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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN FC 2019/07/23 2018-2020Committee on Finance 15th Session West Hawaii Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokaloele Highway, Building A Kailua-Kona, Hawaii July 23, 2019 CALL TO The regular meeting of the Committee on Finance was called to order at ORDER: 9:08 a.m., in the Council Chambers, Kona, by Ms. Maile Medeiros David, Chair. ROLL CALL: Present: Ms. Maile Medeiros David, Chair Ms. Karen Eoff, Member Mr. Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Member Ms. Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, Member Ms. Susan L. K. Lee Loy, Member (came in later) Ms. Valerie T. Poindexter, Member (via videoconference from Hilo) Ms. Rebecca Villegas, Member Absent & Excused: Mr. Aaron S. Y. Chung, Member Mr. Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Vice Chair 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 individual registered to speak and came forward when called by the Chair: Toby Hazel: Comm. 11.12, comment; Comm. 62.2, comment; and Comm. 348, comment. CHR. DAVID: Mr. Clerk, can we move on to Communication 9.10? COMMUNI- The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, CATIONS: Communications. Comm. 9.10: MONTHLY BUDGET STATUS REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDED APRIL 30, 2019, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE From Finance Director Deanna Sako, dated June 10, 2019, transmitting the above report pursuant to Hawaii County Charter Section 6-6.3(h). FC -15 July 23, 2019 Vote on Comm. 9:10: Ms. Eoff moved to close file on Comm. 9.10. Filed Seconded by Ms. Villegas and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Poindexter, Villegas, and Chair David — 6. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Chung, Lee Loy, and Richards — 3. Excused: None. Comm. 10.14: REPORT OF CHANGE ORDERS AUTHORIZED: MAY 1 — 15, 2019 From Finance Director Deanna Sako, dated May 31, 2019, transmitting the above report pursuant to Hawaii County Code Section 2-12.3. Motion to Close File: Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder moved to close file on Comm. 10.14. Seconded by Ms. Kierkiewicz. (Note: At this time, Deputy Finance Director Steve Hunt came forward to address the members of the Committee.) CHR. DAVID: Any discussion? MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Chair? CHR. DAVID: Thank you. Ms. Kierkiewicz, go ahead. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you, Chair. Mr. Hunt, I was wondering if you could just share with me a little bit about this radio system maintenance contract. I see the original contract amount was for $150,000, and we are up to a cumulative total of $248,000. It is noted here that this is year of two -of -two. And if you could just provide any contracts around the system maintenance, and justification for extending the contract and increasing the amount. MR. HUNT: Steve Hunt, Deputy Director of Finance, for the record. I don't have the background on this. Most of these change orders appear to be just extensions or option years. If it is a multi -term contract and we're just amending the contract amount to reflect the option year, that's likely the increase in the doubling, adding the additional year. But I would need to research that to get back to you. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Okay. Can we continue this over email? I'm just really curious, and it says that this is a contract being handled by Finance. MR. HUNT: Yes, I will get back to you on that. Page 2 FC -15 July 23, 2019 MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you. I appreciate it. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Ms. Kierkiewicz. Anyone else? Seeing none, all those in favor of filing Communication 10.14 please say "aye." Vote on Comm. 10.14: The motion to close file on Comm. 10.14 was carried by Filed the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Poindexter, Villegas, and Chair David – 6. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Chung, Lee Loy, and Richards – 3. Excused: None. Comm. 10.15: REPORT OF CHANGE ORDERS AUTHORIZED: JUNE 1 – 15, 2019 From Finance Director Deanna Sako, dated June 28, 2019, transmitting the above report pursuant to Hawaii County Code Section 2-12.3. Motion to Close File: Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder moved to close file on Comm. 10.15. Seconded by Ms. Eoff. CHR. DAVID: Any discussion, Council Members? Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, go ahead. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Hi, Steve. Good morning. MR. HUNT: Good morning. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: I had a question about the Kawailani Street improvements. It looks like we're actually going to be—we're going to have extra funds in the tune of $807,000. MR. HUNT: That is the adjustment based on quantities. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: That's good. So where does that go? MR. HUNT: It's in theI believed it's in the capital. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: So we can use that for something else, or just, we're not using that? Page 3 FC -15 July 23, 2019 MR. HUNT: I would need to check to see if these monies are just actual close out of the project, or just an adjustment to that particular line item in the budget. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay. Can you follow that up with me, so we know if we can spend on something else? MR. HUNT: I will follow up before that, yes. You bet. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: You are wonderful. Thank you. I yield. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder and Deputy Director. MS. POINDEXTER: Chair, I have a question. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. Ms. Poindexter, go ahead. MS. POINDEXTER: Yeah, on the first line, Special Counsel for Stacy Higa, et al. versus County of Hawaii, you have the original contract amount. And then—you're reassigning a vendor something? Because if the contractor, Scientel Solutions, LLC—because it seems to be like what Council Member Kierkiewicz had asked before on the radio system maintenance. The contractor is Scientel Solutions LLC. I mean, is that a mistake or is that supposed to? Because it seems like the vendor was a law firm, correct? MR. HUNT: It looks like it was reassigned, yes, to Goodsill, Anderson, the law firm. And I'm not sure if this is relating to an actual contractor or that is just a typo in that field. MS. POINDEXTER: Yeah, because it doesn't seem right to say Scientel Solutions, LLC, unless they look—who that contractor is. It doesn't—it kind of doesn't jive. MR. HUNT: Normally, a Special Counsel would be in internal, and I don't think it would be involved in the vendor. MS. POINDEXTER: Yeah. MR. HUNT: Typically, we would handle that inside, and I would have to speak to Corp. Counsel on that. MS. POINDEXTER: So can you check on that, as well, and then let me know what's happening on that? Okay, thank you. I yield at this time. Thank you, Madam Chair. Page 4 FC -15 July 23, 2019 CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Ms. Poindexter. Anyone else? No? Alright, all those in favor filing Communication 10.15 please say "aye." Vote on Comm. 10.15: The motion to close file on Comm. 10.15 was carried Filed by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Poindexter, Villegas, and Chair David — 6. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Chung, Lee Loy, and Richards — 3. Excused: None. Comm. 10.16: REPORT OF CHANGE ORDERS AUTHORIZED: MAY 16 — 31, 2019 From Finance Director Deanna Sako, dated July 5, 2019, transmitting the above report pursuant to Hawaii County Code Section 2-12.3. Vote on Comm. 10.16: Ms. Villegas moved to close file on Comm. 10.16. Filed Seconded by Ms. Eoff and carried by the following voice vote: Comm. 11.12: Vote on Comm. 11:12 Filed Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Kierkiewicz, Poindexter, Villegas, and Chair David — 5. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Chung, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Lee Loy, and Richards — 4. Excused: None. REPORT OF FUND TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED: MAY 16 — 31, 2019 From Controller Kay Oshiro, dated June 12, 2019. Ms. Villegas moved to close file on Comm. 11.12. Seconded by Ms. Eoff and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Kierkiewicz, Poindexter, Villegas, and Chair David — 5. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Chung, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Lee Loy, and Richards — 4. Excused: None. Page 55 FC -15 July 23, 2019 Comm. 11.13: REPORT OF FUND TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED: JUNE 1 — 15, 2019 From Controller Kay Oshiro, dated June 20, 2019. Motion to Close File: Ms. Eoff moved to close file on Comm. 11.13. Seconded by Ms. Kierkiewicz. (Note: At this time, Deputy Finance Director Steve Hunt and Controller Kay Oshiro came forward to address the members of the Committee.) CHR. DAVID: Any discussion? MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Chair, I have a question for Mr. Hunt, please? CHR. DAVID: Thank you very much. Go ahead. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Steve, I'm wondering if you can help me understand this request for fund transfers within the Police Department? You know, one of the explanations here was shortage in other areas because of lava. Wouldn't the Governor's emergency funding, the $12 million, help to cover these costs? MR. HUNT: You know, that's probably a question best asked for Police, in terms of how they're moving their S&W (Salary and Wages) around. It may be eligible for the reimbursement, and it may be a timing issue in terms of when we receive the funds. I know of looking at the status report from an earlier communication, we're reflecting that monies are coming in, in revenue for General Fund, but we actually hadn't received them as that time. So I'm thinking similarly we probably had to cover these internally before we're able to push that out to the expense for funds that haven't been received yet. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Okay, thank you. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Ms. Kierkiewicz. Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, go ahead. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Hi, Steve. MR. HUNT: Yeah, I've got to echo what Ashley is saying, Because we took from many different departments within the Police Department, and we transferred to four specific areas: Admin. Services, South Hilo, Kohala, and Puna. Yeah, my follow-up question is, why do we take from across-the-board to push $620,000 worth of funding for a very specific areas in the Police Department? Page 6 FC -15 July 23, 2019 MR. HUNT: I'm trying to get ahold of Kay Oshiro. I think she actually has, maybe, some more background on this. (Note: At this time, Controller Kay Oshiro came forward to address the members of the Committee.) MS. OSHIRO: Hi, I'm Kay Oshiro, Controller for the County. