HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN FC 2024/03/19 (2022-2024)Committee on Finance
315t Session
West Hawaii Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
March 19, 2024
CALL TO The regular meeting of the Committee on Finance was called to order at
ORDER: 10:08 a.m., in the Council Chambers, Kailua-Kona, by
Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Chair.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Mr. Matt Kaneali`i- Kleinfelder, Chair
Ms. Cindy Evans, Vice Chair
Ms. Michelle M. Galimba, Member
Mr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Member
Ms. Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, Member
Ms. Heather L. Kimball, Member
Ms. Susan L. K. Lee Loy, Member (via videoconference from Hilo)
Ms. Rebecca Villegas, Member (came in later)
Absent & Excused: Ms. Jenn Kagiwada, Member
STATEMENTS The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business,
FROM THE Statements from the Public on Agenda Items.
PUBLIC ON
AGENDA ITEMS: The Chair called Dorothy A. Staskawicz, who registered to speak in support of
Res. 450-24 (Comm. 762), and came forward when called.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Mr. Clerk, let's go to our first order of
business.
COMMUNI- The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business,
CATIONS: Communications.
Comm. 12.27: REPORT OF DONATIONS RECEIVED FROM THE DANIEL R. SAYRE
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION AS OF JANUARY 2024
From Finance Director Diane Nakagawa, dated February 1, 2024, transmitting the
above report pursuant to Resolution No. 468-20.
Motion to Close File: Mr. Inaba moved to close file on Comm. 12.27.
Seconded by Ms. Kimball.
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CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Any discussion, Council Members? And
then for everyone's reference we do have many of our directors with us today as
organized by our Director of Finance, Ms. (Diane) Nakagawa. Beautiful. Seeing
no discussion, motion is on the floor to close file on Communication 12.27. All in
favor?
Vote on Comm. 12.27: The motion to close file on Comm. 12.27 was carried by
Filed the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba,
Inaba, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Lee Loy,
and Chair Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder — 7.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Members Kagiwada
and Villegas -- 2.
Excused: None.
Comm. 13.28: REPORT OF CHANGE ORDERS AUTHORIZED: JANUARY 1— 1 S 2024
From Finance Director Diane Nakagawa, dated February 20, 2024, transmitting the
above report pursuant to Section 2-12.3 of the Hawaii County Code.
Motion to Close File: Mr. Inaba moved to close file on Comm. 13.28. Seconded
by Ms. Galimba.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Discussion, Council Members? Council
Member Kimball, go ahead.
MS. KIMBALL: Yeah. Finance Director, if you wouldn't mind, I know this one
and one of the later change orders has subtractions and additions to the emergency
calls center contract. Can you kind of give us the story about what's going on
with that?
(Note: At this time, Finance Director Diane Nakagawa came forward to
address the members of the Committee.)
MS. NAKAGAWA: Council Member, I believe Director (Stephen) Pause is also
in the Chamber, so he would be speaking on this item this morning.
MS. KIMBALL: Okay, great. Thank you.
(Note: At this time, Public Works Director Stephen Pause came forward
to address the members of the Committee.)
MR. PAUSE: Director of Public Works, Steve Pause here. I'll speak generically
and then if you have a specific question, Council Member Kimball, I'll answer it.
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But so, the first negative change order, if you will, I think that you're referencing
is a total deduction of $441,000, As part of the call center contract, there were
allowances put it. A lot of it had to do with telecommunication equipment, which
was not necessarily defined at the time that the work was contracted. This change
order is actually removing some of that allowance from the general contractor,
Hansel Phelps, because the decision was made that there was really no value of
having that work done through them. So, we're removing from their contract and
the department will contract directly with those providers for essentially the same
amount. So, it's just a paperwork thing. Would you like me to comment on the
one for 29 (Comm, 13.29), or do you want to wait on that one?
MS. KIMBALL: Chair, it's a different change order sheet. It's a different
communication but it might be most helpful to just have the conversation about
this. I'll leave it to your discretion. You want to wait till that other
communication?
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Go ahead, Mr. Pause. Thank you.
MR. PAUSE: Thank you. So, there were two other change orders, number 8 and
15. One is for $692,000 and the other one is for $1.5 million. These change
orders with the general contractor were associated with delays mostly for
overhead and general conditions for the contractor. I think you're all fairly aware
of the call center and the history on the project. The delays were really based on
some changes that were made. You've heard me speak about project
management in the past. This was a project that went out to bid and was
contracted. It wasn't completely defined. So, the changes for these, specifically
the $692,000, were related to changes on the critical operations power systems. It
created a —I'm reading a little bit here. I was prepped for this. But it created a
two-hour fire-resistant envelope. So, there were some changes that had to be
done to meet Code, NEC (National Electrical Code), Article 708, that was done
after award of the contract.
There was also a decision made later to raise the floor. So, they added this
pressed slab and they had to raise the floor for telecommunications wiring to
allow for cabling and such. So, the delays for the contractor in order to do that,
there was amounted to 130 days, and that's that $692,000 change order.
And then decisions were made later where they needed to do more redundancy for
air handling units for the computer room air conditioning. I believe this call
center will house the IT (Information Technology) equipment for all of the
County. So, in order to provide redundancy and backup and not go through a
situation where you overheat equipment, some design changes were made. And
those design changes amounted to almost over a year to order the equipment and
to get it shipped and get it here in place. So, the $1.5 million was actually a
negotiated amount. It was less than what the contractor asked for, but it's really
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associated with that 330 days of delay where the contractor now has to remain on
site and continue to complete their work. But because of the delay of the
equipment coming, they were entitled to costs for that.
Now, having said that, just provide a brief summary. The original NTP (Network
Time Protocol) for the call center notice to proceed was issued in September of
2021, and the work was supposed to be completed by March of 2023. We are
now on a path to complete that work and have the call center operational in June
of 2024. So, a lot of this work is just things that have occurred because of the
lack of definition and some of the changes that had to be made along the way. I
recognize the $31 million project has grown by about 30 percent, but this is a
project that we were given and now we're fighting our way through it.
