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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
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RESOLUTION NO. 303 0'7
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE MAYOR TO CREATE A COMMUNITY
VIOLENCE COORDINATOR POSITION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney and the Hawaii Police Department
believe it is in the best interest of both agencies to have a committed, or permanent community
violence coordinator; and
WHEREAS, previous coordinators focused on domestic violence have been grant
funded; and
WHEREAS, the coordination of government, social service agencies, and non-profit
agencies geared toward domestic violence lapses when the grant funding lapses and the position
is eliminated; and
WHEREAS, initially, there was a coordinator in the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
in the early 1990s who created the Domestic Violence Interagency Team; and
WHEREAS, the Domestic Violence Interagency Team ultimately dissolved on or around
2001 and a Family Violence Advisory Commission to the Mayor was formed and the last
meeting was in September 2004; and
WHEREAS, all parties involved agree that for this county to effectively respond to its
domestic violence problem, a permanent, full-time coordinator must be in place; and
WHEREAS, a coordinator would ensure that all agencies, government and non-
government, that respond to domestic violence, create a strategic response to the problem; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Council is committed to addressing the domestic
violence problem; and
WHEREAS, for the duration of the first year of the coordinator position being
established, council members are requested to commit a portion of their Contingency Relief
funds toward the salaries and benefits of this newly-created position; and
WHEREAS, the County Council requests that the Office of Prosecuting Attorney budget
this Community Violence Coordinator position in subsequent fiscal years; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 5-1.3(c) of the Hawaii County Charter states that the
Mayor has the power to "create positions... for which appropriations have been made by the
council;" now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF IIAWAI`I that the
County Council recommends that a Community Violence Coordinator position be created in the
Office of the Prosecuting Attorney; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the
Honorable Mayor Harry Kim, the Department of Finance, the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
and the Hawaii Police Department.
Dated at Kona , Hawaii, this 19th day of September , 2007.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCI {EMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI` I
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawaii AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawaii FORD X
HIGA x
I 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 Hawaii on September 19, 2007
1ACOBSON X
NAEOLE X
ATTEST: PILAGO X
_ YAGONG X
YOSHIMOTO X
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r . j ~ Reference: C-605 /FC-15 6
COUNTY CLERK CHAT ICER RESOLUTION NO._ -