HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 043 Draft 01 1998-2000 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 43
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 (ADMINISTRATION), ARTICLE 25
(APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS), OF THE HAWAII
COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
FUNDING AVAILABLE TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Article 25 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 Edition), is
hereby amended to read as follows.
"Section 2-139. Procedure for awazding grants.
(a) All grants made to a nonprofit organization by the County shall be made in accordance
with the following procedure:
(1) Annually, before November 30, the director shall, for the purpose of soliciting
applications, establish a sum of [at least $900,000 to be available in the ensuing
fiscal year for funding requests by nonprofit organizations. In any event, the
maximum amount to be made available for grants shall not exceed] one percent of
real property tax income to be available in the ensuing fiscal yeaz for funding
request by nonprofit organizations. The director shall publish a notice soliciting
applications in two newspapers of general circulation within the County of
Hawaii by November 30.
(2) All applications for grants shall be submitted to the director on or before
January 31 preceding the County's fiscal year, which begins on July 1.
Applications shall be prepazed on forms provided by the director. Applications
not in conformance with the requirements of the County Code maybe rejected.
(3) The director shall submit to the council all qualifying applications for its review
and appropriation of funds. Site visitations of nonprofit organizations submitting
complete applications shall be conducted after January 31 but prior to final action
on the operating budget by the council. These site visitations shall be conducted
in a manner that allows flexible councilmember participation and designated staff
support.
(4) Upon favorable action by the council to appropriate funds for the grant, the
director shall prepaze a contract with the nonprofit organization for the purpose of
the grant award which shall meet all legal requirements of the County and shall
include program, fiscal and audit reporting requirements sufficient to allow the
director, legislative auditor or council to effectively monitor and evaluate the use
of the grant. Agencies shall be notified by the director of their funding or lack
thereof by July 31."
Section 2. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other
provisions or applications of the ordinance which may be given effect without the invalid
provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance aze severable.
Section 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New material is underscored.
In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material, and underscoring need not be
included.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCE BY:
~IL MEMBER, COUNTY O HAWAII
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of la' Reading:
Date of 2"d Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE: Comm, 169