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<br />Wil Okabe <br /> <br />Managing Director <br /> <br /> <br />Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br /> <br />Barbara J. Kossow <br /> Deputy Managing Director <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i <br />Office of the Mayor <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603  Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720  (808) 961-8211  Fax (808) 961-6553 <br />KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Hwy., Bldg C  Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740 <br />(808) 323-4444  Fax (808) 323-4440 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />October 10, 2018 <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />Housing and Community Development Administrator Gyotoku Rescinds Resignation <br /> <br />The County of Hawai‘i’s Administrator of the Office of Housing and Community Development, <br />Neil Gyotoku, has rescinded his resignation in a letter to Mayor Harry Kim. The resignation <br />would have been effective September 30, 2018. “I apologize for not announcing this sooner, <br />said Mayor Kim. <br /> <br />Gyotoku had tendered his resignation citing health issues. Those issues have since improved, <br />enabling Gyotoku to continue as Administrator. <br /> <br />Sharon L. Hirota, who manages the Department’s Existing Housing Division, had been named <br />to succeed Gyotoku as Administrator, effective October 1, 2018. <br /> <br />“My sincere apologies to Sharon Hirota, who was to have replaced Neil, and I’m sorry for the <br />confusion I caused her,” Mayor Kim said. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />