HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 128 2024/01/09 2022-2024 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: January 9, 2024 Re: Comm.No. 660/Bill No. 113
PLACE: Council Chambers
Hilo,Hawai`i
TIME: 10:41 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai`i County Council
Hilo, Hawai`i 96720
Your Committee on Finance,to which was referred Bill No. 113,reports as follows:
Bill No. 113,transmitted by Finance Director Deanna S. Sako, via Communication No. 660 dated
December 20, 2023, amends Ordinance No. 23-50, as amended,the Operating Budget for the County
of Hawai`i for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.
This bill appropriates revenues in Federal Grants—United States Department of Agriculture Broadband
Technical Assistance Grant account($69,680); and appropriates the same to the United States
Department of Agriculture Broadband Technical Assistance Grant account. Funds would be used to
evaluate infrastructure needs and associated costs to inform next steps for infrastructure development.
Committee Member Michelle Galimba congratulated the department on acquiring these funds. Research
and Development Director Douglass Adams thanked the Council for their support.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 113, and recommends
its passage on first reading.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
EVANS X
GALIMBA x COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
INABA X
KAGIWADA X -l
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ x MATT KANEALI` -KLEINFELDER,
KIMBALL X CHAIR
LEE LOY X FC REPORT NO.: 128
VILLEGAS X ADOPTED: JAN 2 4 2024