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RESOLUTION NO. 6G3 24
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A NINE-YEAR
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI`I FOR
A RADIO REPEATER SITE.
WHEREAS, Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 46-7 requires that County departments
obtain the consent of the Council to enter into agreements with the federal or state governments
respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by law to furnish, expend,
and receive any funds or other assistance in connection with projects being or to be undertaken
pursuant to those powers; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Charter Section 10-11 requires that any contract, lease
or other obligation requiring payment of funds from the appropriations of a later fiscal year or of
more than one fiscal year be approved by resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency wishes to enter into a Non -
Exclusive License Agreement with the University of Hawaii, a public body corporate and the
public Licensor of the State of Hawaii to continue to maintain and utilize a recently installed
amateur radio repeater on the summit of Mauna Kea for the purpose of an island -wide
community emergency radio communications network to facilitate the Hawaii County Auxiliary
Communications Service; and
WHEREAS, this nine (9) year License Agreement will support the Hawaii County Civil
Defense Agency's continued desire to supplement its connectivity for the Island of Hawaii by
extending its initially approved one (1) year License Agreement which allowed the installation of
a radio repeater within a portion of the astronomy facility known as the University of Hawaii
2.2-meter Telescope Utility Building, by allowing the Parties to execute an approximately nine
(9) year License Agreement that would expire on December 31, 2033 (unless otherwise
terminated sooner); now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I that in
accordance with Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 46-7, and the Hawaii County Charter Section
10-11, that the Mayor of the County of Hawaii is authorized to execute, on behalf of the County,
an intergovernmental agreement with the University of Hawai`i, a public body corporate and the
public Licensor of the State of Hawai`i,that will constitute an Intergovernmental Agreement;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that sufficient funds be budgeted in future fiscal years
to cover the anticipated obligations of the County under the terms of the agreement; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Director of Finance, Mayor Mitchell D. Roth,the Hawai`i County Civil Defense
Agency, and the Office of the Corporation Counsel.
Dated at Hilo , Hawai`i, this 8th day of November , 2024 .
INTRODUCED BY: 6A.,_
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COUNCIL v .k B, R, COUNTY OF HAW'A I`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 November 8, 2024
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ X
ATTEST: KIMBALL X
LEE LOY
VILLEGAS X
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r G Reference: C-1089/GOEAC-162
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