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REPORT OF THE <br />COMMITTEE ON FINANCE <br />DATE: April I9, 2004 Re: Comm. No. 522/Bill No. 238; <br />PLACE: Cow~cil Chambers Comm. 522.1 <br />TIME: 9:06 a.m. <br />Council Chair and Members <br />Hawaii County Council <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 238, reports as follows: <br />Bill No. 238, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim via Communication No. 522, dated March 1. <br />2004, submits for consideration the proposed Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2004-05, and the <br />Six-Year Capital Improvements Program for the fiscal years FY2004-OS to FY2009-1Q, <br />consisting of 39 projects totaling $46,839,000, of which $250,000 is Federal Grants Receivable <br />and $46,589,000 is County-financed through State Revolving Fund loans, bonds, or other <br />sources (detailed in Table 1, Figure 1). <br />Attached to the transmittal are Tables 1-9 consisting of a list of projects, existing vs. new vs. <br />replacement facilities, selection criteria, functional classification, proposed funding sources, <br />lapse report, geographic distribution of projects and fair share contributions (to be provided in <br />the May 2004 budget submittal). <br />As shown on "fable 2, of the 39 Capital Budget projects, 24 are new facilities or miscellaneous <br />improvements ($31.13M), 4 arc replacement of existing facilities ($6.57M), and 11 are <br />improvements to existing facilities ($8.89M). Approximately 55% of the capital budget is <br />devoted to public health and safety projects, followed by culturehecreation (17%), general <br />government facilities (17%), and transportation (11%). <br />The largest capital projects include: replacement of large capacity cesspools ($S.SSM); <br />Americans with Disability Act (A.U.A.) compliant facilities improvements ($5.25M), <br />the new West Hawaii County Building ($S.OM), Lako Street Extension ($S.OM), and the <br />Regional Transfer/Sort Station ($3.449M). <br />Six of the 39 projects are pending projects that require reappropriation. Less any reappropriated <br />amounts, the net increase of FY2004-OS capital projects is approximately $42.9M. <br />Those projects acknowledged to impact future operating budgets by adding new staff, incurring <br />new utility/maintenance expenses or requiring new equipment or furnishings include the <br />Department of Environmental Management's Equipment Maintenance Facility, Ocean View <br />Transfer Station, Regional Sort Station and Kona Scrap Metal Salvage Facility, as well as Kona <br />Senior Center (Parks & Recreation) and Naalehu Fire Station (Fire Department). The West <br />Hawaii County Building may result in net savings by consolidating operations. The new Puna <br />Police Station and I lonokaa Fire Station will replace existing facilities, thereby not requiring <br />additional staff. <br />I=iawai'i County is an Equal Opport~urity Provider and Fn7ployer FC Report 251 <br />