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They take care of the sewage treatment plants that are located <br /> in the county. We have two in West Hawaii and two in East <br /> Hawaii. And the various solid waste disposal facilities. <br /> These are made up of transfer stations and sanitary landfills. <br /> We have different systems for the 6 districts within the <br /> County of Hawaii. <br /> Fourth, we have the Bureau of Road Construction <br /> and Maintenance. This Division is the largest. We have <br /> approximately 140 individuals here. This Division is respon- <br /> sible for the repair and maintenance, primarily, of the 900 <br /> miles of roads that are under the county' s jurisdiction. <br /> These 900 miles of roads come in various different conditions. <br /> Some are paved, some are gravel , some are unpaved. <br /> Number five, we have the Division of Traffic <br /> Safety and Control. Some 15 employees. This Division ' s <br /> functions include the installation and maintenance of traffic <br /> lights, street lights, parking area lights. Also they are <br /> charged with the maintenance and operation of parking meters. <br /> Lastly is the Division of Automotive Equipment <br /> and Motor Pool. This is a service division for all the <br /> departments in the Division as well as the county in which they <br /> repair and maintain the various pieces of equipment that are <br /> under the county inventory. <br /> There are also 4 councils, or boards , under the <br /> supervision of the department. First we have the highway <br /> safety council which is an advisory committee to the mayor on <br /> matters relating to highway safety. We have the board of <br /> appeals which acts on variance requests from the building, <br /> plumbing or electrical code. We have the housing advisory and <br /> appeals board to control substandard buildings. The fourth <br /> board is the grading board of appeals to hear appeals from the <br /> enforcement of the grading ordinance. <br /> The department ' s budget, currently, is about <br /> $9 million dollars a year and the fund sources for the $9 <br /> million dollars is broken up into five different areas . One, <br /> we have some revenues from the general fund, which is from <br /> the general revenues , which is property taxes. And we have <br /> four special funds. First, we have the highway fund which is <br /> made up of revenues from the fuel taxes and weight taxes. <br /> And the revenues from this go towards repair and maintenance <br /> of the 900 miles of roads that wehave in the county. We have <br /> the motor pool revolving fund which is financed by rental <br /> rates that are paid for the use of these various equipments <br /> that are under the county inventory. The parking meter fund <br /> which are revenues from feeding the meter and fifth, we have <br /> the sewer fund which is made up of revenues from sewer <br /> collections, sewer user charges. <br /> So, altogether, the total departmental staffing <br /> totals <br /> totals some 300 employees with a budget of about` $9 million ' <br /> dollars. Organizationally, that ' s about it. I have- included <br /> -15- <br />