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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 068 06/01/2009 2008-2010~ o REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE DATE: June 1, 2009 PLACE: Council Chambers TIME: 9:02a.m. Re: Comm. No. 372/Bill No. 92 Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 92, reports as follows: Bill No. 92, transmitted by Finance Director Nancy Crawford, via Communication No. 372 dated May 20, 2009, amends Ordinance 08-106, pertaining to the issuance of General Obligation Bonds for the purpose of financing various public improvements. The purpose of this measure is to amend the Ordinance's attachment noted as Exhibit A, Draft 2, by replacing it with a new exhibit which adjusts funding for various projects based on actual needs that differ from the stimates in the original bond ordinance; adds a new project, Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant (W WTP) Sludge Removal, because it needs to be done concurrently with the WWTP Aeration Upgrade. There is no change to the total amount of the bond authorization. Councilmember Hoffmann asked to confirm that this amendment does not add any additional cost to the bond. Finance Director Nancy Crawford stated it did not. Councilmember Ford questioned the reduction of $800,000 from the Pahoa Police Station offsite improvements. Director Crawford advised that the offsite work was for traffic control measures and that it was done at a reduced cost. Director Crawford also stated that the other money being moved around was also a result of cost savings in the projects, which allowed the Administration to do this without changing the total amount of the bond request. Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 92, and recommends it pass first reading. sao AYES NOES .4&E EX ENRIQUES X FORD X GREENWELL X HOFFMANN X IKEDA X NAEOLE X ONISHI X YAGONG X YOSHIMOTO X Respectfully submitted, COMMITTEE ON FINANCE DOMINIC Y FC REPORr ADOPTED: AUG 0 5 2009