MS. KIMBALL: So, if I can just summarize so I'm sure I'm clear, but I
understand you completely. The reason for this fairly high change order amount
is due to a lack of having a fully complete scope at the onset of the contract and
because of some specialized needs for this sort of facility where it's more or less
required in order to comply with Code, to make these changes. Is that, in
30 seconds or less, basically what you've just told me?
MR. PAUSE: That's a very good summary. It's to comply with the Code and it's
also to meet the requirements that we've stated that we want the building and at
the time the work was contracted, those requirements weren't completely defined.
So, some of that has occurred along the way and it's resulted —especially on the
air conditioning stuff. It was 52 weeks of lead time, and we've managed to work
with our contractor to get something less than a year's worth of delays. But yes,
that summarizes it very well. Thank you.
MS. KIMBALL: Is it, hopefully, unusual that we would enter into a project and
contract it out without having that level of specificity in the scope? I'm hoping
that this is not par for the course. I'm hoping that this is kind of a unique situation
that it wasn't fully scoped.
MR. PAUSE: Yeah, I would say that it's not the way that I would recommend
proceeding. I think it's just the way it kind of happened. Now, again, I'm trying
to project something positive here, right? You know, we are on track to finally
seeing an end to this. And I've had a number of conversations with Managing
Director (Deanna) Sako when she was in her role, and those conversations were
frank, when's this going to stop. And I will tell you that at this point I think the
worst of it is behind us. I would place any additional change orders that come
along at well less than an additional million dollars. I think we're in the home
stretch and we're looking forward to just getting this done and complete, and I'm
sure others would agree.
MS. KIMBALL: Alright. Thank you, Director. I yield, Chair.
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CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Further discussion?
MS. LEE LOY: Yes, Chair.
CHR, KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Council Member Lee Loy, go ahead.
MS. LEE LOY: Thank you. And to my colleague, Ms. Kimball, I was on point
exactly with those things. Follow up question, Director. This is change order
number 16 on a project that did not define a kind of final product or had limited
scope. Is there a way for us to learn from this and look at other projects that had
similar kinds of starting points alongside the number of change orders? And
here's my biggest concern. Through the procurement process, often contractors
will bid on a project and for whatever reason there's times where there's a big
challenge, and with the number of change orders, I feel or I'm curious about if
just by that lack of information that we have subverted an accurate bid submittal
and moreover really costed our constituency more money. My question is, is
there a way to take a sampling of all of the contracts that were awarded based on
the number of contract changes or change orders and find some commonalities on
areas that we can do better?
MR. PAUSE: I think the simple answer, Council Member Lee Loy, is yes.
There's clearly an opportunity here to take an evaluation of what went right and
what went wrong here, kind of like an after -action review, and I would commit to
doing that on this particular job. We need to get better at these sorts of things.
And there's a lot of lessons, I believe, to be learned, but the simple one is define
your work scope upfront and lock it in, and then proceed. And that's what our
County procurement process is based on, that's good common sense that, you
know, you define the scope, because the time where you're spending the least
amount of money is upfront when you're defining that scope. Once you start
construction all sorts of things can happen. So, in this particular case, I think this
would be a good one.
Building Chief (Julann) Sonomura coming along midway through this as well has
offered an incredible amount of experience just based on her family business and
her experience with construction. And I think between herself and myself just
sitting down and really evaluating how we can get better going forward, I think, is
a great idea,
MS. LEE LOY: Thanks for that. Yeah, that project management piece is the
most critical path for on time, on budget. Thank you. Thank you for your
answers. I really appreciate that. But I do think I've seen —and it wasn't your
fault, you guys inherited this from another administration who made some
promises to get it out, and so I want to acknowledge that.
MR. PAUSE: This one was lemons and we're trying to make lemonade.
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MS. LEE LOY: What a great response. Thank you. Thank you, Director. Thank
you, Chair. I yield.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Council Member Kimball.
Okay. Further discussion? Council Member Kierkiewicz.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you, Chair. You know, I'm going to bring this up
again. I think I bring it up every budget cycle and every time I have an
opportunity, but at some point, it would be great to invest in some sort of project
management system and a public facing dashboard where we are able to know the
Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) our County has committed to doing and is
bankrolling through grants or bonds. Unless we as a Council have a keen eye in
taking a look at these change orders and asking the questions, we won't know if
projects are over budget and over schedule. So, I'm hoping that at the upcoming
budget hearings we can learn more about what our County is doing to invest in
those systems. Thank you, Chair, for the latitude. I yield.
MR. PAUSE; May I respond?
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Yes.
MR, PAUSE: Thank you, Council Member, for that. It's an excellent point. I
think you recall one of the results of our audit last year was to get better at project
management, construction management. To that end, we are pursuing those
applications, project management as well as construction management. We've
recently updated our website and if you go on there now, you can actually click
on a button and see the projects that we have and just the general value of those
projects. But I agree with you. We need to develop tools that help us manage
projects, keep on schedule, keep the work scope from expanding, stay on budget,
and I think your idea about making some of that more front facing to the public is
also a good idea and I'll take that back as we start looking at what our options are
for project management software. So, thank you for your comments.
And then when we're talking about budgets, I'm sure you're going to see a whole
lot of or hear a whole lot from me about our plans to pursue technology to help all
six divisions in Public Works, and project management and construction
management are two parts of that. So, thank you for your words.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you. Director, I really appreciate you bringing up
your website. I'm online and I'm a little confused. I don't know which website is
yours. There's one that I can access through hawaiicounty.gov, but then there's
also something that was created through ArcGIS, and they all kind of like link to
each other. And so, I'm Doping that at one point all of this is going to be merged
together so we have one cohesive experience. Or is it not even one of these two
options?
