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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br /> <br /> DATE: January 23, 2008 Re: Comm. No. 934/Res. No. 492-08 <br /> <br /> PLACE: Council Chambers <br /> <br /> TIME: 10:20 a.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Finance, to which was refereed Resolution No. 492-08, reports as follows: <br /> Resolution No. 492-08, transmitted by Council Chair Pete Hoffmann, via Communication <br /> <br /> No. 934, dated January 10, 2008, to advance funding priorities to the Mayor for inclusion in the <br /> Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Operating Budget. The Council desires to encourage a more deliberate <br /> budget review process by communicating its priorities for County funding and resources to <br /> ensure the public welfare and accommodate growth in the County as follows: <br /> • Add fifteen (15) new police cadet positions and two (2) new police positions to help <br /> with administration of the cadet program, and appropriate $100,000 for cadet tuition <br /> reimbursement; and <br /> • Appropriate $140,000 for compilation of land use information, including flood <br /> control, culturally sensitive areas, historical roads, environmentally sensitive areas, <br /> and coastal setbacks, and add one (1) new position in the Planning Department to <br /> coordinate the compilation and maintenance of land use information and one (1) new <br /> position in the Data Systems Department to create and maintain Geographic <br /> Information Systems (GIS) land use maps; and <br /> • Add eleven (11) new positions to the Fire Department in the first quarter of the 2008- <br /> 09 fiscal year and nineteen (19) new positions in the third quarter of the 2008-09 <br /> fiscal year in order to meet the additional seventy eight (78) positions required for <br /> compliance with national staffing standards and allow for eligibility for certain <br /> federal grants, and appropriate $120,000 for equipment for new positions; and <br /> • Fund one (1) new cabinet level position to coordinate County energy self sufficiency <br /> policy and implementation efforts and represent the County at the State legislature <br /> and at the PUC, and add one (1) new engineer position to assist County departments <br /> with the evaluation and implementation of energy strategies and projects; and <br /> • Appropriate $1,000,000 for an incentive program to help with recruitment and <br /> retention of difficult to recruit positions; and <br /> FC Report No. 236 <br /> <br />