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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 KALĀKAUA 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 Kalākaua 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 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 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 Kalākaua Park.
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:
$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 _____________, 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
GALIMBA
HUSTACE
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
ONISHI
VILLEGAS
Reference:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
RESOLUTION NO.