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MR. PAUSE: No. It is. The main website, if you click on it, it should take you
to the nice white with pictures, without the blue stuff. That's where you should
be and there are buttons to look at projects and things like that. But I'll go back
and make sure that those links are in place. The other thing we attempted to do
with our website was to allow you to get to where you want to go in one or two
clicks instead of five or six. So, I'll make sure that those buttons are working and
yeah, moving forward that's our goal, is to try to get as much stuff out there and
make it easier for the community to see what we're doing.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you. I appreciate that. Clicked on a few links, it
says page not found. So, happy to help do a quick audit to make sure all the
buttons work, and the information is there. Bottom line is we just want
information, and if things are over budget, who pays? Taxpayers. And I think we
all would really like to avoid our taxpayers having to pay more. Thank you. I
yield.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Okay, Mr. Pause, when did
this project start?
MR. PAUSE: The initial notice to proceed for the call center was issued in
September of 2021, and the initial projected completion date was supposed to be
March of 2023.
CHR, KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: So, September 2021, that's when we
submitted or requested for bids on the project?
MR. PAUSE: No. That's actually when we awarded the bid to Hansel Phelps,
and we issued them a notice to proceed, So, that's when the project actually
began.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: So, that project would have been initiated
in 2020?
MR. PAUSE: Yeah. I would honestly confess that I don't know the entire
history on when the project was initiated. But it was something that went out to
bid and it began during the previous administration.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay. Has it had one consistent project
manager since its initiation, or has it bounced around?
MR. PAUSE: It's not had one consistent project manager within our department,
that's correct.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: It has not?
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MR. PAUSE: Correct.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay. And one thing caught my attention
that bugs me, and being in the construction industry, and then having to run
projects, but when you said that this had required an elevated floor given that it
was initially done as a slab, is that correct?
MR. PAUSE: Yes. My understanding was the initial design called for a slab and
then because they needed to do cabling and such that the decision was made by
the architect and the folks running the project at the time to put in a raised floor
design.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: So, the building has a slab with a raised
floor on top of it, or is --
MR. PAUSE: The raised floor would be in the areas where they need to do
wiring and cabling for the computer equipment.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: So, you have a concrete slab building, and
then in some portions of the building we have installed an elevated floor on top of
the slab?
MR. PAUSE: That's my understanding, yes.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: That is, I think that does show a true lack
of ability on someone's behalf to develop a good set of plans and adhere to
something that makes sense.
MR. PAUSE: Well, there were also changes in the Building Code. And yeah, I
wouldn't disagree with you. There could've been a little bit more work done
upfront. I will confess, I wasn't here at the time but there may have been
challenges with the people wanting to get this thing out to bid and start it before it
was really ready for prime time. You know, that's a common occurrence where
projects aren't quite ready or maybe all the options haven't been evaluated yet
decisions are made, and people move forward. But yeah, there's been a
significant number of design changes after the fact, which we would all agree is
not the best way to do things and ultimately costs all of us more money to
complete.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Yeah, I'm thinking about it like an
electrician would. In my line of work, if you skip and you miss conduits in the
ground or in the walls, you're either going to find a way around it or you're going
to cut slabs open and install those channels or conduits to run wires in. But it's a
heartbreaking moment when you realize you've missed one conduit out of ten and
they've in the walls or they've done the slab, because you have no options, and
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you have to figure something out. So, a revelation on that scale for this size of a
building with this intent of it being a call center and housing our servers was just a
real big miss. So, definitely worth the review. And then having worked in the
same field and having worked with Julann as our state level, change order person,
I think you're truly in good hands right now because she really does propel herself
in that field. So, it's wonderful to know that she's in charge of the project at this
point. I think that's what you had said.
MR. PAUSE: Yes. That's correct. In addition to managing and making our
building permitting system better, we let her manage projects as well. So, as you
said, we're very fortunate to have her here.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay. Yes, I agree. Thank you,
Mr. Pause. With that, seeing no more discussion, we do have the motion on the
floor. Thank you very much for being here, Director, to answer these questions.
We do have the motion on the floor to close file on Communication 13.28, all in
favor?
Vote on Comm. 13.28: The motion to close file on Comm. 13.28 was carried by
Filed the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Inaba,
Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas,
and Chair Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder — 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Kagiwada — 1.
Excused: None.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Communication 13.29, please.
Comm. 13.29: REPORT OF CHANGE ORDERS AUTHORIZED: JANUARY lb -- 31 2024
From Finance Director Diane Nakagawa, dated February 20, 2024, transmitting
the above report pursuant to Section 2-12.3 of the Hawaii County Code.
Motion to Close File: Mr. Inaba moved to close file on Comm. 13.29. Seconded
by Ms. Galimba.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Discussion? Council Member Kimball.
MS. KIMBALL: Yeah, I think the one that stands out on this one is pretty
obvious, Hilo Wastewater. So, I don't know if we have Director of
Environmental Management or if Finance Director would like to speak to this
pretty significant change order.
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(Note: At this time, Environmental Management Director
Ramzi I. Mansour came forward to address the members of the
Committee.)
MR. MANSOUR: Hello, can you hear me?
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: We can hear you. Go ahead, Director.
MR. MANSOUR: Okay. Aloha and thank you. The numbers before you pertain
to modification to the current consulting professional agreement that we have
with Carollo Engineering. If you recall, we have the Hilo Waste Treatment Plan
was designed last year and it was bid out, and the amount for the bidding came
about $74 million over the budgeted amount and we only had one contractor bid
that project. So, that allowed us to go back and kind of redraw different
strategies. We had to go modify the actual construction documents and the plans
and combine other items to it so we could bid it next month. So, some of that
modification in that professional service includes repackaging the Hilo Waste
Treatment Plan, construction documents, and the plans itself, and that's ready and
it's going to go out to bid April 27th, I believe.
Part of that also we had included last year a warehouse to be able to store some of
the equipment and products that is being used. And when we bid it last year, we
asked the contractor to kind of design build that, that warehouse. So, this time
around we took the design out of the equation and we're going to have a local
consultant do the design, and that's the reason there's also a portion of that, about
$150,000 just for the design of that. So, it's taken out of the original contract.
