MIN CHARTER 2018-09-14 (2018-2020)

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Hawai`i County Chaster Commission -3 September 14, 2018 MR. GYOTOKU: I don't think it has any effect on that because it comes from the federal government and we have to account to them. Whether we are in the Charter with the County or not. We will still have to be accountable to them for the sources of the funds. MS. RICE: Thanks. CHR. ADAMS: Commissioner Hopkins. MR. HOPKINS: So based on what you said, it is fair to say that if we don't have the federal funding, the department doesn't operate because it doesn't have any money, so you could be written into the Charter but if we don't have the federal government money for the programs, you would have very few—you may have a few projects, but you would have very few projects. MR. GYOTOKU: Well, when I started it was like only five million dollars and when I came back 20 months ago, it has grown to about 27 million dollars and they said one of the reasons they wanted, they didn't want to make our employees civil service was because the due to availability of funds in case the federal government says "no monies" then the County would not have to be able to pay for those positions like that, yeah, but that was one of the reasons, but it hasn't happened over the last 30 or 40 years. In fact it has grown by maybe five or ten times. CHR. ADAMS: One last question which is for me, which is relatively naive, where as an organization in the County where you fit right now. MR. GYOTOKU: We come under the Mayor's office. CHR. ADAMS: So directly. MR. GYOTOKU: Yeah. I take my orders from Mayor Kim. However, the County Council also acts as our County Housing Agency, which is like a policy making body. So we go and process our actions through the County Council, I mean the Housing Agency. CHR. ADAMS: Yeah. I understand. Seeing no other questions, thank you so much for being here Administrator and we really appreciate it. MR. GYOTOKU: You're welcome. Page 26