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RESOLUTION NO. 33 19
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 GOING HOME
HAWAII TO ASSIST WITH ITS WEST HAWAII PU`UHONUA WELLNESS CENTER
PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, Going Home Hawai`i is a 501(c)(3)nonprofit organization whose main
goal is to lower the recidivism rate for our State through efforts on Hawai`i Island to reintegrate
former offenders into the community and workplace; and
WHEREAS, Going Home Hawai`i's West Hawai`i Pu'uhonua Wellness Center program
is designed to reduce the numbers of chronically mentally ill persons incarcerated at the Hawai`i
Community Correctional Center including those with co-occurring substance use disorders; and
WHEREAS,the West Hawai`i Pu'uhonua Wellness Center program provides housing
for inmates released from incarceration, assists with securing employment, and offers a place of
healing and support to help ex-offenders reenter the community; and
WHEREAS, Going Home Hawai`i is requesting funding assistance to support the West
Hawai`i Pu'uhonua Wellness Center program with expenses such as clothing,housing, and
transportation; and
WHEREAS, one of the goals of the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney is to encourage
and promote crime prevention and early intervention initiatives to improve quality of life on
Hawai`i Island and to identify,promote, and implement new and innovative approaches to
solving crime problems; 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 7 will be appropriated to the Office of the
Prosecuting Attorney to provide a grant to Going Home Hawai`i for its West Hawai`i Pu'uhonua
Wellness Center.
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:
010.271.5271.02 Office of the Prosecuting Attorney $2,000
Prosecuting Atty OCE
115 Misc. Contract Services
(Going Home Hawai`i-West Hawai`i Pu'uhonua
Wellness Center)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Prosecuting Attorney 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 23rd day of January , 2019 .
INTRODUCED BY:
CO <IL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawaii 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 KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
County of Hawaii on January 23, 2019
KIERKIEWICZ X
LEE LOY X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
RICHARDS X
VILLEGAS x
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. Reference: C-56/Council
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