In addition to that, we included Phase II design for the conventional activated
sludge as part of this contract as well. Given the fact that Carollo is the one that's
familiar with the side, because it's all connected, intertwined together, so they're
working on a design for Phase II for conventional activated sludge rather than the
current system we have which is by a tripling filter. The conventional activated
sludge is going to give us a more better quality of effluent once the water is
treated. I know that was a major concern to our constituents on the flow of the
wastewater and the amount of nutrients the current system produces versus the
new conventional activated sludge is going to produce. So, with the new system
as was planned, is to control the quality of the effluent by allowing nutrient
controls even though it's not currently within the permit, but it's an
environmentally better designed for the island. And that's what all the
amendments of the agreement stand for.
And all of that work, our budget usually gales of thumb, you have about
10 percent of design cost. We anticipate the Hilo facility between Phase I and
Phase II with the conventional activated sludge, it'll cost us in the range of
probably $310 million. Ten percent out of that is $30 milIion. We were able to
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negotiate it within five to six percent to get us through. So, we are within budget
for the design aspect of that project. Thank you.
MS. KIMBALL: Thank you, Director. So, just to summarize, my understanding
of what you said is essentially, we are getting an entirely additional phase with
this basic doubling of the design fee because we've gone not only just the Phase I
design, but also the Phase II design through to the activated sludge production
stage, in which case that, you know, for me that makes sense. We're just
basically, we're getting two phases here instead of just the one. Then I can
understand that adjustment and there's probably some cost benefits I would
imagine to combining them. Am I understanding you correctly?
MR. MANSOUR: Yes. Like I said, when we received last year's bid and it came
high, we had to go back and rethink how we're going to package and put the
project and the activated sludge. It's going to be the Phase II of this Hilo Waste
Treatment Plan. And it makes sense to design it now and we're working on the
design so we could be able to bid it out within the same time as Phase I being
constructed.
MS. KIMBALL: Great, Okay. Thank you for the clarification. I yield, Chair.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. So, we're going to Hilo.
Hearing nothing. Further discussion here in Kona? Hearing and seeing none,
motion is on the floor to close file on Communication 13.29. All in favor?
Vote on Comm. 13.29: The motion to close file on Comm. 13.29 was carried by
Filed the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Inaba,
Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas,
and Chair Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder — 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Kagiwada — 1.
Excused: None.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Communication 13.30, please.
Comm. 13.30: REPORT OF CHANGE ORDERS AUTHORIZED: FEBRUARY 1 — 15 2024
From Finance Director Diane Nakagawa, dated February 21, 2024, transmitting
the above report pursuant to Section 2-12.3 of the Hawaii County Code.
Motion to Close File: Mr. Inaba moved to close file on Comm. 13.30. Seconded
by Ms. Galimba.
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CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Discussion from the Council? Council
Member Galimba.
MS. GALIMBA: Thank you. I wanted to take the opportunity, seeing Director
(Maurice) Messina here. I see the Pahala swimming pool is on, could you give us
a little update on that project and the change order?
MR. MANSOUR: I'm sorry, is that for me or Director Messina?
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: That's for Director Messina.
MR. MANSOUR: Okay.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you.
(Note: At this time, Parks and Recreation Director Maurice Messina came
forward to address the members of the Committee.)
MR. MESSINA: Good morning, Council Members, Maurice Messina, Director
of Parks and Recreation. Yes, we had to cancel the prior construction contract
because the prior contractor did not meet our time that we wanted, so we had to
repackage everything and send it out again. So, that's what the change order was
for.
MS. GALIMBA: Thanks. I'm kind of just taking advantage of it being on the
agenda just to ask you how we're doing with that pool and if you had a timeline.
You could send it too in a Gantt chart. I Iove Gantt charts, if you could send it to
me offline, that would be good too. But yeah, if you could maybe just give us a
general idea how things are going.
MR. MESSINA: Yeah, our original estimate was to have the pool open by the
time school opens this next school year. We did have some problems when we
uncovered the pool basin underneath. It's actually built on, you know, because
where it is it's built on volcanic ash, and we did find some leaks and some cracks
in the base in itself. So, we're getting a structural engineer to come out and look
at it and just see, is the underlayer under the basin, has that been compromised?
So, that's our biggest issue right now, is the basin itself. And some of the plans
that we see of how it was actually built is not what we're seeing when we
uncovered it. So, that's our biggest delay right now.
MS. GALIMBA: Thank you. So, possibly by next school year or is that looking
pretty doubtful now?
MR. MESSINA: We're looking this calendar year.
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MS. GALIMBA: This calendar year, yeah. By the end of this calendar year, by
the end of 2024?
MR. MESSINA: Yes. Yes, that's our goal right now. This calendar year.
MS. GALIMBA: Okay, Alright. Great. Got it. Yes. Thanks. Thanks very
much for that update.
MR. MESSINA: You're welcome.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Going to Hilo. Council
Member Lee Loy, anything? Okay. Mr. Messina, one follow up regarding this
change order. The electrical upgrades, renovations, whatever you want to call
them, for change orders, it talks about four different sites given onsite discoveries
for needed changes. Electrical service replacements at various park sites. Just
wondering what those four individual parks and those sites were that necessitated
changes?
MR. MESSINA: Unfortunately, I don't have that answer for you right now. But
give me 15 to 20 minutes and I'll have you that answer.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: You can get me that offline.
MR. MESSINA: Okay.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Having spent some time recently in the
Lili`uokalani Gardens and watching the pump station that drives the sewer system
there, it stop working in the middle of a very busy event, just wondering if that
was one of the sites that we're looking at applying some funding towards.
MR. MESSINA: So, Lili`uokalani—
MS. LEE LOY: Chair? Sorry to interrupt, but Reid is here, Director Messina,
with some of that background information and might be able to add an answer to
these questions.
CHR. KANEALPI-KLEINFELDER: Thank you, Ms. Lee Loy, Mr. Sewake, go
ahead.
(Note: At this time, Parks and Recreation Business Manager Reid Sewake
came forward to address the members of the Committee.)
MR. SEWAKE: Reid Sewake, Business Manager. Yeah, so I have two of the
four you're asking for. So, one of them was Laupahoehoe Senior Center. The
consultant discovered some additional services that need to be performed there.
