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COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: November 14, 2023
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
TIME: 11:11 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Re: Comm. No. 571/Res. No. 339-23
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 339-23, reports as follows:
Resolution No. 339-23, transmitted by Finance Director Deanna S. Sako, via Communication No. 571
dated October 26, 2023, creates one new Clerk III position for the Department of Research and
Development.
This resolution establishes a new position to provide clerical support to the Administrative Services
Assistant and numerous Specialists in the department.
Committee Chair Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder asked if any representatives from the Department of
Research and Development were present to provide background and answer questions should the
committee have any. Seeing none, Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder called on Finance Director Deanna Sako.
Committee Member Holeka Goro Inaba provided some background on this measure. Mr. Inaba asked
Ms. Sako if the County budget could support the creation of the requested positions. Ms. Sako
confirmed that the budget would be able to support these requests. She told Mr. Inaba that she and
Mayor Mitch Roth looked at the budget and the list of proposed positions requested by the departments
and limited their approval to positions of urgency.
Committee Member Cindy Evans asked Ms. Sako for details on the pay scale for these positions and the
budget subaccount these positions would get paid from. Ms. Sako provided Ms. Evans with details on
how this pay scale would work. She also confirmed that their Salary and Wages are broken down, but
she is unsure what specific subaccount this would be covered by. She confirmed that the department
could do a transfer if needed.
Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder asked Ms. Sako to provide a list of all created positions within this last fiscal
year. Ms. Sako stated that the budget ordinance summarized the positions, but she could make a list for
him.
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Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 339-23, and
recommends its adoption.
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Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
=V
MATT KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER,
CHAIR
FC REPORT NO.: 108
ADOPTED: D E C
AYES NOES ABS EX
EVANS
X
GALIMBA
X
INABA
X
KAGIWADA
X
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER
X
KIERKIEWICZ
X
KIMBALL
X
LEE LOY
X
VILLEGAS
X
Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
=V
MATT KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER,
CHAIR
FC REPORT NO.: 108
ADOPTED: D E C