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REPORT OF THE <br />COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br />DATE: September 17, 2025 <br />PLACE: Council Chambers <br />Kailua-Kona, Hawaii <br />TIME: 9:01 a.m. <br />Council Chair and Members <br />Hawaii County Council <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Re: Comm. No. 480/Bill No. 81 <br />Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 81, reports as follows: <br />Bill No. 81, transmitted by Assistant Police Chief Sherry D. Bird via Communication No. 480, <br />dated August 27, 2025, amends Ordinance No. 25-45, as amended, the Operating Budget for the <br />County of Hawaii for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. <br />This bill increases revenues in the Federal Grants — Improve Forensic Services account ($23,640); and <br />appropriates the same to the Improve Forensic Services account, for a total appropriation of $120,000. <br />Funds would be used by the Police Department to purchase a new Gas Chromatography -Mass <br />Spectrometry instrument. <br />Police Accountant Desiree Gomes was present for questions. <br />Committee Member Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder asked what this instrument is and what it does. <br />Ms. Gomes explained that this instrument is intended for the Hilo Crime Lab, but she is unable to <br />explain the details of what a Gas Chromatography -Mass Spectrometer does. <br />Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 81, and recommends its <br />passage on first reading. <br />LIM <br />AYES <br />NOES <br />ABS <br />EX <br />GALIMBA <br />X <br />HUSTACE <br />X <br />INABA <br />X <br />KAGIWADA <br />X <br />KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER <br />X <br />KIERKIEWICZ <br />X <br />KIMBALL <br />X <br />ONISHI <br />X <br />VILLEGAS <br />X <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br />MATT <br />CHAIR <br />FC REPORT NO.: 88 <br />ADOPTED: OCT 0 2025 <br />