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<br />k. Discussion and Decision: Hawai’i County DOFAW Game Bird Crop Study, Commissioner <br />Robert Duerr. (Deferred) <br /> <br />(Taken out of order, 6 – f). <br />Anybody want to go first. OK. I’ll go first. So, this past couple months I was looking over <br />the county budget, coming up for the county council elections and the mayor’s race <br />ahead, I looked over our budget and I saw that we had, an increase in our budget at <br />around 12% from the last years, ah, so, I think when I first joined we didn’t have a <br />budget – we had zero, and then the second year we had a small budget where we got <br />reimbursed, um, for our trip to Oahu and some gas and then this year, for 2024, we <br />have $4,172.00, so my idea looking back at our past two years of sending people to go <br />to Oahu for the opening of the legislature and talk in person it really helped us push our <br />agenda of GMAC forward. It gave us networking opportunities to build relationships <br />with the politicians who control the funding, um, and all of the resources \[unclear\] our <br />Big Island that has to do with our GMAC mission. So my idea was to try and get a basic <br />understanding of what we want to see, how much people we want to send and what are <br />the criteria or if we can send two and two other people later. Um, oh, yeah, that was my <br />ideas or the thoughts that I had. <br /> <br />RD: You know, one question. Is that budget ’24 – when does that expire? Does that go <br />through the fiscal year or, do we know when this budget expires? <br /> <br />BK: Could I answer that. This is Barbara Kossow. OK. The budget was set by Mayor Kenoi <br />back in I want to say 2014 – five thousand dollars each year, and over the years it’s kind <br />of changed a little, ah, drop in the amount so we could balance our budget within the <br />Mayor’s office. That goes for a fiscal year. Each fiscal year. <br /> <br />BL: \[Unclear\] fiscal year. <br /> <br />BK: It ends on June 30, 2025. <br /> <br />st <br />IKK: Midway, we’re midway. It started July 1 … <br /> <br />BK: And we haven’t used any of the amount in the budget this fiscal year – so just letting <br />you know. OK. <br /> <br />IKK: That’s something to consider and plan out… <br /> <br />LT: Um-hum. <br /> <br />IKK ….through June. <br /> <br />26 <br /> <br />