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MATT KĀNEALIʻI-KLEINFELDER MICHELLE M. GALIMBA
Chair & Presiding Officer
HOLEKA GORO INABA
JENN KAGIWADA
JAMES E. HUSTACE
ASHLEY L. KIERKIEWICZ
Vice Chair
HEATHER L. KIMBALL
DENNIS “FRESH” ONISHI
REBECCA VILLEGAS
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
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West Hawai‘i Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
February 18, 2025
1:30 p.m.
Notice is hereby given that the Hawai‘i County Council will be conducting this meeting via interactive
conference technology (ICT) pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes §92-3.5. Council Members will be
participating via ICT at the:
Hilo Council Chambers, Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401
Members of the public may also attend from this location.
Public attendance via Courtesy Site is available at the following locations:
Ocean View Community Association, 92-8924 Leilani Circle;
Old Kohala Courthouse, 54-3900 Akoni Pule Highway, Kapaʻau;
Pāhoa Council Office, 15-2879 Pāhoa Village Road; and
Waimea Council Office, Parker Square, 65-1279 Kawaihae Road, Suite 109.
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item.
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ORDER OF BUSINESS
CALL TO ORDER – 1:31 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. 118: SECOND QUARTER REALLOCATION REPORT: OCTOBER 1 –
DECEMBER 31, 2024
From Human Resources Director Sommer J. Tokihiro, dated January 16, 2025.
FILED:
Ayes: Committee Members Galimba, Hustace, Inaba,
Kagiwada, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Onishi,
Villegas, and Chair Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder – 9.
Noes: None.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Comm. 127: SECOND QUARTER REPORT OF UNCAPITALIZED DONATIONS:
OCTOBER 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2024
From Finance Director Diane Nakagawa, dated January 30, 2025, transmitting the
above report pursuant to Resolution 538-24.
FILED:
Ayes: Committee Members Galimba, Hustace, Inaba,
Kagiwada, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Onishi,
Villegas, and Chair Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder – 9.
Noes: None.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
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ORDER OF RESOLUTIONS
Res. 76-25: CREATES ONE NEW CUSTODIAN/GROUNDSKEEPER I POSITION FOR
THE HAWAIʻI POLICE DEPARTMENT
Establishes one new position for the Police Department’s new communications
call center.
Reference: Comm. 128
Intr. by: Council Member Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder (B/R)
RECOMMENDED ADOPTION:
Ayes: Committee Members Galimba, Hustace,
Kagiwada, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Onishi,
Villegas, and Chair Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder – 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Inaba – 1.
Excused: None.
BILLS FOR ORDINANCES
Bill 23: AMENDS CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 19-2 AND ARTICLE 8,
SECTION 19-61 OF THE HAWAIʻI COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS
AMENDED), RELATING TO SHORT-TERM COMMERCIAL
AGRICULTURAL USE DEDICATION
Increases the term length requirements for the Short-Term Commercial Agricultural
Use Dedication property tax assessment program from three to five years.
Reference: Comm. 96
Intr. by: Council Member Hustace
Postponed: February 4, 2025
(Note: There is a motion by Council Member Hustace, seconded by Council
Member Kierkiewicz, to recommend passage of Bill 23 on first reading.)
AMENDED TO DRAFT 2 AND FORWARDED TO COUNCIL WITH A
NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION:
Ayes: Committee Members Hustace, Inaba,
Kierkiewicz, and Onishi – 4.
Noes: Committee Members Galimba, Kagiwada, Kimball,
Villegas, and Chair Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder – 5.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
(Comm. 96.1 continues on the next page.)
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; and
Comm. 96.1: From Council Member James E. Hustace, dated February 10, 2025, transmitting
proposed amendments to Bill 23.
Bill 27: AMENDS CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 45, SECTION 2-235, OF THE HAWAIʻI
COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE
GENERAL EXCISE AND USE TAX SURCHARGE
Adds County-appropriated housing infrastructure costs and the definition of
“Housing infrastructure costs” to use of funds to codify the Session Laws of
Hawaiʻi 2024, Act 30, which took effect on July 1, 2024.
Reference: Comm. 119
Intr. by: Council Member Kierkiewicz and
Council Member Inaba
RECOMMENDED PASSAGE ON FIRST READING:
Ayes: Committee Members Galimba, Hustace, Inaba,
Kagiwada, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Onishi,
and Chair Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder – 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Villegas – 1.
Excused: None.
ADJOURNMENT – 2:49 p.m.
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support of or opposition to the proposal.
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