HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 308 11/17/1998 1996-1998 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: November 17, 1998 Re: Comm. No. 1019/Res. No.338-98
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 10:40 A.M.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Res. No.338-98, reports as follows:
Res. No. 338-98, transmitted by Legislative Auditor Connie Kiriu, via Communication No. 1019, dated
September 28, 1998, requesting the Office of the Legislative Auditor to conduct a special study of the
Hawaii County Police Department's Grant 96-DB-13 with the State Attorney General and Grant 97-39
with the Drug Enforcement Administration of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Corporation Counsel Richard Wurdeman, in an opinion dated June 9, 1998, states that a program review,
as required by Section 3-16 of the Hawaii County Chazter, has been performed by the Council as a part of
the annual budget review. However, in spite of this opinion, the issue of a program review, a detailed,
sepazate and distinct investigation of the marijuana grant programs is still being raised.
Res. No. 338-98 sets forth (1) the scope and objectives of the special study; (2) directs the Oftce Ofthe
Legislative Auditor to conduct the special study; and (3) requests full cooperation from the Police
Department in providing any requested documentation and responses for the special study.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Res. No. 338-98 and recommends
its adoption.
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