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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN FC 2018/10/16 2016-2018Committee on Finance 45th Session West Hawaii Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A Kailua-Kona, Hawaii October 16, 2018 CALL TO The regular meeting of the Committee on Finance was called to order at 2:25 p.m., ORDER: in the Council Chambers, Kailua-Kona, by Ms. Maile Medeiros David, Chair. ROLL CALL: Present: Ms. Maile Medeiros David, Chair Ms. Karen Eoff, Vice Chair Mr. Aaron S. Y. Chung, Member Mr. Dru Mamo Kanuha, Member (came in later) Ms. Susan L. K. Lee Loy, Member Ms. Eileen O'Hara, Member Ms. Valerie T. Poindexter, Member Mr. Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Member Absent & Excused: Ms. Jennifer Ruggles, Member STATEMENTS The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, FROM THE Statements from the Public on Agenda Items. PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: The following individuals registered to speak and came forward when called by the Chair: James J. Akau: (representing Na Mamo O Kawa) Clarissa -Ann L. Pua: (representing Na Mamo O Kawa) Res. 726-18 (Comm. 1123), in support. Res. 726-18 (Comm. 1123), in support. Walter Kunitake: Bill 202 (Comm. 1126), in support. (representing West Hawaii Park and Athletic Corporation) Bo Kahui: Bill 202 (Comm. 1126), in support. (representing La`iOpua 2020) CHR. DAVID: I believe we don't have any other testifiers. I will be closing public testimony at this time. Thank you very much. Mr. Clerk, let's move to Communications. FC -45 October 16, 2018 COMMUNI- The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, CATIONS: Communications. CHR. DAVID: Please, Communication 14.44. Comm. 14.44: REPORT OF CHANGE ORDERS AUTHORIZED: AUGUST 16 — 31, 2018 From Finance Director Deanna Sako, dated September 19, 2018, transmitting the above report pursuant to Hawaii County Code Section 2-12.3. Vote on Comm. 14.44: Ms. O'Hara moved to close file on Comm. 14.44. Filed Seconded by Mr. Richards and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O'Hara, Poindexter, Richards, and Chair David — 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Ruggles —1. Excused: None. CHR. DAVID: Mr. Clerk, Communication 15.40. Comm. 15.40: REPORT OF FUND TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED: AUGUST 16 — 31, 2018 From Controller Kay Oshiro, dated September 18, 2018. Vote on Comm. 15:40: Ms. Poindexter moved to close file on Comm. 15.40. Filed Seconded by Mr. Kanuha and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O'Hara, Poindexter, Richards, and Chair David — 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Ruggles —1. Excused: None. CHR. DAVID: We'll move on to Order of Resolutions. ORDER OF The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, RESOLUTIONS: Order of Resolutions. CHR. DAVID: Mr. Richards, would it be okay to take the resolution out of order? Thank you. Change Order As directed by the Chair and with no objection from the Council Members, the of Business: following items were taken out of order: Page 2 FC -45 October 16, 2018 CHR. DAVID: We will do Resolution 726-18. Please, Mr. Clerk. Res. 726-18: AWARDS A PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE STEWARDSHIP GRANT TO NA MAMO O KAWA Approves a grant of $62,658 to Na Mamo O Kawa, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, to protect, preserve, and restore the Kawa properties (Tax Map Key: 9-5-016:006 & 025; and 9-5-017:005 & 007), pursuant to Section 10-16 of the Hawaii County Charter. Reference: Comm. 1123 Intr. by: Ms. David Motion to Approve: Ms. Poindexter moved to recommend adoption of Res. 726-18. Seconded by Ms. Lee Loy. CHR. DAVID: Council Members, discussion? We have, actually, Director Waltjen in Hilo, if anyone has questions or comments. Council Members, discussion? Mr. Kanuha, go ahead. MR. KANUHA: Thank you, Madam Chair. Just happy to support this resolution. Just wanted to mahalo you guys for all the great things you are doing down there. Keep up the great work. Always happy to support the good things that you guys are doing in the community, so I fully support this. