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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 124 Draft 01 2022-2024A 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 GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP FOR THE 2023 HILO LEI DAY FESTIVAL AT KALĀKAUA PARK. WHEREAS, the Grassroots Community Development Group (GCDG) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to strengthen communities through the cooperative development of programs and services for East Hawai‘i, especially for youth and families; and WHEREAS, GCDG is working in partnership with He Mo‘olelo Kō ka Lei on logistics for the 2023 Hilo Lei Day Festival, which is a free event scheduled to be held on May 1, 2023, at Kalākaua Park in Hilo; and WHEREAS, the annual Hilo Lei Day Festival provides a day of celebrating the lei and its cultural foundation, and where residents and visitors alike participate in the authentic tradition of lei-making based in agriculture, native plans, and medicinal lore in honor and perpetuation of the Hawaiian culture; and WHEREAS, GCDG is requesting funds to help defray the costs of this event, including, but not limited to, musician fees, lei demonstrator and halau hula honoraria, and event supplies; and WHEREAS, one of the goals of the Department of Parks and Recreation is to provide events and activities that celebrate and commemorate our culture, heritage, and diverse communities; 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 Department of Parks and Recreation to provide a grant to the Grassroots Community Development Group for the 2023 Hilo Lei Day Festival. 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:    010.500.5503.02 Department of Parks and Recreation P&R Admin OCE $2,000   115 Misc. Contract Services    (Grassroots Community Development Group – 2023 Hilo Lei Day Festival)    BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Director of Parks and Recreation 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   EVANS       GALIMBA       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       KAGIWADA       KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER       KIERKIEWICZ      ATTEST: KIMBALL       LEE LOY       VILLEGAS              Reference:  COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO.