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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 491 Draft 01 2022-2024 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 ʻO KAʻŪ KĀKOU TO SUPPORT ITS COMMUNITY GARDENS PROJECT. WHEREAS, ʻO Kaʻū Kākou (OKK) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to support and promote a healthy community through education and economic development opportunities that improve the quality of life in Kaʻū and return Kaʻū to the productive and healthy community it has been in the past; and WHEREAS, OKK started its Community Garden project to provide the community with fresh produce and a space to promote and expand sustainable gardening practices through aloha ‘āina and kuleana within the community; and WHEREAS, OKK is requesting funds to purchase seeds, hog wire rolls, no weed mats, staple boxes, and fertilizer; and WHEREAS, the Department of Research and Development supports sustainable agricultural practices by promoting educational opportunities designed to build skills and capacity in the farming community and to support locally produced agricultural products; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawaiʻi 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 HAWAI‘I that Contingency Relief funds from Council District 6 will be appropriated to the Department of Research and Development to provide a grant to OKK for its Community Gardens project. 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: $8,500       OUT AND FROM:    010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC – Contingency Relief $8,500      CREDITED TO:    010.161.5161.22 Department of Research and Development Agriculture R&D OCE 115 Misc. Contract Services (ʻO Kaʻū Kākou –Community Gardens Project)  $8,500   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 _____________, Hawai‘i, this ______ day of ___________________, 20___. INTRODUCED BY: _______________________________________ COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai‘i Hilo, Hawai‘i ROLL CALL VOTE    AYES NOES ABS EX   EVANS       GALIMBA       I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawai‘i on _____________________________________. INABA       KAGIWADA       KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER       KIERKIEWICZ      ATTEST: KIMBALL       LEE LOY       VILLEGAS              Reference:  COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO.