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Council Member
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District 7 - Central Kona ''E 6;.4'x' . E-Mail: bford @co.hawaii.hi.us
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
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DATE: February 13, 2012 ,Y,
TO: Dominic Yagong, Chairperson, :9 ,.e..
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FROM: ienda J. Ford, Council Member
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 170, Draft 2; An Ordinance to Amend
Ordinance No. 11-59, As Amended, the Operating Budget for the County of
Hawai`i for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2012
Please see attached proposed amendments to Bill No. 170, Draft 2. The proposed amendments
are illustrated below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 170, Draft 2,
and bolded for emphasis (material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken; material to be added is
underscored).
1. Bill No. 170, Draft 2, is amended by adding a new Section 2 to read as follows:
"SECTION 2. The Hawaii County Council hereby declares a human-caused food
shortage emergency and pursuant to Hawaii County Code, Section 2-210, the County of
Hawaii needs to provide an immediate response to deal with the county-wide issue of
insufficient food supplies and hunger by providing funds to The Food Basket, Inc. serving
as Hawaii Island's Food Bank to assist in the purchase and distribution of nutritious food
to low-income families, the ill and disabled, senior citizens, children's programs, and other
charitable non-profit organizations working to provide relief from this emergency."
2. Sections 2, 3 and 4 as provided in Bill No. 170, Draft 2, are renumbered accordingly.
A draft copy of Bill No. 170, Draft 3, is attached with the proposed amendments incorporated
therein.
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Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island
Hawai`i County Is An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 11-59, AS AMENDED, THE
OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAII FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30, 2012.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Findings and purpose. The Food Basket, Inc. serving as Hawai`i Island's Food
Bank is an island-wide non-profit food network that collects and distributes nutritious food to
low income families, the ill and disabled, senior citizens, children's programs and other
charitable non-profit organizations.
The Food Basket has determined that 26.6% of all children under the age of 18 residing in the
County do not know from where and when their next meal is coming and that 20% of the County
residents use the Food Basket on a continuous basis. The current demand for food has caused an
emergency shortfall in food supplies at the Food Basket's two warehouses.
Medical personnel and agencies attest that the lack of adequate and nutritious food resources for
families and individuals result in an increasing impact on already strained medical facilities and
services placing additional burdens on taxpayers.
The Food Basket Inc. is an organization whose programs yield direct benefits to the public and
accomplish public purposes, as set forth in Chapter 2, Article 25, Section 2-137, Hawai`i County
Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended).
The Council recognizes the need to proactively address this food emergency and provide funding
as set forth in Chapter 2, Article 41, Section 2-210, Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as
amended) to The Food Basket, Inc.
SECTION 2. The Hawai`i County Council hereby declares a human-caused food shortage
emergency and pursuant to Hawai`i County Code, Section 2-210, the County of Hawai`i needs to
provide an immediate response to deal with the county-wide issue of insufficient food supplies
and hunger by providing funds to The Food Basket, Inc. serving as Hawai`i Island's Food Bank
to assist in the purchase and distribution of nutritious food to low-income families, the ill and
disabled, senior citizens, children's programs, and other charitable non-profit organizations
working to provide relief from this emergency.
SECTION 3. Ordinance No. 11-59, as amended, is hereby further amended by
appropriating revenues in the following amount(s) to the following fund(s) and expenditure
account(s) as set forth herein below.
Account No. Source Fund Amount
NEW Transfer from Disaster &
Emergency Fund General $ 500,000
Total $ 500,000
SECTION 4. The foregoing amount(s) as specified in Section 3 hereof is/are hereby
appropriated to the following fund(s) and expenditure account(s) as set forth herein below:
Account No. Function and Activity Fund Amount
010.101.5101.32 The Food Basket Inc. General $ 500,000
Total $ 500,000
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
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