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Mitchell D. Roth <br />Mayor <br />Diane Nakagawa <br />Director <br />Aaron K.H. Brown <br />Deputy Director <br />County of Hawaii <br />Finance Department <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2103 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />(808)961-8234 Fax (808) 961-8569 <br />-,Y <br />September 13, 2024 -, <br />Heather Kimball, Council Chair and f <br />Members of the Hawaii County Council <br />Hawaii County Council <br />25 Aupuni Street <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Re: Operating Budget <br />The County of Hawaii has been awarded $1,145,239 in federally -derived funds from the <br />State of Hawaii Department of Transportation for a Federal Transit Administration <br />Section 5339 Formula Rural and Small Urban Buses for Kauai, Maui and Hawaii grant. <br />These funds will be used to purchase American with Disabilities Act vans to <br />accommodate the increase in ridership within the Paratransit Program. <br />Enclosed is a resolution to enter into an agreement to accept these funds. Also enclosed <br />is a bill for an ordinance amending the Operating Budget by appropriating this <br />$1,145,239 grant. <br />If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to call Victor Kandle of the Mass Transit <br />Agency at 961-8555. <br />(4t_ <br />Diane Nakagawa <br />Director of Finance <br />Enc. <br />c: Mass Trans <br />Comm. No.Q5 � <br />Ref. To: r V <br />Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Providettef. Date 6EP 17 2024 <br />