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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
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RESOLUTION NO. 671 18
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 THE WEST HAWAII
VETERANS CEMETERY DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION ASSOCIATION, INC.,
TO PURCHASE A MEMORIAL STONE FOR THE SCATTERING GARDEN AT THE
WEST HAWAII VETERANS CEMETERY-PU`U HO`OMAHA 0 NA POT KOA 0
HAWAII KOMOHANA.
WHEREAS,the West Hawai`i Veterans Cemetery Development and Expansion
Association, Inc., (WHVCDEA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization consisting of veteran
organizations, individual veterans, and citizens that have organized and facilitated countless
projects at the County's West Hawai`i Veterans Cemetery-Pu`u Ho`omaha 0 Na Po`e Koa 0
Hawai`i Komohana(WHVC) in honor of our veterans; and
WHEREAS,there is a Scattering Garden at the WHVC where families can gather in a
peaceful resting place and scatter the ashes of their loved ones; and
WHEREAS, WHVCDEA is requesting funds to purchase a memorial stone containing
individual name plates that identify, memorialize, and honor armed service personnel and their
families wishing to have their loved ones ashes scattered in the Scattering Garden at WHVC; and
WHEREAS, the Veterans Administration (VA) designated WHVC as one of only three
State-owned veterans' cemeteries in the nation to have received the honor"Shrine Status"; 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; now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that
Contingency Relief funds from Council District 6 will be appropriated to the Department of
Parks and Recreation to provide a grant to WHVCDEA to purchase a memorial stone for the
Scattering Garden at WHVC.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawai`i hereby
transfers/appropriates the following amount 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:
010.500.5503.02 Department of Parks and Recreation $2,000
P&R Admin OCE
115 Misc. Contract Services
(WHVCDEA— Scattering Garden Memorial Stone)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Director of Parks and Recreation 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 19th day of September , 2018 .
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEM:
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COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG X
DAVID X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EOFF X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KANUHA
County of Hawai`i on September 19, 2018 X
LEE LOY X
O'HARA X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
RICHARDS X
4 RUGGLES X
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Reference: C-1047/Council
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON&PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 671 18
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