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And the other one was Kamehameha Park, we need to expand some electrical
service to the ball field lighting systems.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay. If you could give me the other two.
Doesn't need to be right now.
MR. SEWAKE: Okay. Sounds good.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Okay. Any further
discussion? Hearing and seeing none, motion is on the floor to close file on
Communication 13.30. All in favor?
Vote on Comm. 13.30: The motion to close file on Comm. 13.30 was carried by
Filed the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Inaba,
Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas,
and Chair Kiineah'i-Kleinfelder -- 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Kagiwada — 1.
Excused: None.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Resolution 450-24, please.
ORDER OF The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business,
RESOLUTIONS: Order of Resolutions.
Res. 450-24: TRANSFERS/APPROPRIATES AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A
DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITS SAME TO A DESIGNATED
FUND ACCOUNT IN THE GEOTHERMAL RELOCATION AND
COMMUNITY BENEFITS FUND TO ENHANCE THE FACILITIES AND
PARK GROUNDS AT THE WILLIAM `BILLY" KENOI DISTRICT PARK
Allocates $37,000 for improvements to the Pdhoa Aquatic Center, appliances and
equipment for the Pdhoa Neighborhood Facility, and the addition of memorial
plaques honoring the contributions made by Mayor William `Billy" Kenoi and
Madie Greene.
Reference: Comm, 762
Intr. by: Ms. Kierkiewicz
Motion to Approve: Ms. Kierkiewicz moved to recommend adoption of Res. 450-24.
Seconded by Mr. Inaba.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Council Members?
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MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you, Chair. First, I want to just take a moment to
mahalo nui Dorothy Staskawicz. She was the only testifier actually today, to
speak to this particular resolution. But she has the biggest heart for our
community, for swimming, for kids, and she is just seeing how that particular
sport has really helped to build confidence in kids and really change their
trajectory, just by having a positive activity in their life. She reached out to my
office and to Director Messina asking for certain investments to be made at our
Pahoa Aquatics Center to do scoreboards, line delineations, and while it may
seem like a small investment, this will increase Pahoa's ability to host swim
competitions statewide level, national level. We actually have done that in the
past, but really not at a level that I think we would like because we just didn't
have the proper equipment in place.
And so, because we have this Geothermal Community Benefits Fund available to
support the lower Puna community, we are asking for this particular request.
We've worked in partnership with Parks and Rec, and I think Director Messina
can speak to this, to coordinate the efficient purchase of this particular scoring
system and its installation so that it can be used rather quickly. While we're at it,
also took a moment to talk story with some of the folks that are staffing and
maintaining our gymnasium at the William Kenoi Park. And so, they identified a
couple of needs that would certainly help when members of the public are there
utilizing our facilities.
And then finally, we wanted to move forward on ensuring that some of the key
folks that were instrumental in ensuring the build -out of this very special park
were honored. So, some of the funding will be utilized to purchase memorial
plaques for Mayor Kenoi and a mana wahine of Puna, unofficial Mayor of Pahoa,
Aunty Madie Greene, who we've recently lost. So, happy to answer any
questions. But, Director, wanted to give you an opportunity to kind of speak to
our partnership here and your department's ability to move on procuring these
items should the resolution pass.
(Note: At this time, Parks and Recreation Director Maurice Messina came
forward to address the members of the Committee.)
MR. MESSINA: Thank you, Council Member Kierkiewicz, Maurice Messina,
Director of Parks and Recreation. The movement with Pahoa Park is just another
one of our initiatives to make our Parks and Rec facilities and our recreation
facilities destinations for statewide tournaments, national tournaments, and even
hosting of Olympic trials. Dorothy from Pahoa, you know, she's been
championing the aquatics recreation at Pahoa for quite a while now. And last
month we had a very successful statewide swim meet at KCAL (Kona
Community Aquatic Center) Pool in Kona, and we feel that by putting this
equipment at Pahoa pool will also be able to bring more of these activities to
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Puna, help the community, help all the businesses there, and have some of these
very large events.
As far as the recreation components of it, in the gym, this is going to help us with
a new refrigerator, microwave, and clean areas for when people come and rent our
concessions, or we do a very large event. And of course, the plaque for
Billy Kenoi and Aunty Madie, and then the tree for her. We feel that this is just
what's seriously appropriate for Puna.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you, Director, for being here. Just looking to my
colleagues for their support. Thank you. I yield.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Discussion, Council
Members?
MS. LEE LOY: Yes, Chair,
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Council Member Lee Loy, go ahead.
MS. LEE LOY: You know, I stand in full support. I just wanted my colleague,
Ms. Kierkiewicz, to recognize you have Dorothy almost in tears here in the
Council Chambers. Just so full of gratitude. You know, this is one sport that is
really challenging when it comes to athletes. Building pools are not cheap, but
there is a lot of success that kids can have all the way through to the Olympics
whether it's swimming, diving, it really is a wholesome way to take care of our
kids. So, I wanted to share that because everybody is a little choked up over here
because of Dorothy. Thank you. I yield.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Dorothy, I wish I could be there to give you a hug. Thank
you for your perseverance for doing the hard work to identify the kinds of systems
and equipment that are most conducive to our Pahoa Aquatic Center. Thanks for
believing in our kids and giving us this opportunity to invest in our community
because our residents of Puna are super proud of, you know, what we bring to the
table. I think this is another way that we are going to absolutely allow for our
kids to just shine. So, thank you for your advocacy and your commitment to
Puna. Chair, I yield.
CHR, KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Seeing no further discussion.
My comments on this are simple. Fully support and then completely within the
desire an appropriate use of funding for the geothermal fund. So, well done.
With that, motion is on the floor to forward Resolution 450-24 to Council with a
favorable recommendation. All in favor?
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Vote on Res. 450-24: The motion to recommend adoption of Res. 450-24 was
(Approved) carried by the following voice vote:
Ayes:
Committee Members Evans, Galimba,
Inaba, Kierkiewicz, Lee Loy, Villegas,
and Chair Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder --- 7.
