HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE CRCOC 2025-01-21 2024-2026 ACTIONS
MICHELLE M. GALIMBA JAMES E. HUSTACE
Chair & Presiding Officer
HOLEKA GORO INABA
JENN KAGIWADA
REBECCA VILLEGAS
MATT KĀNEALIʻI-KLEINFELDER
Vice Chair
ASHLEY L. KIERKIEWICZ
HEATHER L. KIMBALL
DENNIS “FRESH” ONISHI
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
COMMUNICATIONS, REPORTS,
AND COUNCIL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
nd
2Session
West Hawai‘i Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
January 21, 2025
1:00 p.m.
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ORDER OF BUSINESS
CALL TO ORDER – 1:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
Pursuant to HRS § 92-3, oral testimony may be provided entirely at the beginning of the meeting, or
immediately preceding the agenda item being opened for deliberation by the committee.
COMMUNICATIONS
Comm. 37: PERFORMANCE AUDIT 2024-03: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
BRIDGE AND CULVERT MAINTENANCE EFFORTS
From County Auditor Tyler J. Benner, dated November 25, 2024, transmitting the
above audit report, pursuant to Section 3-18(d)(2) of the Hawaiʻi County Charter.
Postponed: January 7, 2025
(Note: There is a motion by Council Member Kierkiewicz, seconded by Council
Member Inaba, to close file on Comm. 37.)
FILED:
Ayes: Committee Members Hustace, Inaba, Kagiwada,
Kimball, Onishi, Villegas, and Chair Galimba – 7.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder
and Kierkiewicz – 2.
Excused: None.
Comm. 78: FAIR SHARE ANNUAL REPORT AS OF JUNE 30, 2024
From Acting Planning Director Jeffrey W. Darrow, dated December 26, 2024,
transmitting the above report pursuant to Section 2-162.1(a) of the Hawaiʻi County
Code.
(The vote on Comm. 78 is on the next page.)
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FILED:
Ayes: Committee Members Hustace, Inaba, Kagiwada,
Onishi, Villegas, and Chair Galimba – 6.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder,
Kierkiewicz, and Kimball – 3.
Excused: None.
Comm. 84: REQUESTS A PRESENTATION BY MARIA BROSNAN FALTAS,
JULIE ZIEMELIS, CHRIS FREED, AND DEREK PROUDIAN OF FIX PAID
PARKING, REGARDING THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF UNREGULATED
PAID PARKING WITHIN THE KAILUA VILLAGE BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
From Council Member Rebecca Villegas, dated January 2, 2025.
FILED:
Ayes: Committee Members Hustace, Inaba,
Kagiwada, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Onishi,
Villegas, and Chair Galimba – 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder – 1.
Excused: None.
ADJOURNMENT – 2:59 p.m.
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