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A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT
AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A
DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO THE HAWAII
COUNTY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL FOR ITS CITRIC ACID
VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR COQUI FROG PREVENTION AND ERADICATION.
WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council is a 501(e)(3)nonprofit
organization whose mission is to prevent, alleviate, and eliminate poverty in Hawaii County;
and
WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council provides multiple
forms of access to economic relief and opportunity with the goal of self-sufficiency; and
WHEREAS, coqui frogs have become an invasive species within the last decade and can
carry diseases such as rat lungworm and can also be a noise nuisance to residents; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council is requesting funds to
purchase citric acid for its voucher program to continue assisting residents with coqui frog
prevention and eradication; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Research and Development supports the development of
a local economy that is diverse, stable, and in balance with Hawai`i's ecology, community
character, and cultural heritage; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawaii County Code;
Contingency Relief funds shall be transferred to an accepting County department/agency via
resolution identifying the nonprofit organization and the specific program, project, event,
activity, service, equipment, materials, or supplies for which the grant shall be used; now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that
Contingency Relief funds from Council District 4 will be appropriated to the Department of
Research and Development to provide a grant to the Hawaii County Economic Opportunity
Council for its citric acid voucher program for coqui frog prevention and eradication.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawaii hereby
transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below:
FUND: General
AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATION: $2,500
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC-Contingency Relief $2,500
CREDITED TO:
010.161.5161.22 Department of Research and Development $2,500
Agriculture R&D OCE
115 Misc. Contract Services
(Hawai`i County Economic Opportunity
. Council-Citric Acid Voucher Program)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Director of Research and Development and Director of Finance, and that the
Director of Finance is hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the
terms of this resolution.
Dated at Hilo , Hawai`i, this 3rd day of November , 2021 .
INTRO UCED BY:,
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COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG X
DAVID X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by INABA X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
Countyof Hawaii on November 3, 2021
KIERKIEWICZ X
KIMBALL X
ATTEST: LEE LOY X
RICHARDS X
f '. VILLEGAS X
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