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Mr. Kanuha. Anyone else? No? Well then, I will also echo that I'm very proud of what you folks have been doing down there. Like I said before, you folks are the prime example of what we all feel; that our keiki should be involved with. Thank you for what you do for the community and have been doing. Best wishes to you folks and mahalo. Aloha. All those in favor of approving Resolution 726-18 please say "aye." Vote on Res. 726-18: The motion to recommend adoption of Res. 726-18 was (Approved) carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O'Hara, Poindexter, Richards, and Chair David — 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Ruggles —1. Excused: None. CHR. DAVID: Bills for Ordinances. Bill 201, please. Page 3 FC -45 October 16, 2018 Bill 201: AMENDS ORDINANCE NO. 18-69, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND FINANCING THEREOF FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 Adds the Parks and Recreation Island Wide Tennis Facilities Installation and Improvements — Private project for $100,000 to the Capital Budget. Funds for this project shall be provided from Private Contributions, from the United States Tennis Association. Reference: Comm. 1125 Intr. by: Ms. David (B/R) Motion to Approve: Ms. Eoff moved to recommend passage of Bill 201 on first reading. Seconded by Ms. Poindexter. CHR. DAVID: Discussion? I believe we have Ms. Waltjen in Hilo. Director Waltjen is in Hilo. Council Members, questions? Mr. Kanuha, go ahead. MR. KANUHA: Thank you. Director Waltjen? (Note: At this time, Parks and Recreation Director Roxcie Waltjen and Deputy Director Maurice Messina came forward to address the members of the Committee.) MS. WALTJEN: Hi, we're here. MR. KANUHA: Hi. Aloha. Thank you for being here. MS. WALTJEN: You're welcome. MR. KANUHA: I'm guessing, is this the monies that were given to Hawaii County from the USTA (United States Tennis Association), correct? MS. WALTJEN: Absolutely. Yes. MR. KANUHA: Got it. Just some of the history behind the monies coming to Hawaii County. USTA came to Hawaii and did the Fed Cup in Keauhou. One of their community contributions that they wanted to do was to help out some tennis facilities, I mean, island -wide but particularly in West Hawaii. As we were going through the process of trying to find a good project for the island, Old Airport was one of those projects that we thought needed upgrades; you know, lights, resurfacing, and some of those projects. So USTA said, "You know what, we want to partner with Hawaii County and help beautify, renovate, or help maintain one of these projects." Old Airport was for that project. Page 4 FC -45 October 16, 2018 Now, kind of coming closer to how we are today, which I want to mahalo Parks and Recreation and this administration, for finishing that project. It was a lot of money to do it, but the County ended up providing the funds to finish that project. The $100,000, I think, that USTA gave for that project; now we're here in this position where we can use the monies for additional tennis projects around the island. Correct, Director? MS. WALTJEN: Correct. MR. KANUHA: Awesome. So that's kind of how where we're at, here. I just wanted to mahalo you guys for pushing for the Old Airport project and looking at additional ways to help maintain and help improve the tennis facilities around the island. So I'm glad it's going to be going to some good use. I would love to see some of the things that will—some of the outcomes of where this money goes to, and help you guys with that. I don't know where exactly it's going towards, but I'm sure it's going towards worthy projects. Tennis facilities around the island. But I just wanted to mahalo USTA for their contributions in promoting tennis here on Hawaii Island. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Mr. Kanuha. Anyone else? No? Then I'd also like to say thank you to the US Tennis Association for their contribution. I do have just one question for Director Waltjen. Do you have any idea, as far as the other tennis facilities around the island, where this money going to be directed? That hasn't been decided yet? Do you know? MS. WALTJEN: We haven't really decided as of this very moment. But we have like three to four tennis courts that really need some upgrading, and they're right in this area. It's widely used because even the students use it. CHR. DAVID: Yes. Thank you very much. Oh, I'm sorry. Mr. Kanuha. MR. KANUHA: Thank you. Just as an addition to what was said earlier, it cost a lot of money to maintain tennis courts. Even if you want to put in new tennis courts, it's a significant amount of money. So even though this is only $100,000, you know, you look at the maintenance and the repairs that we did at the Old Airport, and then we have to go out to bid, you're reaching over $1 million just for those four tennis courts, so this is a huge expense. I don't know how much $100,000 will go. A lot of our tennis courts around the island are pretty old. I remember Councilman Chung added in a CIP (Capital Improvement Project) a few years ago. Several million dollars to upgrade the facilities around the island, and I appreciate that. Yeah, $100,000 isn't going to go a long way. If we wanted to really upgrade our tennis courts, it's going to take a lot of money. Just to see the will of the Page 5 FC -45 October 16, 2018 community and how we want to do that, the will of the Council. But $100,000 is good for some things. It's not enough to do everything. But again, thank you. