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VALERIE T. POINDEXTER Council Chairwoman & Presiding Officer Council District 1 Memorandum No. 13 HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai `i Hawai `i County Building 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1402 Hilo, Hawai `i 96720 TO: Members of the Hawaii County Council FROM: Valerie T. Poindexter, Chairwoman DATE: June 5, 2017 Phone: (808)961-8828 Fax: (808) 961-8912 Email. Poindexter&o.hawaii.hi.us SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Bill No. 11, Draft 2; Proposed Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Below is a proposed amendment to Bill No. 11, Draft 2, regarding the proposed Operating Budget for fiscal year 2017-2018. This proposed amendment would amend the General Fund expenditure accounts as follows: • Decreases Real Property Taxes revenue account by $707,884; • Increases Fund Balance from Previous Year revenue account by $34,681; • Decreases Contingency Relief account by $225,000; • Decreases Corporation Counsel S&W by $20,000; • Decreases Mass Transit -Equipment account by $450,000; • Increases the Kona Pros Atty S&W, Regular S&W account by $29,340: funds a vacant/unfunded Legal Clerk I position (00-04506 temporary to permanent) in the Prosecuting Attorney's Kona office; and • Increases the following accounts to cover the fringe benefits for the Legal Clerk I position: Health Benefits by $859, Retirement Benefits by $5,281, and Employer FICA by $2,245. • Decreases the Transfer to Public Access/Open Space Preservation Fund account by $14,158; and • Decreases the Transfer to Public Access/Open Space Preservation Maintenance Fund account by $1,770. This amendment would decrease real property tax revenues; therefore, the Public Access/Open Space Preservation accounts would also decrease pursuant to Sections 10-15(a) and 10-16(d)(1) of the County Charter. The following amendment affecting appropriations to the General Fund expenditure accounts are reflected below: Hawai `i County Is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider 5 _ T T 9 Zm Via® W a