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Home My WebLink AboutAGE FC 02/02/2010 2008-2010 ACTIONSDennis "Fresh" Onishi Chair Donald Ikeda Vice Chair HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 24 Session DATE: February 2, 2010 (Tuesday) PLACE: Councilroom 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii TIME: 9:00 a.m. Guy Enriques, Member Brenda Ford, Member Kelly Greenwell, Member Pete Hoffmann, Member Emily L Naeole- Beason, Member Dominic Yagong, Member J Yoshimoto, Member (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REFERRALS Comm. 4.5: SECOND QUARTER REPORT - CLAIMS /CASES (OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2009) Close file FY 2009 -2010 From Deputy Corporation Counsel Joseph K. Kamelamela, dated January 5, 2010, transmitting the above report, pursuant to Section 2 -9 of the Hawaii County Code. Ayes: Committee Members Enriques, Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole- Beason, Yagong and Chair Onishi. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Greenwell and Yoshimoto. Comm. 24.18: TRANSFER OF FUNDS - JANUARY 1 - 15, 2010 Close file From Deputy Finance Director Deanna Sako, dated January 20, 2010, transmitting a Report of Transfers Authorized showing transfers made from January 1 through January 15, 2010. Ayes: Committee Members Enriques, Ford, Greenwell, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole- Beason, Yagong, and Chair Onishi. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Yoshimoto. Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer FC -24 Page 2 February 2, 2010 Comm. 92.4: QUARTERLY REALLOCATION REPORT - SECOND QUARTER (OCTOBER Close file THROUGH DECEMBER 2009) OF THE 2009 -2010 FISCAL YEAR From Director of Human Resources Ronald K. Takahashi, dated January 11, 2010, transmitting the above report. Ayes: Committee Members Enriques, Ford, Greenwell, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole- Beason, Yagong, and Chair Onishi. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Yoshimoto. Comm. 115.36: 2009 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE AND Close file NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION COMMISSION {includes Commission and community concerns and attaches prioritized listing of the lands and /or property entitlements for acquisition, as follows: 1) Kawa, 2) Pa`o`o, 3) Lapakahi, 4) Kingman Trust, 5) Kahuku Coastal Property, 6) Kaiholena, 7) Kukuipahu- Ha`ena Corridor, and 8)Mahukona. Kawa, Pa`o`o and Kaiholena are under active negotiations by the Countyl From Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission Chair Kim Garcia, dated December 28, 2009, transmitting the above report, pursuant to Section 2- 217(2) of the Hawaii County Code. Ayes: Committee Members Enriques, Ford, Greenwell, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole- Beason, Yagong, Yoshimoto and Chair Onishi. Noes: None. Absent: None. Comm. 666: 2009 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX BOARD OF REVIEW Close file From Tax Board of Review Chairman Ernest Matsumura, dated December 22, 2009, transmitting the above report, pursuant to Section 19 -97(e) of the Hawaii County Code. Ayes: Committee Members Enriques, Ford, Greenwell, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole- Beason, Yagong, and Chair Onishi. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Yoshimoto. FC -24 Page 3 February 2, 2010 Comm. 668: FAIR SHARE ANNUAL REPORT AS OF JUNE 30, 2009 (for the Council's review Close file and use in the formulation of the Capital Budget) From Planning Director Bobby Jean Leithead Todd, dated December 21, 2009, transmitting the above report. Ayes: Committee Members Enriques, Ford, Greenwell, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole- Beason, Yagong, and Chair Onishi. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Yoshimoto. Comm. 684: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE (Bill 200) 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) REAL PROPERTY TAXES, RELATING TO APPEALS (proposes to increase the deposit amount for the filing of appeals from $15 to $25, and to limit refunds to situations where the Board of Review accepts the taxpayer's appeal value without compromise) From Finance Director Nancy E. Crawford, dated January 21, 2010, transmitting the above bill. Recommends passage of Bill 200 on first reading. Ayes: Committee Members Enriques, Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole- Beason and Yoshimoto. Noes: Committee Member Yagong. Absent: Committee Member Greenwell and Chair Onishi. ADJOURNMENT The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961 -8245 by January 28, 2010. Relay users please call 711- 961 -8245 to contact our office. Copies of this agenda and items listed on the agenda are available on the County Council -Clerk web page at http: / /co.hawaii.hi.us/ council /agendas_and_actions.htm. For further information, please call 961 -8245. FC -24 Page 4 February 2, 2010 Public Attendance Via Videoconference is available at the following locations until 4:30 p.m., or later in the event public witness testimony has not been completed: • Kona Council Office, Kailua Trade Center, 75 -5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109, Kailua -Kona; and • Waimea Council Office at the Holomua Center, 64 -1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5. If for technical or other unanticipated circumstances the video connection cannot be made and /or is disrupted, the scheduled meeting will continue. Submitting Testimony Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (14) copies for distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting (1) by mail to the County Clerk's Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni St., Hilo, Hawaii, 96720; (2) by facsimile to (808) 961 -8912; or (3) by e -mail to counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us Please submit separate testimony for each item. Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 52: Finance, Food & Energy Sustainability, and Human Services & Economic Development Committee meetings - Tuesdays, Feb. 9 and 16, 2010 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Public Works & Intergovernmental Relations, Environmental Management, Planning, and Public Safety & Parks & Recreation Committee meetings - Thursdays, Feb. 11 and Feb. 18, 2010 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.; and all seven Committee meetings - Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. These airtimes are subject to preemption by broadcasts from the State Legislature.