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RESOLUTION NO. 47? 24
A 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 BIG ISLAND
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL FOR THE
PURCHASE OF CITRIC ACID TO CONTROL THE COQUI FROG INFESTATION IN
COUNCIL DISTRICT 6.
WHEREAS, residents of Hawai`i County continue to be challenged with the coqui frog
infestation; and
WHEREAS, the Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council
(BIRCDC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose vision is to conserve, enhance, and
promote the economic, cultural, and natural environment of Hawai`i; and
WHEREAS, the BIRCDC is requesting funds to purchase citric acid to assist West
Hawai`i residents in Council District 6 with controlling coqui frogs in their neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, one of the objectives of the Department of Research and Development is to
support research or extension projects on invasive species, such as the coqui frog; 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 HAWAII that
Contingency Relief funds from Council District 6 will be appropriated to the Department of
Research and Development to provide a grant to the BIRCDC for the purchase of citric acid to
control the coqui frog infestation in Council District 6.
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: $5,100
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC—Contingency Relief $5,100
CREDITED TO:
010.161.5161.22 Department of Research and Development $5,100
Agriculture R&D OCE
115 Misc. Contract Services
(BIRCDC—Citric Acid for Coqui Frog Control)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Director of Research and Development 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 Kona , Hawai`i, this 17th day of April , 20 24 .
INTRODUCED BY:
COUN ,MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
COUNTY COUNCIL _ ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i EVANS X
GALIMBA X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by INABA X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KAGIWADA X
County of Hawaii on April 17, 2024
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ X
ATTEST: KIMBALL X
LEE LOY X
VILLEGAS X
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Reference: C-804/Council
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