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DATE: January 7, 2025 <br />PLACE: Council Chambers <br />Hilo, Hawaii <br />TIME: 2:02 p.m. <br />Council Chair and Members <br />Hawaii County Council <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />REPORT OF THE <br />COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br />Re: Comm. No. 29/Res. No. 31-25 <br />Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 31-25, reports as follows: <br />Resolution No. 31-25, transmitted by Finance Director Diane Nakagawa via Communication <br />No. 29, dated November 29, 2024, authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the State <br />of Hawaii Department of Agriculture, pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 46-7. <br />This resolution allows for the receipt of $135,000 to assist coffee farmers by offsetting the cost of the <br />insecticide used to control the Coffee Berry Borer and/or approved fungicides to control Coffee Leaf <br />Rust. <br />Economic Development Specialist Glenn Sako provided background on this matter. <br />Pursuant to Section 46-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Mayor of the County of Hawaii is authorized to <br />execute, on behalf of the County, an agreement and related documents with the State of Hawaii <br />Department of Agriculture for funding as described above. <br />Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 31-25, and <br />recommends its adoption. <br />1kh <br />AYES <br />NOES <br />ABS <br />EX <br />GALIMBA <br />X <br />HUSTACE <br />X <br />INABA <br />X <br />KAGIWADA <br />X <br />KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER <br />X <br />KIERKIEWICZ <br />X <br />KIMBALL <br />X <br />ONISHI <br />X <br />VILLEGAS <br />X <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br />M T KA ALI`I-KLEINFELDER, <br />CI AIJZ <br />FC REPORT NO.: 2 <br />ADOPTED: JAN 2 2025 <br />