HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2001-016 2000-2002 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
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BILL NO. 11
ORDINANCE NO. 01 16
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 (ADMINISTRATION), ARTICLE 25
(APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS), OF THE HAWAI°I
COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE PROCEDURE
FOR AWARDING GRANTS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Purpose The Council finds it necessary to streamline its annual evaluation process of
applications submitted by nonprofit orgamzations to allow for discretionary site visitations by council
members and designated staff In instances where an incumbent grant recipient maintains facilities and
operations known to the Council and its appointed staff, the practice of conducting site visitations pnor to
the Council's consideration of requested appropnations may be waived by the chair of the appropriate
committee
SECTION 2. Chapter 2, Article 25, Section 2-139(a) of the Hawaz`i County Code 1983 (1995 Edition),
is amended to read as follows
"Section 2-139. Procedure for awarding grants.
(a) All grants made to a nonprofit organization by the County shall be made in accordance with the
following procedure
(1) Annually, before November 30, the director shall, for the purpose of soliciting applications,
establish a sum of at least $900,000 to be avazlable m the ensuing fiscal year for funding
requests by nonprofit organizations The director shall publish a notice soliciting
applications in two newspapers of general circulation within the County of Hawaz`i by
November 30
(2) All applications for grants shall be submitted to the director on or before January 31
preceding the County's fiscal year, which begins on July 1 Applications shall be prepared
on forms provided by the director Applications not in conformance with the requirements
of the County Code may be reJected
(3) The dvector shall submit to the council all qualifying applications for its review and
appropnation of funds Site visitations of nonprofit orgamzations submitting complete
applications [shall] ~ be conducted by the council and its designated staff, as deemed
necessary by the chair of the appropnate committee, after January 31 but pnor to final
action on the operating budget by the council [These] ~ site visitations shall be up blicly
noticed and conducted in a manner that allows flexible council member participation and
designated staff support
(4) Upon favorable action by the council to appropnate funds for the grant, the director
shall notify agencies of their funding or lack thereof by July 31 and award the grant'in
compliance with this article "
SECTION 3. In the event that any portion of this ordinance is declared mvahd, such inval~drty
shall not affect the other parts of this ordinance
SECTION 4 Matenal to be deleted is bracketed and matenal to be added ~s underscored
SECTION 5 Tlus ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INT~JRO~DUCED BY~
COUNCIL MBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
Hilo, Hawau
Date ofIntmduction January 10, 2001
Date of 1" Reading. January 10, 2001
Date of 2ndReading• January 24, 2001
Effect~veDate. February 6, 2001
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OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
County of Hawarr
xilo ,Hawan
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES NOES ABS EX
In[mducedBy: Nancy Pisrcchio Arakakr X
Datelntmduced January 10, 2001 Chung X
FrrstReadmg January 10, 2001 Elanonoff X
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Publrshed N/A Jacobson X
Lerthead-Todd X
RElL9Rl'S Prsrcchro X
Safank X - -
Tyler X '
Yagong "X
7 0 ~ 0
SecondReadrng January 24, 2001 ROLL CALL VOTE
To Mayor January 26. 2001 AYES NOES ABS EX
Returned February 6, 2001 Acakakr X
Effective February 6, 2001 Chung X
Published February 20., 2001 Elanonoff X
Jacobson X
RE4L4RJ:.S
Lerthead-Todd X
Prsrcchro X
Safank X
Tyler X
Yagong X
I 9 0 0 0
I DO HEREBY CER77FY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Councr! published as
indicated above
APPROVED AS TO
FORM ND L ALITY:
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