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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 712 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 MALAMA O PUNA TO SUPPORT ITS FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM. WHEREAS, Malama O Puna is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, volunteer service organization whose mission is to provide community resources to maintain a safe and healthy community through environmental education, hands-on projects, advocacy, watchdogging, and land trusting; and WHEREAS, Malama O Puna’s Food Security Program is a successful collaboration with various homeowner and community associations in Lower Puna that have established backyard gardens, fruit orchards, and community gardens; and WHEREAS, Malama O Puna plans to refurbish a mobile military kitchen to cook and freeze-dry fresh produce that are grown and harvested through these collaborations, extending the shelf life and enhancing household food security; and WHEREAS, Malama O Puna is seeking funds for a project coordinator to renovate the mobile kitchen for certification, the purchase of cooking utensils, lighting, a freeze dryer, bag sealer, and food processing equipment, as well as auxiliary energy costs to operate a donated fridge and freezer; and WHEREAS, the Department of Research and Development supports sustainable agricultural practices that increase consumption of local agricultural and value-added products by expanding marketing and education at the local, national, or international levels; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(C) of the Hawai‘i 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 4 will be appropriated to the Department of Research and Development to provide a grant to Malama O Puna to support its Food Security Program. 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:  $10,000       OUT AND FROM:    010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC – Contingency Relief $10,000      CREDITED TO:    010.161.5161.22 Department of Research and Development Agriculture R&D OCE 115 Misc. Contract Services (Malama O Puna – Food Security Program) $10,000   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.