Noes:
None.
Absent:
Committee Members Kagiwada,
and Kimball -- 2.
Excused:
None.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Resolution 451-24, please.
Res. 451-24: AUTHORIZES THE PAYMENT OF FUNDS OF A LATER FISCAL YEAR
AND OF MORE THAN ONE FISCAL YEAR FOR MULTI -YEAR LEASES
OF THREE FIRE APPARATUS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Authorizes the Mayor to enter into five-year lease agreements with an
approximate monthly cost of $27,998 for a replacement hazmat truck for the
Kaumana Fire Station and an approximate monthly cost of $37,330 for two
replacement engines for the Pahoa and Volcano Fire Stations.
Reference: Comm.765
Intr. by: Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder (B/R)
Motion to Approve: Mr. Inaba moved to recommend adoption of Res. 451-24.
Seconded by Ms. Kierkiewicz.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Council Members, any discussion?
Council Member Kierkiewicz, go ahead.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you, Chair. Is there anyone from Fire Department
in Council Chambers or on Zoom?
MS. LEE LOY: Yes.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Hi, Nikol. Good morning, Chief.
(Note: At this time, Assistant Fire Chief Darwin Okinaka and Accountant
Nikol Lonokapu came forward to address the members of the Committee.)
MS. LONOKAPU: Hi. Good morning. Nikol Lonokapu, Accountant, Fire
Department.
MR. OKINAKA: Darwin Okinaka, Assistant Fire Chief, Fire Department.
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MS. KIERKIEWICZ: You understand the assignment. Thank you for being
here. This is a pretty significant investment. Apparatus is not cheap.
$1.5 million for a hazmat truck, and at least $2 million for each fire truck, is that
correct?
MR. OKINAKA: No. About a million each. So, $2 million for both fire trucks,
fire engines.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Chief, I'm having a very hard time hearing you. Can you
speak into the mic?
MR. OKINAKA: Sure. Can you hear me now?
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Perfect.
MR. OKINAKA: Okay. So, the $2 million is for both fire engines. The hazmat
vehicle, because of all the complexities, is the $1.5 million, and then the fire
engines itself are about a million. And these are estimated costs.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: These are estimated costs. Okay. So, $3.5 million for
these three particular apparatus. And then who is the manufacturer going to be
for this? Because my understanding is that, is it KME or KMD, is no longer
going to be manufacturing fire trucks.
MR. OKINAKA: To answer the initial question, we do not know because it has
to go out to bid. So, there's various companies that can bid. KME is one of them.
You know, there's Pierce (Manufacturing), there's a number of apparatus
manufacturers that can build these apparatus. Once we put it out to bid, you
know, of course the procurement process will identify who is the preferred
vendor, and then, you know, the decision will be at that time.
But yeah, like you mentioned, KME, that specific vendor closed but I think
they're transferred to their parent company. They have multiple apparatus
manufacturers under one parent company.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you. And the predominant brand of trucks that we
have in the department are KMD and Pierce?
MR. OKINAKA: KME or Pierce, correct. KME.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Okay. Thank you. I'm just curious because when I think
about the maintenance and the parts and often times, we'll, you know, sunset
older vehicles but we'll make use of the parts for other vehicles. It's just good to
know what we have available in our stock.
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MR, OKINAKA: Correct.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: And then do you want to kind of speak to sort of the life of
these apparatus that you are changing out? Because sometimes I think you go
beyond their natural shelf life because we have to make do with what we got. So,
what these vehicles are seeing, the mileage, how we're really utilizing them, and
we're really at a critical point where they absolutely need to be changed out. Do
you want to share some of those details with us?
MR. OKINAKA: Sure. So, the most significant is our hazmat apparatus. That's
a 1997 model. So, it's 27 years old at the moment. So, that's in dire need of
being replaced, and that's the primary apparatus that we're planning on replacing
this year, or at least procuring this year. With the current situation with apparatus
builds, and it's across the board, right. I think everybody understands that due to
the COVID (Coronavirus Disease) pandemic, everything's delayed. So, you
know, what would typically take about a year to build once the contract was
awarded is upwards of three years maybe now, depending, to build, which is why
we initiated the two fire engines which was actually scheduled to be purchased
next year or procured next year. But we wanted to start the process because it'll
be, you know, three possibly even four years, you know, we're not sure of what
the exact timeframe is. But it's definitely well over two years now at the very
least to build a fire apparatus of this type. So, we just wanted to start the process,
and that's why we have this up now.
The other two, to answer the question, the fire engine for volcano, that's the
second oldest apparatus, which is a 2006 model. So, 18 years old. And the Pahoa
one, the Engine 10, is actually a little newer. However, because of the call
volume in Pahoa and the amount of use and the type of use that the engine gets,
our mechanic shop is recommending replacing that prior, in front of the next
oldest apparatus. So, the Pahoa truck is a 2012 model, which is 12 years. Our
typical replacement, we're looking at around 15 years is what our goal is. So,
these are all right around that timeframe if not past it anyway. But that's kind of
what we're looking at for frontline apparatus.
MS. KiERKIEWICZ; Chief, thank you for all of that information and sharing
those details, and you and Nikol just being so proactive in getting these RFP's
(Request For Proposal) out these so we can kind of stay ahead of everything.
Final question I have is, like the housing of the apparatus, is there adequate like
facility space? I'm thinking like, canopy tents, sheds or whatever to protect our
investment? And I bring it up because I was recently at Station 18, and I know
that one of our fire trucks are not fully covered by a canopy tent. And so, if we're
going to make these really big investments, I just want to make sure we're
protecting our assets.
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MR. OKINAKA: These three stations have adequate housing for our apparatus,
for frontline apparatus. So, for these three, yes, they have. Pahoa Fire Station is a
beautiful station. So, it'Il be replacing the current Engine 10. Same for
Engine 19, you know, it's an open bay up in Volcano, but there is a roof over the
apparatus. And then, in Kaumana Fire Station, we're replacing that apparatus.
So, it would be fitting right in the bay where the current Hazmat d is.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Beautiful. Thank you for your leadership on this. Going
to be wholeheartedly supporting.
