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REPORT: OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
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May 14, 1980
Chairman and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii
Your Committee on Finance to which was referred:
Res . 611: KOHALA TASK FORCE INVESTIGATION
Concurrently requests , until the funding for the
continuation of the Kohala Task Force investigation
is finalized, that the Federal Bureau of Investigation
and the Internal Revenue Service look into the alleged
wrongdoings and review the findings of the preliminary
investigation, thus providing neutral third parties
with established investigatorial expertise to once
and for all confirm or disaffirm any of the stated
criminal or civil illegalities;
recommends Resolution 611 be revised as follows : -
(1) First paragraph to read:
"WHEREAS, /on January 12 , 1980 ,7 the Hawaii County n Council_
approved /aappropriation of $200 ,000 to further inquire as to/
the preliminary inquiry into the probability of criminal or civil
wrongdoing in four of the Kohala Task Force (KTF) projects /, based
on a preliminary investigation conducted by three private attorneys%;
and"
(2) Third paragraph to read:
"WHEREAS, Prosecuting Attorney Jon Ono has refused to allow the
County Council to examine the full text of the recent criminal inves-
tigation report /, to provide the necessary fact's to justify a
$200 ,000 expenditure of public funds/; and"
(3) Add a fourth paragraph to read:
"WHEREAS, fiscal constraints and increasing public demands of
the County of Hawaii precludes the expenditureof valuable tax
revenues toward an investigation plagued with such uncertainties . "
(4) Fifth paragraph to read: -
"NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY
OF HAWAII that /until the funding for this continuation of the
investigation is finalized, it concurrently requests that/ in light
of the fiscal constraints and the increasing public demands , the
Council shall discontinue its efforts to fund the continuation of
the Kohala Task Force investigation and that it requests the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service look into
these alleged wrongdoings and review the findings of the preliminary
investigation, thus providing neutral third parties with established
investigatorial expertise to once and for all confirm or dissafirm
any of thestated criminal or civil illegalities. "
Further recommends Council approve and adopt Resolution 611, as
revised.
(NOTE: FC Report 341 was withdrawn from the Council ' s agenda by the
Council Chairman.)
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL - HILO, HAWAII
COMMITTEE ON
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Committee Report was
adopted by the Council of the County of Hawaii onFINANCE
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ATTEST: •
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• REPORT NO, 341
R. B. Legaspi Stephen K. Yamashiro •
COUNTY CLERK -COUNCIL CHAIRMAN •