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Mr. Kanuha. Anyone else? Okay. Then all those in favor of approving Bill 201 please say "aye." Vote on Bill 201: The motion to recommend passage of Bill 201 on (Approved) first reading was carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O'Hara, Poindexter, Richards, and Chair David — 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Ruggles —1. Excused: None. CHR. DAVID: Thank you very much. Let's move on to Bill 202. Bill 202: AMENDS ORDINANCE NO. 18-69, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND FINANCING THEREOF FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2018 TO JUNE 30, 2019 Adds the Parks and Recreation Kealakehe Regional Park Master Plan — Fair Share project for $162,000 to the Capital Budget. Funds for this project shall be provided from Fair Share Contributions. Reference: Comm. 1126 Intr. by: Ms. David (B/R) Motion to Approve: Ms. Eoff moved to recommend passage of Bill 201 on first reading. Seconded by Ms. Poindexter. CHR. DAVID: Discussion, Council Members? Ms. Eoff, go ahead. MS. EOFF: So, you folks built a sewage plant at the bottom of Kealakehe Parkway, the plant, Kealakehe Regional Park. I'm really happy to see that we found that this additional $162,000 to put towards the environmental assessment and PER (Preliminary Engineering Report) so that we can go in and begin construction soon because that park is connected to the Kealakehe Sewage Treatment Plant. The use of the reclaimed water needs grass planted there, for one thing, so that we can consider reusing most of the water that's produced out of the treatment plant. So, that's one reason. The other reason is, like Mr. Kahui said, they've been in the planning of this park since, I believe, early 2009 or somewhere around there. We know it's a large project and will be completed in phases, but this is like the first step towards Page 6 FC -45 October 16, 2018 getting to the goal. So I encourage you to support this fair share, moving into the regional park project. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Ms. Eoff. Ms. Lee Loy, go ahead. MS. LEE LOY: Thank you, Chair. And I just really want to say thank you to Uncle Bo who's really been championing this project for as long as I can remember, through the designation of the aquafer, critical habitat. There were just so many hurdles for this project. I just saw, as Ms. Eoff mentioned, the piece with the wastewater, you know, creating that R-1, R-2 quality water to help water the park was a real innovative way to get, you know, more partnerships and more money in one place. He mentioned that, you know, we're surrounded by Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and this is a great complement to many homeowners in the area. So, I'm in full support of this. Thank you. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Ms. Lee Loy. Anyone else? Council Members? Director Waltjen, would you like to add something to this bill, or provide some information, if you'd like? (Note: At this time, Parks and Recreation Director Roxcie Waltjen and Deputy Director Maurice Messina came forward to address the members of the Committee.) MS. WALTJEN: Actually, we're very happy that this is starting to move forward. This has been a longtime coming. Started planning in 2009 and this is 2018. So we're looking forward to working and collaborating and getting this going. CHR. DAVID: Thank you very much, and for your collaborating efforts this term. Seeing no other discussion, all those in favor of approving Bill 202 please say Ic aye. Vote on Bill 202: The motion to recommend passage of Bill 202 on (Approved) first reading was carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O'Hara, Poindexter, Richards, and Chair David — 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Ruggles —1. Excused: None. CHR. DAVID: Mr. Clerk, I believe we can take the last item on the Finance Committee agenda, which is Resolution 616-18. Page 7 FC -45 October 16, 2018 Return to Order of The Chair directed the Committee to return to the order of Business. Business: Res. 616-18: AUTHORIZES A DECREASE IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII FUEL TAX FOR FISCAL YEARS 2018-2019 AND 2019-2020 Decreases the fuel tax by 5 cents per gallon for Fiscal Year 2018-2019, bringing it to 14 cents per gallon, and by 9 cents per gallon for Fiscal Year 2019-2020, bringing it to 14 cents per gallon. Fuel taxes may be used to support the safe and efficient operation of County roads, mass transit, and highway infrastructure. Reference: Comm. 940 Intr. by: Mr. Richards Postponed: May 21, June 5, July 24, and October 2, 2018 (Note: There is a motion by Mr. Richards, seconded by Ms. Lee Loy, to recommend adoption of Res. 616-18.) ; and Comm. 940.1: From Council Member Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, dated October 1, 2018, transmitting proposed amendments to Res. 616-18. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Mr. Clerk. We already have a pending motion. Mr. Richards, go ahead. MR. RICHARDS: Thank you, Chair. And to clarify myself, we have a communication before us. And has actually been put forth, Clerk? Or, do I move? MR. HENRICKS: It's available for you to make a motion, if you so desire. Motion to Amend: Mr. Richards moved to amend Res. 616-18 with the contents of Comm. 940.1. Seconded by Ms. Lee Loy. CHR. DAVID: Any discussion on the amendment? MR. RICHARDS: Yeah, just to clarify. CHR. DAVID: Thank you. MR. RICHARDS: Res. 616-18, this has been a long circuitous, coming to where we are today. My intention initially was to—we are currently at 15 cents a gallon for our fuel tax, and my intention was to, with Res. 616, reduce that to 14 cents. But that was a part of a larger plan in dealing with our tax deal before we had all the natural disasters, et cetera, et cetera. I don't think it was prudent to reduce Page 8 FC -45 October 16, 2018 funding, so I wanted to do is to amend Res. 616 and not reduce anything, just hold the line at 15 cents; at this point, and then going forward with 15 cents and not going through. So that essentially is what the amendment is, to hold that 15 and not reduce the 14. CHR. DAVID: Thank you. Discussion, Council Members? Mr. Kanuha, go ahead. MR. KANUHA: Thank you. Merrick, you guys want to talk about this amendment? (Note: At this time, Deputy Public Works Director Merrick Nishimoto and Business Manager Aaron Brown came forward to address the members of the Committee.) MR. KANUHA: I don't know if you saw the amendment on the table. MR. NISHIMOTO: Yes, we did. Thank you, yes. MR. KANUHA: The proposed amendment, yeah? MR. NISHIMOTO: Got it. MR. KANUHA: Communication 940.1. MR. NISHIMOTO: Thank you. Good afternoon, County Council Members. My name is Merrick Nishimoto, Deputy Director of Public Works. I want to say a nice hello again to the West Hawaii fellow residents: Dru, Maile, Karen, Tim; and the to the East Hawaii County Council Members: Val, Eileen, Sue. Thank you for coming to West Hawaii. I'm going to speak first a little bit as a resident of West Hawaii and how important it is to see your presence here. It's a big uplifting thing for us West Hawaii residents, so thank you. And, Aaron, out in East Hawaii, you're not forgotten, but thank you very much. I am going to turn over this discussion to subject matter expert, which is Aaron, Business Manager here. So without any questions, Mr. Brown. MR. BROWN: Thank you, Merrick, and thank you, Council, for having us here today. Thank you, Chair. Can you hear me now? Last time I was too close, and I think I was screaming at people. Aloha. Aaron Brown, Business Manager at Public Works. Thank you, guys, again for having us here. I want to first thank Councilman Richards for always having open discussions with us. I think that's one of the most important things in our role on both sides, and I Page 9 FC -45 October 16, 2018 enjoy the conversation. I want to mahalo you again because you asked, I think, great questions, the right questions. Always making sure we're staying on top of it. Making sure we have a plan in place. I enjoy our conversations in being able to have those discussions with you. And for all of you, the door is always open. I know we have lots of conversation with all of you guys. Thank you all. It helps us to make sure we're thinking things through and staying on top of it. I think I want to start off kind of by laying some context again and explaining why we got here. Why we went through the process of having the fuel tax discussion in the first place a year ago. Basically, our Highway Fund is made up of three major revenue sources: weight tax, franchise tax, and fuel tax. Fuel tax is our biggest revenue source. It was not raised in 30 years. Franchise tax is tied to the gross sales on a lot of the big utility companies, most of all HELCO (Hawai`i Electric Light Company). So over the years, because a lot of alternative energies have come into play, HELCO's gross sales has decreased quite a bit. On their end, they've got gotten a lot of more leans and they keep theirI believe, I don't have their financials in front of me, but they've been staying lean to having profits with less sales; but for us, that means less revenue because it's tied directly to the gross sales. Weight tax was increased a few years ago, but it's been—you know, that's not our major revenue source; and again, that sort of remains steady while our expenses continue to increase. Again, our Highway Fund was greatly threatened on, you know, basically failing in my eyes again. From a private sector outlook, coming in, realizing that four of the past five years we've been in the red. Our expenses are greater than revenue we're bringing in. That's not a sustainable way to do business. So, we did what we had to do. All of us collectively together, we had raised the fuel tax, which wasn't done in 30 years. Through my eyes, it was the responsible thing to do and we continue to look to, you know, spending every dollar as best we can. And I think because we were so behind the eight ball, it's going to take us a couple of years to catch up where we were. Basically, our fund account, which is a separate special account, we pay all of the ERS (Employee Retirement System), all of the—you know, the salary and wages is totally separate from the General Fund, and I want to make that clear because they're two different pots of money. It has to be self-sustaining, that account basically. There are lot of things that we were doing beforehand because money was very tight. We were not buying equipment. We started to lease equipment to smooth out the cash flow. We were not doing a lot of the projects we thought we needed to do because the money was tight. Page 10 FC -45 October 16, 2018 So then, we get the fuel tax. It took a little while to get in. There's a little lag. By the time the State kicks in, we start getting additional revenue. Things out of our control happen. We started having to deal with some disaster stuff. So, I'm happy to announce that we are—while continuing to work through some of those things, we are getting back on our maintenance plan. So both the east side, west side, Hamakua, and south side, you will all road paving projects, as you guys were promised last year, before everything happened, come back into play. I talked to Neil ten minutes before this, He apologizes he can't be here, but reassured me projects like Teshima'sactually, he got a call today from some concerned community members over, so he's working it out with them. But the timing, we'll have, hopefully, some Christmas presents for our residents and we'll have some roads completed by the end of the year. Hilo will have—Council Member Chung, we know you've been talking about Kino`ole for a long time, and that's on the list, the head of the list in East Hawaii, so I thought you might be happy to hear that. Again, I think we've got to start by—we always forget, and I always try to bring this up, is when we think of highways and Highway Fund, yes, it's our highways but it's much more than that. The Highway Fund itself funds traffic, highways, and a big portion of Mass Transit. So it's not just the maintenance side of our roads. Our Traffic Division, we do all the street lights, all the signals, striping, school safety stuff. There are a lot of things that happen in Traffic right now Point of Order: MR. RICHARDS: Excuse me, Chair CHR. DAVID: Thank you. MR. RICHARDS: We're discussing the amendment not the resolution itself. And so, as the merits of the amendment. MR. BROWN: Too much context? MR. RICHARDS: Pump the brakes a little. MR. KANUHA: Okay, I'll restate the question. MR. BROWN: Thank you. MR. KANUHA: I appreciated the background. He's completely right. Page 11 FC -45 October 16, 2018 MR. RICHARDS: The background is good. Once we get through the amendment. MR. KANUHA: So, just on the amendment. I know this amendment, moves it basically from 14 cents to 15 cents. MR. RICHARDS: Correct. MR. KANUHA: And I'm assuming, well, I'll assume from myself that I like that better than the previous one. So maybe this isn't going to be a question for you guys because I'm assuming—we can talk about the amendment after this. So I'm in favor of moving it from 14 to 15. But currently, just as a background, we're on fiscal year 2018-2019, correct? MR. BROWN: Correct. MR. KANUHA: And fuel tax right is at what? MR. BROWN: