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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 20
RESOLUTION TO ENHANCE THE ROLE OF THE HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL AS
THE POLICY MAKING BODY FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAII BY DIRECTING
THAT THE COUNCIL TAKE A MORE PROACTIVE ROLE IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET
PROCESS.
WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Charter, Article X, Section 10-5, establishes the council's
authority to amend the County's operating budget, when it states, in part:
"After the public hearing, and after the submission of the amendments to the
operating budget and to the capital budget, the county council may adopt the
operating budget as amended with or without further amendments. First reading
shall be after May 5. In amending, it may add new items or increase items in the
operating budget. It may decrease or delete items, excepting appropriations required
by law and appropriations for debt service. But in all cases the estimated revenues
for the ensuing year shall be at least equal in amount to the proposed
expenditures...."; and
WHEREAS, recognizing the importance of council participation in shaping the County's
budget process, the council wishes to take a more proactive role in establishing priority items to be
included in the County's operating budget; and
WHEREAS, the council wishes to provide its input to the mayor prior to the submission of
the operating budget to the council on March 1 of each year, the date mandated by the Hawaii
County Charter in Article X, Section 10-2(a); and
WHEREAS, by advancing its funding priorities to the mayor earlier in the budget process,
the council will encourage a legitimate and deliberate budget review process, to define how best to
appropriate County funding and resources to ensure the public welfare and accommodate growth in
the County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY
OF HAWAII, that the council advances the following funding priorities to the mayor for inclusion
in the 2007-08 fiscal year operating budget:
• Appropriate adequate funding and resources for the Community Development Planning
process to ensure that sufficient capacity and resources exist to bring plans in various
communities around the island to fruition;
• Increase mid-level management personnel in the Department of Parks and Recreation
by adding six (6) new project managers by June 2009 to enable this department to
complete projects that are advantageous to the public;
• Increase mid-level management personnel in the Planning Department by adding six (6)
new planners by June 2009 to enable this department to complete projects that are
advantageous to the public;
• Increase the number of positions in the Fire Department by adding fifteen (15) new
positions to the Fire Department starting with the 2007-08 fiscal year and continuing for
the following four fiscal years, to add a total of 75 new positions over five years, in
order to address the current staffing shortfall in the Fire Department and to meet
national staffing standards;
• Appropriate $250,000 annually for the Police Department's Cadet Program, to be used
for college tuition costs for cadets who are enrolled in the program; and
• Prioritize CIP projects and indicate the specific funding sources for each project, as
mandated by the Hawaii County Charter, Article X, Section 10-3(c), which states, in
part:
As to the capital budget, the [mayor's] message shall include a list of
pending and proposed capital improvements together with the mayor's
comments on such list It shall itemize and explain each pending capital
improvement and each capital improvement proposed to be undertaken within
the ensuing fiscal year, showing the estimated cost of each improvement and the
pending or proposed method of financing it...."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the funding priorities listed above should be included
in the mayor's operating budget which is submitted to the council on March 1, 2007.
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BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the County Clerk shall forward certified copies of this
resolution to Mayor Harry Kim and to the Directors of the following departments: the Department
of Finance, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Planning Department, the Department of
Public Works, the Fire Department, the Police Department, the Department of Civil Defense, the
Office of the Corporation Counsel, the Data Systems Department, the Department of Environmental
Management, the Human Resources Department, the Department of Liquor Control, the Mass
Transit Agency, the Office of Aging, the Office of Housing and Community Development, the
Prosecuting Attorney's Office, and the Department of Research and Development.
Dated at Hilo , Hawaii, this 19th day of January , 2007.
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COUNCIL BER, CO F HAW I`I
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawaii Ayes Noes ABS Ex
Hilo, Hawaii FORD X
HIGA X
1 hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by HOFFMANN X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the IKEDA X
County of llawai'i on Jantiar~ 19, 2007
JACOBSON X
NAEOLE X
ATTEST: PILAGO g
YAGONG X
YOSHIMOTO X
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Reference: C-31/F'C-10
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COUIV°f'Y LERK CHAIRMAN & P E I G OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 20
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