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HEALTH, WELFARE, & EDUCATION <br />County Physicians <br />Aging Services <br />Non-profit Grants <br />Housing <br />Cemeteries <br />Cooperative Education Program <br />CULTURE-RECREATION <br />Community Music <br />Organized Recreation <br />Park Development and Maintenance <br />DEBT SERVICE <br />PENSION PAYMENTS & RETIREMENT SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS <br />HEALTH FUND <br />MISCELLANEOUS <br />Worker’s Compensation <br />Unemployment Compensation <br />Contributions/Transfers to Other Funds <br />Other <br />One study published online identified the essential county services as: welfare, social and <br />economic development services. <br />The services most commonly provided by US county governments are: law enforcement, 911 <br />service, and health clinic services. Two other prominent services are economic development <br />and land use planning. <br />In some US counties’ statements and studies it was stated that local governments need to <br />acknowledge a new paradigm to operate efficiently and responsibly, establish priorities, and that <br />core functions and priorities should be properly funded and well managed. Programs that are <br />ineffective or no longer necessary and could be eliminated should be phased out. The new <br />paradigm is for County governments to provide human services and various assistance <br />programs in a facilitative role, rather than developing programs to solve problems. The <br />evolution, it is said, is due to the devolution and economic changes of the times. <br />The COGC considered the essential functions and the statements from various sources, <br />together with our objective points of view, to make recommendations for efficiency, improved <br />services, and to promote economy in Hawai‘i County. <br />7 <br /> <br />