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RESOLUTION NO. 103 3 13
A RESOLUTION URGING THE MAYOR TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO THE
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 OPERATING BUDGET TO APPROPRIATE $500,000 FROM
THE CURRENT FUND BALANCE TO THE HAWAII FIRE DEPARTMENT'S
CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET.
WHEREAS, the Council's highest priority is public safety for residents and visitors
alike; and
WHEREAS, the Hawai`i Fire Department provides a broad range of all-hazard response
services beyond the role of traditional firefighting, including ocean and land-based rescue
services, emergency medical services, hazardous materials response services, fire prevention,
and educational services; and
WHEREAS, in this critical area of public safety, the County Council believes that at this
time the Hawai`i Fire Department is unable to provide an acceptable level of service for the
duration of the fiscal year 2012-2013 budget period; and
WHEREAS, the County Council believes that without immediate additional funding the
strain on the Hawai`i Fire Department staff will be exacerbated; and
WHEREAS, by way of example, there is an immediate need to provide additional
lifeguard coverage at public beaches, including at Punalu'u, and to immediately make
arrangements for additional essential emergency and fire equipment; and
WHEREAS, in order to begin addressing identified safety needs, the County Council
believes the Hawai`i Fire Department's fiscal year 2012-13 operating budget should immediately
be supplemented; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it
hereby urges the Mayor to initiate an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2012-13 Operating Budget
to appropriate $500,000 from the existing Fund Balance to the Hawai`i Fire Department's
current operating budget.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward copies of this
resolution to the Honorable Mayor William P. Kenoi, the Director of Finance, and the Fire Chief.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 1st day of May , 2013.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL 41 MBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i EOFF X
FORD X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by ILAGAN X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KANUHA
County of Hawaii on May 1, 2013 X
KERN X
ONISHI X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
WILLS X
YOSHIMOTO X
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Reference: C-244/Waived FC
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON&PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 103 13
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