MR. OKfNAKA: Thank you.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Chair, I yield.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Further discussion from the
Council?
MS. LEE LOY: Yes, Chair.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Ms. Lee Loy, go ahead.
MS. LEE LOY: Thank you, Chair. Thanks, guys, for being here. I just had a
question. Love the way the thought process, forward thinking about what's old,
what needs replacement, and then how we house it. But I had another question
and maybe we can have this conversation offline, is there buying power if you go
to the other counties who are looking at repair and replacing some of their assets
like fire trucks, and buying these pieces of equipment as a state rather than
individual counties? And I'm asking that question because we did it with Water
Supply where they've got to buy pumps and pipes, right, to go check everybody
across the state; uniforms, right, uniform purchases, and rather than purchasing
individually by county, looking at a statewide ask to get better costs. And if you
don't have that answer, it's okay.
MR. OKINAKA: I can answer I guess part of it. I'm not sure in totality how that
would work I guess because of budget availability; it might be different. You
know, like Oahu, they buy upwards of six apparatus a year. You know, when we
went to previous builds, you see them just lined up, you know, if they purchased
from the same manufacturer. The other counties, again, it's all based on funding.
The difference is the specifications. The actual build of the truck would be
different, but we could potentially submit various, you know, specifications for
different trucks as a whole. I think it'll just be coordinating and timing of all of
that with everybody else. I think some people has the liberty of just because of
the budgeting right, do it a lot quicker than we could. So, I guess the concept is a
possibility, but I'm not sure exactly how, you know, the coordination part of it
would work.
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MS. LEE LOY: Thank you for that. And I think we're all trying to work smarter
not harder. We're all looking out for the constituency's dollars, right? And if
there's ways to partner with our fellow firefighters in counties and, you know,
buying cars together, whatever, just hopefully we can get a better deal in the end,
right?
MR. OKINAKA: Potentially. I think one part, if I may just add on to that is
because of the current situation in the vehicle apparatus manufacturing world,
right, and the availability of it is the other thing. I mean, we're buying pickup
trucks for our rescue and hazmat stations in fact, to tow the trailers and stuff that
they have. And even those are taking over a year to get for just a simple pickup
truck because the manufacturing availability. Supplies are a lot lower than
demand. So, it's difficult to get. But just an added point.
MS. LEE LOY: Thank you. Thank you. In support of. Thanks, Chair, for the
latitude. I yield.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Council Member Inaba.
MR. INABA: Yes. Just to confirm, these are leases that result in us owning them
like other vehicle purchases, correct?
MS. LONOKAPU: Correct.
MR. INABA: And based on the fleet replacement plan that you folks have, how
long do we expect these vehicles to remain in service.
MR. OKINAKA: Like I said, the goal is around a 15-year timeframe to replace.
Of course, there's a lot of factors that would play into that, mainly budget, and
apparatus availability. But we're kind of looking around that timeframe for our
goal at least for replacing them. The next up will be, you know, like Makalei and
Kealakekua, which are 2006, 2007 year models. So, again the timeframe there
already, you know, pushing 20 years. And by the time we get them, it'll be well
over 20 years. So, you know, as much as we would like to get it sooner, you
know, the availability and the opportunity to purchase them might not be there.
But that is the goal, 15 to 20 years.
MR. INABA: Okie dokies. Thank you very much. Chair, I yield.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Any further discussion?
Thank you both for your time this morning. I have one question for you. The
number of times in the past Office of the Corporation Counsel's come forward to
ask about payments for damages due to some of our county vehicles banging
other vehicles. Does this RFP or can it include the installation of reverse cameras
or backup cameras for some of these large apparatuses?
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MR. OKINAKA: Yeah, in fact, starting these builds here, we are initiating that
very thing. It's actually more than just a reverse camera, it's what they call a
360 degree camera. So, it has an opportunity to kind of visualize the entire
apparatus. I don't know exactly how it works, but it's called a 3D camera. It's
kind of a trend that's in the fire service now. So, we have included that in our
apparatus, in these specifications and everything moving forward. That is the
goal.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: That is wonderful news and I look forward
to seeing how that works for the department. Thank you. Awesome. Okay.
With that, seeing no further discussion, we do have the motion on the floor to
forward Resolution 451-24 to Council with a favorable recommendation. Thank
you very much for your time today. All in favor?
Vote on Res. 451-24: The motion to recommend adoption of Res. 451-24 was
(Approved) carried by the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Inaba,
Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas,
and Chair Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder -- 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Kagiwada — 1.
Excused: None.
CHR, KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Last order of the day, please.
BILLS FOR The Chair directed the Conunittee to proceed to the next order of business,
ORDINANCES: Bills for Ordinances.
Bill 141: AMENDS ORDINANCE NO.23-50, AS AMENDED, THE OPERATING
BUDGET FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30 2024
Increases revenues in the Elderly Recreation Services account ($55,000); and
appropriates the same to the Elderly Recreation Services account, for a total
appropriation of $195,000. Funds would be used to provide recreational classes
to seniors 55 years of age and older.
Reference: Comm.766
Intr. by: Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder (B/R)
Motion to Approve: Mr. Inaba moved to recommend passage of Bill 141 on
first reading. Seconded by Ms. Kimball.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: This was brought to our Committee by
request by the department. Mr. Messina, or Hilo, Mr. Sewake, thank you for
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joining us today. Can you give us some background? I like the background
report just for everyone's information. Sorry, I didn't see the other person. I can
only see the back of Reid's head.
(Note: At this time, Elderly Activities Division Director Roann Okamura
came forward to address the members of the Committee.)
MS, OKAMURA: Roann Okamura, Elderly Activities Division Director.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you.
MS. OKAMURA: Just to give you a Iittle bit of background, we're asking for
this request for our senior recreation classes. A pivotal thing happened in 2020.
Generation X became seniors so, we're in our fourth year of servicing four
generations of seniors. So, we really didn't have a tracking mechanism because
of COVID, and so right now we're seeing a big surge in participation in our
classes. That's why the request for the additional $55,000.
