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Maile Medeiros David <P,:•� 9s h !., Phone: (808) 323-4277 Finance Chair • ; „4,A.,11':f`�, Fax: (808)329-4786 •: � „,.,I Email:maile.david@hawaiicounty.gov 'y 1r•••r: 14.40 HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL CJ West Hawai`i Civic Center Council Building A c) 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i 96740 v (7)-< DATE: March 22, 2019 TO: Aaron Chung, Council Chair And Members of the Hawai`i County Council FROM: ✓Maile David, Chair, Finance Committee V SUBJECT: Recommendations for Nonprofit Grant Organizations for FY 2019-2020 Enclosed for your review and consideration are the recommendations of the Finance Committee, for the FY 2019-2020 appropriations for grants to nonprofit organizations. These recommendations were made after the review of all eligible applications provided by the Department of Finance. On January 31, 2019, one hundred sixty (160) applications were received by the Department of Finance. Six (6) applications were determined ineligible because their application packet was incomplete or did not meet the deadline. Two (2) applications were withdrawn. Requests totaled $4,289,207.00. In 2018, there were one hundred eighty(180) eligible applications with requests totaling $5,638,434.00 for which the Council appropriated $1,500,000. The preliminary budget appropriation for fiscal year 2019-2020 is $1,500,000. On February 11, 2019, in compliance with Chapter 2, Article 25 of the Hawai'i County Code, one hundred sixty(160) eligible applications for fiscal year 2019-2020 were transmitted by the Department of Finance to the council members for review and appropriation of funds. On February 19, 2019, at a meeting of the Finance Committee, an ad hoc committee was formed for the purposes of application review, applicant interviews and award recommendations. Members of the Ad Hoc Committee were Maile David, Chair, Sue Lee Loy, Vice Chair, and Councilmembers Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder and Rebecca Villegas. The first meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee was held on February 19, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. On March 14th, 15th, 18th and 19th, 2019, and in compliance with Hawai`i Revised Statutes, Section 92-2.5 and Hawai`i County Code, Chapter 2-25,the ad hoc committee conducted one hundred fifty-two (152) interviews. Ninety-nine (99) interviews took place at Council Chambers in Hilo and fifty-three (53) at the West Hawaii Civic Center. In consideration of time and costs,the ad hoc committee made a decision not to hold site visits this year. Comm. No. 19.2 Ref. To: FO Ref. Date MAR 2 9 2019