2018-03-28 EMC Agenda and Director's Informational Report

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DIRECTOR’S INFORMATIONAL REPORT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MARCH 28, 2018 CURRENT LEGISLATION ITEM: Res 521-18 DESCRIPTION: Authorizes the Mayor to enter into a five-year lease agreement for five copiers at an approximate monthly cost of $300 each. Four copiers would replace units at various Solid Waste scalehouses and baseyards and one copier would be used at the Pu‘uanahulu scalehouse. CURRENT STATUS: 3/13/18 adoption recommended at Finance Committee. 3/28/18: First reading at Council. ITEM: Res 524-18 DESCRIPTION: Authorizes the Office of the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health, pursuant to Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes Section 46-7, for a $45,000 grant to the Department of Environmental Management’s Electronic Waste Recycling Program. CURRENT STATUS: 3/14/18: Adopted at Council meeting. ITEM: Bill 117 DESCRIPTION: Amends Ordinance No. 17-39, as amended, the operating budget for the County of Hawaiʻi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 (appropriates $45,000 in state grants to be used towards the Solid Waste Division’s Electronic Waste Recycling Program. CURRENT STATUS: 3/14/18: Passed first reading at Council. 3/28/18: Second reading at Council. ITEM: Bill 124: Increases revenues in the Environmental Management Lono Kona Improvement District – County project by $4 million, bringing the total amount to $5,698,000. Funds for this project shall be provided from General Obligation Bonds, Capital Projects Fund – Fund Balance and/or Other Sources. These additional funds for the acquisition of easements, design, and construction of this public sewer system improvement project is due to initial bid responses that came in higher than anticipated. DIRECTOR’S INFORMATIONAL UPDATES 1. Status of Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant Maintenance. 2. Discussion of R-1 water management. SOLID WASTE DIVISION PROJECTS AND UPDATES 1. OPERATIONS A. COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSING (CDL) TRAINING: