HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 010 01/03/2011 2010-2012REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: January 3, 2011 Re: Comm. No. 31/Res. No. 17 -11
PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa
78 -128 `Ehukai Street
Kailua -Kona, Hawaii
TIME: 11:26 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 17 -11, reports as follows:
Resolution No. 17 -11, transmitted jointly with Bill 10, by Finance Director Nancy Crawford via
Communication No. 31, dated December 6, 2010, authorizes the Mayor to enter into an
agreement with the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation for the Department of Public
Works GPS Units grant, to enable the County to fund the purchase of GPS units for use in crash
location reporting.
The State of Hawaii Department of Transportation— State and Community Highway Safety
Program has authorized funding for the Department of Public Works GPS Units grant to
implement safety improvements projects based on trends in crash frequency, rate and location
information. The Hawaii County Police Department will obtain crash data; which will be
processed by the Department of Public Works Traffic Division with their RoadSoft GIS software
to generate crash trend reports for project planning.
Department of Public Works Traffic Division Chief Ron Thiel was present to provide
information to Your Committee.
A proposed amendment was transmitted via Communication 31.1 from Committee Chairperson
Brenda Ford, dated December 23, 2010. Those amendments contained in Communication 31.1
were unanimously approved. Furthermore, Ms. Ford will send a memo to all directors to have
all resolutions include monetary amounts or number of items to be purchased and corrections
made to the enacting clauses as contained in the proposed amendment.
Pursuant to Section 46 -7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, County Departments must obtain the consent
of the Council to enter into agreements with the federal or state governments respecting action to
be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by law to furnish, expend and receive any funds
or other assistance in connection with projects being or to be undertaken pursuant to those
powers.
FC Rept. No. 10
There was no discussion on this measure.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 17 -11, as
amended to Draft 2, and recommends its adoption.
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Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
BRENDA FORD, C AIR
FC REPORT NO. 10
ADOPTED: JAN 2 0 2011
AYES
NOES
A &E
EX
BLAS
X
FORD
X
HOFFMANN
X
IKEDA
X
ONISHI
X
PILAGO
X
SMART
X
YAGONG
X
YOSHIMOTO
X
Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
BRENDA FORD, C AIR
FC REPORT NO. 10
ADOPTED: JAN 2 0 2011