Nineteen cents. MR. KANUHA: Okay. MR. BROWN: So the fuel tax is tied to the fiscal years not the calendar year. MR. KANUHA: Got it. So instead ofI mean, we'll be moving backwards from 19 cents to 15 cents, if this amendment keeps on going through. MR. BROWN: Correct. MR. KANUHA: Got it. So I just wanted to kind of bring that up. MR. BROWN: Thank you. MR. KANUHA: I know we're on this amendment. I can get into the general details later on, after this amendment goes through or doesn't. But, I'll yield. Mahalo for the inspiration background. MR. BROWN: Thank you, Dru. I could have tied it back in, but I think that discussion might be better on actual resolution. MR. KANUHA: Yeah, thank you. MR. BROWN: Thank you. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Mr. Kanuha, and thank you, Mr. Richards. On the amendment, Council Members. Any other? Ms. O'Hara, go ahead. Page 12 FC -45 October 16, 2018 MS. O'HARA: Mr. Kanuha just pointed out that I don't know this has been sitting since May? Okay. That explains it because we're in a whole other fiscal year, and we're no longer at 15 cents. So we're debating something that we can't enact upon anyway. Not as written. I'm sorry, I CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Ms. O'Hara. Anyone else? Mr. Richards. MR. RICHARDS: Yeah, as has been pointed out, this has been sitting around. This goes back to actually last January, where we started working on the whole tax structuring and restructuring. Mr. Brown, I fully get what you're saying, and I completely hear what you're saying. This was part of a larger plan coming forward. We have delayed for numerous reasons over the last three or four months because of the concern of coming forward and what we're going to be facing. Council Woman O'Hara has pointed out, as actually—so has Councilman Kanuha that this was done correctly several months, but at this point it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. My intention is not to cause problems for Public Works. My intention is to make sure we're easing on taxing people, especially facing what we have up to this point. We did increase our GE (General Excise) surcharge, but we didn't apply it to each surcharge, which we do have funding coming forth. I think, Chair, at this point, I'd like to withdraw this because there's too much confusion; and to fix it at this point, we can do it but it's going to take a lot of work. It's easier to withdraw. I would like to ask, as I withdraw this, that going forwardI would like to ask on behalf of the Council that we have a relatively detailed plan of taking care of roads in each district. Reasonably quickly. Having a plan before us so we can go forward. Again, I think, if we're showing measurables, people are going to be very accepting. And again, it's not to cause problems for you guys but the County as a whole. But I want to be very mindful of the guys paying taxes, especially the fact that our economy is not doing very well, and a lot of people are not working as many hours as they might have a few months ago. So, with that, Chair, I yield. CHR. DAVID: Yes. Did you want to say something, Ms. Lee Loy? MR. RICHARDS: Okay, before I withdraw this, anybody want to make a comment? But, I'm going to withdraw this. Okay, Chair, I'm going to withdraw Res. 616. Withdraw Res, 616-18: Mr. Richards announced the withdrawal of Res. 616-18. CHR. DAVID: Alright, let the record show that Mr. Richards has withdrawn Res. 616-18. Page 13 FC -45 October 16, 2018 MR. HENRICKS: Just for the record, we have the motion to amend that was on the floor, so we'll assume that Mr. Richards withdraws that motion, and then also withdraws the main motion, which is to move Res. 616 to Council. Is that a safe assumption? MR. RICHARDS: Yes. MR. HENRICKS: Is that—? CHR. DAVID: That is. He's withdrawing everything. MR. HENRICKS: Okay. Recognized. Very good. Thank you. CHR. DAVID: Thank you very much. Now, could I please have—that does it for Finance, right? Could I please have a motion to adjourn? BILLS FOR The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, Bills ORDINANCES: for Ordinances. (Note: Item in this category was taken up previously, out of order.) ADJOURN- There being no further business, at 3:09 p.m., Mr. Richards moved to adjourn MENT: the meeting. Seconded by Ms. O'Hara and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O'Hara, Poindexter, Richards, and Chair David – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Ruggles – 1. Excused: None. CHR. DAVID: Finance Committee is adjourned. Mahalo everybody. Approved: Ms. Maileeiros , Chair Finance Committee MD/na //- 61 - ig (Date) Page 14