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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 HAWAI‘I WILDFIRE
MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT THE COMMENCEMENT OF A FIREWISE USA® PROGRAM IN THE HĀMĀKUA COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS, Hawai‘i Wildfire Management Organization, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, serves as a hub of wildfire prevention, mitigation, and planning activities in the Hawai‘i-Pacific
region through proactive, collaborative, and forward-thinking projects in order to be wildfire-safe and wildfire-ready; and
WHEREAS, wildfires affect everything from human safety, infrastructure, drinking water, agricultural production, cultural resources, native forests, watersheds, and coral reefs; and
WHEREAS, the national Firewise USA® program provides a collaborative framework to help neighbors in a geographic area get organized, find direction, and take action to increase the ignition
resistance of their homes and community and to reduce wildfire risks at the local level; and
WHEREAS, since 2015, Hawai‘i Wildfire Management Organization has assisted 10 communities on Hawai‘i Island to achieve Firewise community recognition, but none of them are located in
the Hāmākua district; and
WHEREAS, Hawai‘i Wildfire Management Organization is requesting funds for a consultant to provide support and guidance on starting a Firewise USA® program in the Hāmākua community;
and
WHEREAS, the Hawai‘i Fire Department supports community initiatives to mitigate fire-related incidents; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawai‘i 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 HAWAI‘I that Contingency Relief funds from Council District 1 will be appropriated to the Hawai‘i Fire Department to provide a grant to
Hawai‘i Wildfire Management Organization for the commencement of a Firewise USA® program in the Hāmākua community.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawai‘i hereby transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below:
FUND:
General
AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATION:
$2,000
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91
Clerk-Council SVC – Contingency Relief
$2,000
CREDITED TO:
010.221.5221.02
Hawai‘i Fire Department
$2,000
Fire Protection OCE
115 Misc. Contract Services
(Hawai‘i Wildfire Management Organization – Firewise USA® Program in Hāmākua)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Fire Chief 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 _____________, Hawai‘i, this ______ day of ___________________, 20___.
INTRODUCED BY:
_______________________________________
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hilo, Hawai‘i
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES
NOES
ABS
EX
CHUNG
DAVID
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawai‘i on .
INABA
KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER
KIERKIEWICZ
KIMBALL
ATTEST:
LEE LOY
RICHARDS
VILLEGAS
Reference:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
RESOLUTION NO.