HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 156 09/05/2007 2006-2008 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: September 5, 2007 Re: Comm. No. 605/Res. No. 303-07
PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa
TIME: 10:23 a.m.
Council Chair Hoffmann and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 303-07, reports as follows:
Resolution No. 303-07, transmitted by Director of Finance William Takaba, via Communication
No. 605, dated August 13, 2007, creates a Community Violence Coordinator position for the Office of
the Prosecuting Attorney.
Initially, the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney had a coordinator in the early 1990's when the
Domestic Violence Interagency Team was created. The Domestic Violence Interagency Team
ultimately dissolved on or around 2001, a Family Violence Advisory Commission to the Mayor was
formed, and the last meeting was in September 2004.
Pursuant to Article V, Section 5-1.3(c), Hawaii County Charter, the Mayor has the power to "Create
positions...for which appropriations have been made by the Council."
Prosecuting Attorney Jay Kimura expressed the need for this position because of an increase in
domestic violence increase. The coordinator will be able to address violence within families, and help
families work towards prevention of further domestic violence. Communities are more complicated
today, so a need to become more sophisticated to respond strategically is truly needed.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 303-07, and
recommends its adoption.
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FORD X
HICA X COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
HOFFMANN X
IKEDA X
JACOBSON X
NAEOLE X
FILACO X DOMINIC YAG , CH I
YAGONG X FC RE T NO 156
YOSHIMOTO X ADOPTED: SE 1 9 2007