HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 310 Draft 01 2024-2026A 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 BIG ISLAND RESOURCE
CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL FOR THE 2025 HAWAIʻI ISLAND SAKADA DAY CELEBRATION.
WHEREAS, on April 9, 2015, the Honorable Governor David Ige signed into law HB604, designating December 20th as Sakada Day, marking a long-awaited formal recognition of the invaluable
contributions of the Filipino community across the State of Hawaiʻi; and
WHEREAS, the Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council (BIRCDC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, supports the economic, cultural, and natural environment of Hawaiʻi
Island through its sponsorship of festivals, programs, and special events unique to this island; and
WHEREAS, BIRCDC is collaborating with the Sakada Day Celebration to coordinate and host the Hawaiʻi Island Sakada Day Celebration on Saturday, December 20, 2025, at the Keaʻau Community
Center, an event that is free and open to the public; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaiʻi Island Sakada Day Celebration will honor, showcase, and commemorate the legacy and contribution of 125,000 Sakadas – plantation workers of Filipino ancestry – who
arrived in Hawaiʻi between 1906-1946 to work on sugar and pineapple plantations, profoundly shaping the local economy, society, and culture; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Research and Development supports a high quality of life for Hawaiʻi Island residents through projects that help to balance the island’s economic, social,
and environmental well-being; and
WHEREAS, BIRCDC is requesting funds to help defray the cost of food, beverages, serving supplies, printing, advertising, awards, display creation, and honorarium for performers and presenters
for the 2025 Hawaiʻi Island Sakada Day Celebration, which will serve a public purpose by benefiting, improving, or promoting the interests of culture and the arts of our island community;
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I that, in accordance with section 2-139(a)(2)(C) of the Hawaiʻi County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), Contingency Relief
funds from Council District 6 are hereby transferred to the Department of Research and Development to provide a grant to Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council for
the expenses and purposes identified in “Exhibit A,” a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, in the following amount as set forth below:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawaiʻi hereby transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below:
FUND:
General
AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATION:
$2,500
OUT AND FROM:
1010-11-10191
Clerk-Council SVC – Contingency Relief
$2,500
CREDITED TO:
1010-11-16160
Department of Research and Development
Tourism Promotion
530115 Misc. Contract Services
(BIRCDC – 2025 Hawaiʻi Island Sakada Day Celebration)
$2,500
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Director of Research and Development 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 HAWAIʻI
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.