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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 337 O'7
A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT
AND FROM THE DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT(S) AND CREDITING SAME TO A
DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT(S)
WHEREAS, Hawaii imports more than 90% of the food consumed on the island and
has only an eight-day supply of food in reserve in the event of an emergency; and
WHEREAS, increasing the island's food security by supporting family farmers and
improving locally based food systems is critically important to ensure the safety and security of
the people of Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaii Island Food Summit will help to generate awareness about
local food security issues and bring together the people who can help to shift the future of
Hawaiian agriculture toward an ecologically sound, self-sustaining system; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaii Island Food Summit will bring together leading national
technical and policy experts, local policy makers, private-sector stakeholders, farmers, and
citizens to discuss strategies to create a more self-sufficient local food system and create better
working relationships among these groups to plan for the future; and
WHEREAS, funding will be required by The Kohala Center to sponsor speakers and
mount the Summit on October 5 and 6, 2007, and for printing, graphics, and publicity for The
Hawaii Island Food Summit events; and
WHEREAS, Contingency Relief funds from Council District 7 will be appropriated to
the Department of Research and Development to provide financial support to The Kohala Center
for the Hawaii Island Food Summit; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
following amount is hereby transferred/appropriated as set forth below:
FUND: General
AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATION: $10,000
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC -Contingency Relief $10,000
CREDITED TO:
010.161.5161.22 Department of Research cK. Development $10,000
Agricultural R & D OCE
(The Kohala Center, The Hawaii Island Food
Summit)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward a copy of this
resolution to the Director of Research and Development and the Director of Finance and that the
Director of Finance is hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the
terms of this Resolution.
Dated at Kona . Hawaii, this 19th day of September , 2007.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawaii nYes Noes ABS Lx
Hilo, Hawaii FORD X
RIGA X
I hereby cereify that the foregoing RESOI"U"PION was by HOFFMANN X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
IKEDA
County ofl{awai'ion September 1~, 2007
.IACOBSON X
NAEOLE X
ATTEST: YILAGO X
YAGONG X
YOSHIMO"1'O X
8 0 1 0
Reference: C-671/Waived FC
COUN~E'Y-CLERK CHAIRMA 3r, ES~DI ~ :R RESOLU~'ION NO.___