CHR KANEALPI-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Thank you for that
background. That's actually wonderful news. Council, discussion on the
measure? Council Member Kierkiewicz, go ahead.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you, Chair. Hi, Roann. Great to see you. Thank
you for doing this, I'm curious to know if the expansion of classes is going to
mean that more County facilities or partner sites can be utilized to deliver some of
these services. Like, I think about not every subdivision around our island is
lucky to have like a County managed community center. There might be
associations that have community centers. So, I'm just wondering if this
opportunity is also going to be available in non -County run sites, but also where
you're filling in the gap in communities that might not have had a service.
MS. OKAMURA: So, good question, We are looking at our facility utilization.
I do have a chart that I keep updated. The only area that we're really not
servicing right now is Kailua-Kona. And we are working on opening up a
program at Lei Kupuna, which is a senior housing right in Kailua. And we're
looking at where the trends are, where the interest is for the classes. Right now,
Kamana Senior Center is the largest learning center for seniors, It generates about
I would say 70 percent of the revenue, this money that we're talking about. And
the bulk of the money is used for rec educators. So, it depends where we can
acquire rec educators to teach within the district, and of course the requests
coming from the community.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Roann, give us a quick example of how much it would cost
to say, do an ukulele lesson or take a ceramics class at Kamana Senior Center?
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MS. OKAMURA: Right now, it's $10 for ten weeks but we're going to be
upping that next fiscal year because, you know, it's not trending according to
inflation. We've had that rate since 1975. So, we are looking at upping that. So,
an individual, if they come to the class, it's $10 for ten weeks of instruction, and
more importantly for socialization, for them to feel like they have a sense of
belonging in their community. We have four quarters a year. So, if you took
ukulele the whole year, it'll cost you $40 right now for 40 weeks of classes.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: That is really fantastic. I do support a small increase but
ensuring that it is still affordable to our kupuna who often live on a fixed income.
I remember calling Kamana Senior Center one time because I wanted to
participate in some of the classes, and apparently, you have to be a senior.
MS. OKAMURA: Yes.
MS, KIERKIEWICZ: I just love the idea of like intergenerational relationships
and connections. And so, it would be really cool to maybe pilot some of that in
certain communities where mo`opuna, younger generations have an opportunity
to connect with our kupuna.
MS. OKAMURA: Yeah. We've done a few intergencrational programs, like the
summer fun program in Kohala and in Waimea, and they were successful. And
we haven't done that since COVE), you know, so we are planning on revisiting
that maybe next summer.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you so much. In full support of this. I yield.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Any further discussion?
MS. LEE LOY: Yes, Chair.
CHR, KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Council Member Lee Loy, go ahead.
MS. LEE LOY: Yeah, thank you. You know, it's funny that Council Member
Kierkiewicz was just in line with me, because that's where I was. I was looking
at, you know, this seems like such a modest request for our seniors. And, you
know, to your point, Roann, everything's going up. And I was just wondering if
there's an opportunity to find more money just so we could kind of maintain that
cost. I hear you loud and clear, $10. But that's for our seniors. Any thoughts?
MS. OKAMURA: So, you know, I've been in the field of gerontology for
45 years, so I always watch the trends. We do have plans in place to make sure
that the program continues, and we'll be able to, you know, expand our programs
throughout the island. Right now, we have about 40 sites around the island that
we offer programs and services. So, I do have a short-term plan, which includes
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next fiscal, and then also mid -range plans and long-range plans, yeah, based on
the demographics and the fact that we're dealing with four generations of seniors
right now.
MS. LEE LOY: Yeah. You know, and I've got to tell my colleagues. Roann was
my former boss, actually. I spent a year under her mentorship and really
understand this program very intimately. My question two is, in addition to the
fees that our seniors pay, I know that we provide equipment like sewing machines
for their sewing classes. Where are we on all of the equipment and or items
necessary to run programs, and ground golf is another big one that we have a
sister cities partnership with, where is all of our equipment and replacement costs
for all of that? Thanks, Reid.
(Note: At this time, Business Manager Reid Sewake came forward to
address the members of the Committee.)
MR. SEWAKE: Yes. So, this particular request is for our matching account
where our expenditures are limited to the revenues we collect. Yeah, so a bunch
of it is the salary and wages. But we also do purchase equipment out of that
account as well. So, if not at that account, then it would have to be one of our
County funded accounts.
MS. LEE LOY: Yeah, thanks, guys. I think budget's coming soon.
MS. OKAMURA: Yeah, we try to stay fiscally sound using the contributions that
we collect through the registration fees. And then we always look at our
inventory to see where things are aging out, and I've applied for a few grants in
the past for vehicles, you know, and programs. So, just trying to be fiscally sound
with the money that we have.
MS. LEE LOY: Yeah. Thanks, Roann. Thanks, Reid. You know, they also like
to go golf, not just get ground golf, but they like to go golf, too. So, those things
cost money. Thanks. Thank you, Chair. In support. I yield.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Okay. Seeing no discussion.
It's just wonderful to hear that we're seeing more participation. COVID really, I
know, put a damper on everything, especially our elderly recreational services.
So, to see a jump in the numbers and a want for more services and the ability on
our behalf to do that for our community, well done. Thank you. With that, we do
have the motion on the floor to forward Bill 141 to Council with a favorable
recommendation. All in favor?
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Vote on Bill 141:
(Approvedl
ADJOURN-
MENT:
Approved:
Mr. Matt
Finance
March 19, 2024
The motion to recommend passage of Bill 141 on first
reading was carried by the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Inaba,
Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas,
and Chair Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder — 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Kagiwada — 1.
Excused: None.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: May I have a motion to adjourn, please?
There being no further business, at 11:17 a.m., Mr. Inaba moved to adjourn
the meeting. Seconded by Ms. Kimball and carried by the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Inaba,
Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas,
and Chair Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder — 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Kagiwada — 1.
Excused: None.
CHR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: We are adjourned, and it is 11:17 a.m.
`i-Kleinfelder,
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