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REPORT OF THE <br />COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br />DATE: December 19, 2023 <br />PLACE: Council Chambers <br />Kailua-Kona, Hawaii <br />TIME: 1:18 p.m. <br />Council Chair and Members <br />Hawaii County Council <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Re: Comm. No. 642/Bill No. 112 <br />Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 112, reports as follows: <br />Bill No. 112, transmitted by Finance Director Deanna Sako via Communication No. 642 dated <br />December 1, 2023, amends Ordinance No. 23-50, as amended, the Operating Budget for the County of <br />Hawaii for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. <br />This bill increases revenues in Federal Grants — State Homeland Security Program Fiscal Year 2023 <br />account ($80,000); and appropriates the same to the State Homeland Security Program Fiscal Year 2023 <br />account for a total appropriation of $780,000. Funds would be used by the Civil Defense Agency to <br />enhance community preparedness and resilience, support law enforcement evidence storage and <br />warehousing, and increase law enforcement personnel, and Civil Defense emergency response vehicles. <br />Clerk Jon Henricks acknowledged an error in the agenda and requested that a committee member <br />make a motion to correct this discrepancy. <br />Committee Member Susan L. K. Lee Loy acknowledged that discrepancy and asked for a <br />Finance Department and Civil Defense representative. Civil Defense Administrator Talmadge <br />Magno and Finance Director Deanna Sako clarified the error in their cover letter and apologized. <br />Ms. Lee Loy thanked both of them for providing that clarification. <br />Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 112, and recommends <br />its passage on first reading. <br />1kh <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br />MATT KANE I` EINFELDER, <br />CHAIR <br />FC REPORT NO.: 123 <br />ADOPTED: JAN. 1 O 2024 <br />AYES NOES ABS EX <br />EVANS <br />X <br />GALIMBA <br />X <br />INABA <br />X <br />KAGIWADA <br />X <br />KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER <br />X <br />KIERKIEWICZ <br />X <br />KIMBALL <br />X <br />LEE LOY <br />X <br />VILLEGAS <br />X <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br />MATT KANE I` EINFELDER, <br />CHAIR <br />FC REPORT NO.: 123 <br />ADOPTED: JAN. 1 O 2024 <br />