HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 133 2024/01/09 2022-2024 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: January 9, 2024 Re: Comm.No. 665/Bill No. 118
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. 118,reports as follows:
Bill No. 118,transmitted by Finance Director Deanna S. Sako,via Communication No. 665 dated
December 20, 2023, amends Ordinance No. 23-50, as amended,the Operating Budget for the County
of Hawaii for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.
This bill increases revenues in the Federal Grants—National Instant Criminal Background Check Act
Record Improvement Program account($169,728); and appropriates the same to the National Instant
Criminal Background Check Act Record Improvement Program account, for a total appropriation of
$715, 488. These additional funds would be used to convert paper files to electronic formats and to fund
overtime hours for staff to prepare documents for electronic conversion.
Hawai`i Police Department Lieutenant Nelson Acob provided a brief overview of this measure.
Committee Member Ashley L. Kierkiewicz asked Lt. Acob for a timeline for completing this digital
conversion. Lt. Acob estimated that it would take a year.
Committee Member Rebecca Villegas asked Lt. Acob to confirm that this program intends to digitize
records for easy access; Lt. Acob confirmed.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 118, 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
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ X MATT KANEALI` - EINFELDER,
KIMBALL X CHAIR
LEE LOY X FC REPORT N: 133
4 2024
VILLEGAS X ADOPTED: