing the existing fuel tax from 8.8 cents to 19 cents per gallon for fiscal year <br /> 2017-2018; increased by an additional two cents per gallon for the Fiscal Year 2018-2019, thereby <br /> making the aggregate county of Hawai`i fuel tax on liquid fuel twenty one (21) cents per gallon for the <br /> Fiscal Year 2018-2019; increased by an additional two cents per gallon for the Fiscal Year 2019-2020, <br /> thereby making the aggregate county of Hawaii fuel tax on liquid fuel twenty three (23) cents per gallon <br /> for the Fiscal Year 2019-2020, all to support the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of County <br /> roads, mass transit, and highway infrastructure. <br /> B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED): <br /> • <br /> The County's current fuel tax was set in 1988, and has not been increased for approximately <br /> twenty nine years, while costs have steadily increased. <br /> The rate increase is necessary to support the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of <br /> County Roads, highway infrastructure, and mass transit operations and maintenance. <br /> 41, <br /> Nip- i rnr./1/9.7 <br /> SIGNED: , � DATE: <br /> Pub i orks Department Head <br /> SIGNED: 0,7/AN- DATE: <br /> Planning Department Head <br />