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RESOLUTION NO. 31
A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT
AND FROM THE DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A
DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT FOR THE JUNIOR POLICE OFFICER (JPO)
PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, according to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, one of their goals is to
encourage and promote crime prevention and early intervention initiatives to improve the quality
of life for residents and visitors of Hawai`i County; and
WHEREAS, mitigation and prevention of juvenile deliquency begins with early
intervention; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Education utilizes the Junior Police Officer(JPO)
program to engage youth with consistent value-oriented prosocial experiences, positive role-
modeling, and civic mindedness; and
WHEREAS, the nonprofit, Hawai`i Football Club (HFC), collaborates with schools to
implement programs that have a zero tolerance for bullies, promotes positive behaviors,
encourages academic success, and instills values of respect, unity, and love; and
WHEREAS, the JPO program and the HFC utilize community resources and officers
from the Police Department to motivate youth to be model citizens in the community and deliver
anti-bullying curriculum; and
WHEREAS, the JPO program needs funds to assist with the implementation and
continuation of the JPO program in various elementary schools located in upper and lower Puna;
and
WHEREAS, a community-wide JPO Appreciation Day will take place on May 27, 2014,
in recognition of the sixth-grade students participating in the JPO program; and
WHEREAS, Contingency Relief funds from Council District 4 will be appropriated to
the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney to disburse to HFC for the continuation of the JPO
program in Puna and to assist with the JPO Appreciation Day; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
following amount is hereby transferred/appropriated as set forth below:
FUND: GENERAL
AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATION: $1,500
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC—Contingency Relief $1,500
CREDITED TO:
010.271.5271.02 Office of the Prosecuting Attorney $1,500
Prosecuting Atty. OCE
115 Misc. Contract Services
(Assists the JPO Program in Puna)
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BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward a copy of this
resolution to the Prosecuting Attorney and the Director of Finance and that the Director of
Finance is hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the terms of this
resolution.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 19th day of March , 2014.
INTRODUCED BY:
CC CIL ME BER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
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 X
County of Hawaii on March 19, 2014
KERN X
ONISHI X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
WILLE X
GAQ YOSHIMOTO X
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Reference: C-709/Waived FC
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 319 14
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