HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0024.011 2012-2014 Margaret Wille tvos Phone No. Hilo: (808)961-8027
Council Member <P.•' +.' Phone No. Waimea: (808)887-2043
District 9-North and South Kohala Fax No.: (808)887-2072
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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai`i
Hawai`i County Building Holomua Center West Hawaii Civic Center Bldg.A
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Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Waimea, Hawai`i 96743 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii,96740
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Subject: Real Property Tax Stakeholders Task Force Members from the Public
The following are background summaries for the three Real Property Tax Stakeholders Task
Force members from the public:
Janice Mahuna is a life long resident of the Big Island of Hawai`i. She attended the University of
New Mexico and the University of Hawaii, Hilo campus and began her Real Estate career in
1974. She became a Real Estate Broker in 1980 and opened her own office in 1982. She is the
sole owner and Principal-Broker of Jan Mahuna Inc. and does both real estate sales and property
management. During the Carpenter Administration she served as Chair of the Ethics Board and
also served on the Civil Service Commission. She has also done volunteer work with the Red
Cross doing damage assessments when there is a major disaster. In 2012, she served on the Real
Property Tax Ad-Hoc Committee which undertook a preliminary assessment of the
recommendations from the 2012 report of the International Association of Assessing Officers.
Bob Price was a licensed realtor in the State of Indiana from 1976-1994 and was elected to the
County Council in the State of Indiana from 1988-1994. He also was an elected Assessor in the
State of Indiana from 1994-2002. After moving to Hawai`i, he worked as a Hawai`i County
assessor from 2005-2010, after which he retired. In 2012, he served on the Real Property Tax
Ad-Hoc Committee which undertook a preliminary assessment of the recommendations from the
2012 report of the International Association of Assessing Officers. Bob would like to continue
working to improve the County's real property tax program.
Stewart Hussey is a Hawaii Certified General Appraiser and President of the Lawrence
Appraisal Group Hawai`i, Inc. (dba Hussey Appraisal Group Hawai`i). He has been appraising
on the Island of Hawaii since 1991. Mr. Hussey's appraisal practice includes extensive • � '
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arbitration and expert witness testimony, the appraisal of fee simple, leased fee and leasehold
real property interests (including easements, takings and partial interest valuations) and all
property types (agricultural, conservation, commercial, industrial and residential properties) and
the valuation of businesses as going concerns. His community activities include service as
president of: the Rotary Club of Hilo, the Hilo Downtown Improvement Association, Friends of
the Children's Justice Center of East Hawaii, Friends of the Palace Theater, and board
membership in several other community associations.
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