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STATE OF HAWAII
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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 THE ROTARY CLUB
OF SOUTH HILO FOUNDATION FOR EXPENSES RELATING TO THE CREATION
OF A PEACE POLE TO BE INSTALLED AT KALAKAUA PARK.
WHEREAS, the Rotary Club of South Hilo Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization that provides service to others, promotes integrity, and advances world
understanding, goodwill, and peace through fellowship and community activities; and
WHEREAS, Peace Poles are an internationally recognized symbol of peace that
originated in Japan after the atomic bombing that occurred in World War II and serve as a
reminder that we must never repeat those atrocities and to always strive to make "Peace Prevail
on Earth"; and
WHEREAS, the Rotary Club of South Hilo Foundation is requesting funds for the
purchase, engraving, and installation of a granite, eight -foot Peace Pole at Kaldkaua Park to
recognize the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan; and
WHEREAS, funds are needed to secure these services in this fiscal year for the
unveiling event that will take place at the end of August 2025, which is in the following fiscal
year; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation provides and facilitates a wide
variety of facilities and programs to meet the needs of the community while maintaining the
cultural uniqueness of Hawai`i's rich heritage, diversity, and the aloha spirit; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(C) of the Hawaii 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 2 will be appropriated to the Department of
Parks and Recreation to provide a grant to the Rotary Club of South Hilo Foundation for
expenses relating to the creation of a Peace Pole to be installed at Kaldkaua Park.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawaii hereby
transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below:
FUND: General
AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATION: $6,500
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC-Contingency Relief $6,500
CREDITED TO:
010.500.5503.02 Department of Parks and Recreation $6,500
P&R Admin OCE
115 Misc. Contract Services
(Rotary Club of South Hilo Foundation-Peace
Pole)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Director of Parks and Recreation 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 Kona , Hawai`i, this 7th day of May , 2025 .
INTRODUCED BY:
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CO CIL BER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i GALIMBA X
HUSTACE 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 I{AGIWADA X
County of Hawaii on May 7, 2025
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ X
ATTEST: KIMBALL X
ONISHI X
VILLEGAS X
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