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RESOLUTION NO. 4 Q 2 14
A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT
AND FROM THE DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A
DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO ASSIST WITH ACTIVITIES OF
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUPS AND COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE
TEAMS, WHICH PROMOTE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, COMMUNITY
SAFETY, AND CRIME PREVENTION.
WHEREAS, there are 364 active members in 21 Community Emergency Response
Teams (CERT) island-wide, and according to the Hawaii County Neighborhood Watch
Coordinator, Puna has approximately 25 Neighborhood Watch groups; and
WHEREAS, according to the Civil Defense Agency, Hawaii County has a ratio of
approximately one firefighter to 425 citizens, one police officer to 450 citizens, and one
ambulance to 12,000 citizens; and
WHEREAS, less than one percent of the United States population are emergency
responders; and
WHEREAS, funding for educational activities, program supplies, and equipment for
Neighborhood Watch groups and CERT promote self-reliance, community resilience, public
safety, and emergency preparedness; and
WHEREAS, Contingency Relief funds from Council District 4 will be appropriated to
the Civil Defense Agency to assist with expenses related to educational materials and activities,
program supplies, and equipment for CERT and Neighborhood Watch groups in Council District
4 and Council District 5; 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: $20,000
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC —Contingency Relief $20,000
CREDITED TO:
010.241.5241.02 Civil Defense Agency $20,000
Civil Defense Agc OCE
115 Misc. Contract Services
(CERT and Neighborhood Watch Program Expenses for Council
District 4 and Council District 5)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward a copy of this
resolution to the Civil Defense Administrator 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 Hawaii, this 1st day of May 2014•
INTRODUCED BY:
COUN EMB , COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawaii AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawaii 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
C ounty of Hawai'i on May 1, 2014
KERN X
ONISHI X
ATTEST POINDEXTER X
WILLE X
YOSHIMOTO X
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Reference C-843/Waived FC
J4,,'C(04) TY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO 49?. 1,4
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