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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 163 2024/05/14 2022-2024 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE DATE: May 14, 2024 Re: Comm.No. 872/Res.No. 515-24 PLACE: Council Chambers Hilo, Hawai`i TIME: 9:00 a.m. Council Chair and Members Hawai`i County Council Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Your Committee on Finance,to which was referred Resolution No. 515-24,reports as follows: Resolution No. 515-24,transmitted by Finance Director Diane Nakagawa, via Communication No. 872 dated April 26, 2024, authorizes the Mayor to enter into a multi-year agreement with the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. This resolution allows the Department of Research and Development to enter into a five-year agreement to share the cost of funding two Extension Agent positions who will cover Indigenous Crops/East Hawai`i Master Gardeners and East Hawai`i Livestock. Committee Member Holeka Goro Inaba asked Economic Development Specialist Glenn Sako to provide background on this matter. Multiple committee members commented in support of this measure. Pursuant to Section 46-7, Hawai`i Revised Statutes,the Mayor of the County of Hawai`i is authorized to execute, on behalf of the County,this and all future agreements and related documents with the University of Hawaii at Mama for the purpose as described above. Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 515-24, and recommends its adoption. lkh AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted, EVANS X GALIMBA X COMMITTEE ON FINANCE INABA X KAGIWADA X KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X KIERKIEWICZ x MATT ALP I-KLEINFELDER, KIMBALL X CHAIR LEE LOY X FC REPORT NO.: 163 VILLEGAS I X ADOPTED: JUN 0 5 2024