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COUNTY OF HAWAII -_ /_ STATE OF HAWAII
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RESOLUTION NO. 637 16
A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT
AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A
DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO BIG ISLAND
RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO ASSIST WITH
EXPENSES RELATING TO THE BIG ISLAND INVASIVE SPECIES COMMITTEE'S
COMMUNITY-BASED LITTLE FIRE ANT CONTROL PROGRAM IN PUNA.
WHEREAS, Big Island Resource Conservation & Development Council (BIRCDC) is a
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting the people of the Big Island in achieving
sustainable development while caring for and appreciating their natural environment to ensure
broadened economic opportunities, enriched communities, and better lives; and
WHEREAS, BIRCDC will partner with the Big Island Invasive Species Committee
(BIISC) to set up an island wide, community-based little fire ant (LFA) control program to
educate and train communities on controlling LFA with a variety of methods; and
WHEREAS, this education and training program will be offered at no cost to up to 12
neighborhood groups in seven Council districts, including Council District 5, to control LFA on
up to 240 acres in residential areas; and
WHEREAS, to implement the community-based LFA program, funds were awarded to
BIISC by the Hawai`i Invasive Species Council and the Hawai`i Tourism Authority in 2016 to
defray costs of labor, transportation, communications, and other miscellaneous costs related to
the LFA program; and
WHEREAS, in collaboration with BIRCDC as a fiscal sponsor for their community-
based LFA program, BIISC is seeking financial assistance to defray the cost of materials and
supplies necessary to carry out the community trainings, which will include ant control supplies,
growth regulator, toxicant bait, gel bait matrix ingredients, various containers, tools, and
applicators for mixing and applying bait during training sessions; and
WHEREAS,pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawai`i 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, Contingency Relief funds from Council District 5 will be appropriated to
the Department of Research and Development to provide a grant to BIRCDC to assist with
expenses relating to the BIISC's community-based LFA control program in Puna; now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF TILE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
following amount is hereby transferred/appropriated as set forth below:
FUND: General
AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATION: $2,000
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC -Contingency Relief $2,000
CREDITED TO:
010.161.5161.22 Department of Research and Development $2.000
Agriculture R&D OCE
115 Misc. Contract Services
(BIRCDC-BIISC's Community-Based
LFA Program)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Director of Research and Development and 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 21st day of September , 2016 .
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES A135 IIA
Hilo, Hawaii CHUNG X
DAVID X
I hereby unify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by 50CF
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the.ma indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the ILAGAN
touio orHam ai i on _September 21, 2016 - X
KANUHA X
ONISI II X
A F ELS T: PALEKA X
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rot!N EY CLERK CHAIRPERSON ' PRESI NG OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 637 16