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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 275 04/21/2008 2006-2008 • REPORT OF TI-IE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE DATE: Apri121, 2008 Re: Comm. No. 1039/Bill No. 252 PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa 78-128 Ehukai Street Kailua-Kona, Hawaii TIME: 4:53 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 252, reports as follows: Bill No. 252, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim, via Communication No. 1039, establishes an Operating Budget for the County of Hawaii for the fiscal year July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. This balanced budget includes estimated revenues and appropriations of $398,258,830 and includes the operations of eleven of the County's special funds as well as the general fund. This budget is 6.3 percent more than the current year's budget. It reflects a 12.2 percent increase in real property tax revenues due to an increase in values and change in tax rates. Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purposes and intent of Bill No. 252, and recommends it pass first reading. bl AYES NOES A&E EX FORD X HIGA X HOFFMANN X IKEDA X JACOBSON X NAEOLE X PILAGO X YAGONG X YOSHIMOTO X Respectfully submitted, COMMITTEE ON FINANCE DOMINIC YAGO , C FC REP T N ADOPT ~dl