HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 088 2025-09-17 2024-2026REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: September 17, 2025
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
TIME: 9:01 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Re: Comm. No. 480/Bill No. 81
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 81, reports as follows:
Bill No. 81, transmitted by Assistant Police Chief Sherry D. Bird via Communication No. 480,
dated August 27, 2025, amends Ordinance No. 25-45, as amended, the Operating Budget for the
County of Hawaii for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
This bill increases revenues in the Federal Grants — Improve Forensic Services account ($23,640); and
appropriates the same to the Improve Forensic Services account, for a total appropriation of $120,000.
Funds would be used by the Police Department to purchase a new Gas Chromatography -Mass
Spectrometry instrument.
Police Accountant Desiree Gomes was present for questions.
Committee Member Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder asked what this instrument is and what it does.
Ms. Gomes explained that this instrument is intended for the Hilo Crime Lab, but she is unable to
explain the details of what a Gas Chromatography -Mass Spectrometer does.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 81, and recommends its
passage on first reading.
LIM
AYES
NOES
ABS
EX
GALIMBA
X
HUSTACE
X
INABA
X
KAGIWADA
X
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER
X
KIERKIEWICZ
X
KIMBALL
X
ONISHI
X
VILLEGAS
X
Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
MATT
CHAIR
FC REPORT NO.: 88
ADOPTED: OCT 0 2025