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RECOMMENDATION: Support legislation to place property liens for unpaid <br />water bills in addition to current tools, which would cut down on suits and court <br />time and costs, shorten collection times and afford customers due process <br />through an administrative hearing. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Explore the possibility of the Environmental Management <br />Commission having the authority, like the Board of Water Supply, to set fees <br />rather than the County Council codifying rate increases in the County Code. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Conduct study related to waste water rates, which were <br />last adjusted in 2002, including a multi-year schedule of planned <br />increases/adjustments. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Explore the possibility of separating costs of electricity or <br />diesel fuel on consumers' wastewater bills and passing those costs on to <br />consumers. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Implement program of contracted small grinders at <br />selected transfer stations to allow mulching in place, eliminating the need to haul <br />green waste to Pu`uanahulu Landfill, and making mulch readily available in <br />remote communities. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Implement the green waste fee program for commercial <br />haulers approved for the County Code in 2005, as means of generating <br />department revenue. <br />FINANCE <br />RECOMMENDATION: Explore use of debit and credit cards at the Department <br />of Motor Vehicles. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Continue to update policies and procedures to expand <br />and accelerate use of technology related to processes for online contracts and <br />forms. <br />FIRE <br />RECOMMENDATION: Implement jet ski program within the Ocean Safety <br />Division of the Hawaii County Fire Department. <br />9 <br />