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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0542.000 2020-2022 Mitchell D. Roth �+`t'or`'+ Deanna S. Sako Mayor y� �iiJil Director Steven A. Hunt Deputy Director �rF•oF'riNM County of Hawaili Finance Department 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2103 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 (808)961-8234 • Fax(808)961-8569 December 3, 2021 C11) Maile Medeiros David, Council Chair and Members of the Hawaii County Council Hawaii County Council -e: 25 Aupuni Street - Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Re: Agreement with University of Hawaii Enclosed is a resolution to enter into an agreement with the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization. Funds of$10,000 will be used to maintain the Hawaii County Data Portal for the period of July 1, 2021 thru June 30, 2022. If there are any questions,please do not hesitate to call Beth Dykstra of the Department of Research and Development at 961-8035. Deanna S. Sako Director of Finance Enc. c: R&D Comm. No. Ref. To: CO n IFO Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider Ref. Bate DEC 2an i Form#: 8-52 7/18/91 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DEPARTMENT: Research and Development DATE: 11/30/2021 STAFF CONTACT: Beth Dykstra PHONE: 8035 A. REQUEST: The Department of Research and Development wishes to provide funds of$10,000 for and enter into an agreement with the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) to maintain the Hawaii County Data Portal for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 46-7, requires that County departments obtain the consent of the council to enter into agreements with the federal or state governments. B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION tUSE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED: In 2017, the Department of Research and Development engaged UHERO to design and develop a data portal for Hawaii County to serve as an online "data book" for the County. The original agreement provided $45,000 to design and launch the portal, and host annually through 2020. The estimated annual hosting maintenance is $10,000. The Data portal hosted at https://data.uhero.hawaii.edu/coh/and linked from the R&D Data and Information website at https://www.rd.hawaiicounty.gov/data-information, contains 206 indicators related to economic development, agriculture, construction, energy, tourism, and population. Data is viewable in table and trendline graphs, and downloadable in PNG and JPEG images, SVG Vector images, and CSV and PDF formats. Immediate data analysis is available via the portal's "analyzer" feature. At A GN§ace s,rr y.noie::ors aaiero,r— rw.asa.,—X� YU2it.EtO. 1tr !C?o'b5 x l=xzx:c- E"Y^,.@.fi''3 G i xi?4 iFi.sik f:'RxN.. cnnam .xr 4 4''i�tq L4 YSM�+,&4 t,}g, <i a� T.0—I N i v Y.svµ}f ry�U Cie 7 8.'k'i3',tJCb �y5 t f4 m',,r 0 xwm. t9`.&#1L rtx Arrcn+ riit zfi,:26C nsa anoas_ F ti3=8 i:8,x itii zi MA=-1'ta _hy n-54 <5. aR•'G ChD-]a euz k<x4CTP P3 at.rFChy•,.. i r{, t F � r'z 11/30/2021 SIGNED: DATE: Depa meat Head I I 3 OF. � AARON S.Y.CHUNG MATT KANEALI I-KLEINFELDER N 'e; MAILS MEDEIROS DAVID Chairperson HOLEKA GORO INABA *� �* ASHLEY L.KIERKIEWICZ HEATHER L.KIMBALL SUSAN L.K.LEE LOY Vice Chair HERBERT M."TIM"RICHARDS,III RTS osi+asy REBECCA VILLEGAS 3 HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai`i Hawai`i County Building €3 25 Aupuni Street Hilo,Hawai`i 96720 I 3 December 7, 2021 I Maile Medeiros David, Council Chair Hawaii County Council 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 RE: RESOLUTION NO. 288-21 : RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY ' OF HAWAII ECONOMIC RESEARCH ORGANIZATION Pursuant to Section 2(g) of Rule 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Council of the County of Hawaii, this written request is submitted with my approval that the above-referenced matter be waived from the Committee on Finance to the full Council for immediate action. In reviewing this matter, timely approval is crucial. It is therefore advantageous that approval is granted and the matter be placed onto the next Council agenda for review. However, in the event this request is denied, for whatever reason, I understand the matter shall be referred to the Committee on Finance for placement on its future agenda. Sincerely, Matt Kaneali `-Kleinfe er, Chairperson Committee on ' nc Approve ate/Waive to Council: Disapproved/Date/Refer to FC: r Maile Medeiros avid, Council Chair Maile Medeiros David, Council Chair Hawaii County Council P,, 4 2021 Hawaii County Council MKK/lk Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer