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RESOLUTION NO. 569 14
A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND
FROM THE DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A
DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO THREE RING RANCH,
INC., FOR ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
WHEREAS, Three Ring Ranch, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation and an exotic
animal sanctuary that rehabilitates and cares for injured, abandoned, endangered, and illegally
smuggled animals in the State of Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, Three Ring Ranch, Inc., cares for all native species, including Hawaiian
hoary bats, seabirds/shorebirds, nene, pue`o, and `io, as well as non-native exotic animals such as
turtles and tortoises, zebras, flamingos, and parrots; and
WHEREAS, Three Ring Ranch, Inc., also provides care for species that are deemed un -
releasable, educates the public and students about proper animal care, and serves as an amnesty
station for alien animal species in the State of Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, Three Ring Ranch, Inc., is the only sanctuary in Hawaii that is accredited
by The Association of Sanctuaries, is one of 33 facilities in the United States accredited by The
American Sanctuary Association, and is one of 14 facilities in the United States accredited by
The Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries; and
WHEREAS, Three Ring Ranch, Inc., offers both internships for pre -vet students and
summer extemships for second -year vet students and is currently affiliated with the University of
California -Berkeley, University of California -Davis, and Oregon State University; and
WHEREAS, 100% of the students that have interned at Three Ring Ranch, Inc., have
been accepted into a veterinary college; and
WHEREAS, Three Ring Ranch, Inc., also provides an after-school program for students
to learn basic animal care and conservation in hopes that these students will become mentors and
eventually teach others the skills that they have learned; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawaii County Code,
Contingency Relief funds shall be transferred to an accepting County department/agency via
resolution identifying the nonprofit organization and the specific program, project, event,
activity, service, equipment, materials, or supplies for which the grant shall be used; and
WHEREAS, the responsibility of animal control is contracted out by the Hawaii Police
Department; and
WHEREAS, Contingency Relief funds from Council District 6 will be appropriated to
the Hawaii Police Department to provide a grant to Three Ring Ranch, Inc., for its educational
programs: $5,000 for the Pre -Veterinary Animal Behavior Studies program and $5,000 for the
after-school program; 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: $10,000
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk -Council SVC — Contingency Relief $10,000
CREDITED TO:
010.201.5203.02 Hawaii Police Department
Police Adm Div -OCE
115 Misc. Contract Services
(Three Ring Ranch, Inc.)
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$10,000
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Hawaii shall forward a
copy of this resolution to the Police Chief and the Director of Finance, and the Director of
Finance is hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the terms of this
resolution.
Dated at Hilo , Hawai`i, this 7th day of November , 2014.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawaii on November 7, 2014
ATTEST:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
3
ROLL CALL VOTE
Reference: C-1112/Waived FC
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AYES NOES
ABS EX
EOFF
FORD
X
ILAGAN
X
KANUHA
X
KERN
X
ONISHI
X
POINDEXTER
X
WILLE
X
YOSHIMOTO
X
7 0
2 0
Reference: C-1112/Waived FC
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