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Hi, Good morning. MS. OSHIRO: Hi. Good morning. The question regarding the four areas; so the Admin. Services is based just on how the budgeting works. So there's positions that are unfunded, the recruits in the Admin. area. And then the vacancies in the actual district themselves have to be transferred to cover when they fill those unfunded recruiting positions. Then the other area regarding the lava, the way that we handled it to keep the expenditures in the departments, the funding that we recognized from the State money, we'll have the revenue in the respective fund, but the expenditures themselves are recognized at the department level so that the departments will show the actual expenditure. Because Police actually has the budget in their S&W, they just had to move around the budgeting side for the appropriations to be able to accommodate the expenditures. But the revenue from the State money will be taken into the General Fund. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay, so this was to cover operating expenses from the course of 2019 fiscal year? MS. OSHIRO: Yes, yes. So these were just to finish off the fiscal year. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: And nothing else? MS. OSHIRO: This this transfer itself was dated in May, so up until that point the department had enough, and then just needed this last transfer to get through the fiscal year. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay, thank you. I yield. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder and Ms. Oshiro. Anyone else? Seeing none, all those in favor please "aye." Page 7 FC -15 July 23, 2019 Vote on Comm. 11.13: The motion to close file on Comm. 11.13 was carried by Filed the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Poindexter, Villegas, and Chair David — 6. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Chung, Lee Loy, and Richards — 3. Excused: None. Comm. 57.2: FOURTH QUARTER CLAIMS REPORT: APRIL 1 — JUNE 30, 2019 From Claims Investigator/Adjustor Clifford D. Victorine III, dated July 2, 2019, transmitting the above report pursuant to Section 2-9 of the Hawaii County Code. Vote on Comm. 57.2: Ms. Eoff moved to close file on Comm. 57.2. Seconded Filed by Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Poindexter, Villegas, and Chair David — 6. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Chung, Lee Loy, and Richards — 3. Excused: None. Comm. 62.2: FOURTH QUARTER REPORT OF PERSONS EMPLOYED UNDER A CONTRACT FOR LESS THAN 90 DAYS: APRIL 1 — JUNE 30, 2019 From Human Resources Director William V. Brilhante, Jr., dated July 1, 2019, transmitting the above report pursuant to Section 2-12.5 of the Hawaii County Code. Motion to Close File: Ms. Villegas moved to close file on Comm. 62.2. Seconded by Ms. Kierkiewicz. CHR. DAVID: Anyone has any questions? MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Chair, is anyone from HR (Human Resources) in the Hilo Chambers? CHR. DAVID: I will check. Because Mr. Brilhante I believe is out of the office and leaving for vacation. Hilo, as anyone from HR in our Hilo Chambers? Page 8 FC -15 July 23, 2019 MS. POINDEXTER: Nope, there's no one here from HR. CHR. DAVID: No one here. Alright, maybe MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Chair, can we make a motion to defer this to the next Committee meeting? I have questions for Director Brilhante. CHR. DAVID: Okay, I'm not sure if he's in, like I said, today. But we'll find out. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Okay. And the reason is because we only get these reports quarterly rate. CHR. DAVID: I know, rate. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: So it makes sense for us to have a conversation about it if we can, sooner rather than later. CHR. DAVID: Okay. You want a motion to defer to the next—postpone? Vote on Motion to Ms. Kierkiewicz moved to postpone Comm. 62.2 to Postpone: August 6, 2019. Seconded by Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder (Approved) and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Poindexter, Villegas, and Chair David – 6. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Chung, Lee Loy, and Richards – 3. Excused: None. Comm. 346: ANNUAL AUDIT PLAN FROM THE OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR From Legislative Auditor Bonnie S. Nims, dated June 26, 2019, transmitting the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Audit Plan, pursuant to Hawaii County Charter Section 3-18(d)(2). Motion to Close File: Ms. Eoff moved to close file on Comm. 346. Seconded by Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder. CHR. DAVID: I understand that Auditor Nims is in the room in Hilo, and if anyone has questions. Ms. Nims, would you like to come forward and give us a summary of this report, please? Page 9 FC -15 July 23, 2019 (Note: At this time, Legislative Auditor Bonnie S. Nims came forward to address the members of the Committee.) MS. NIMS: Good morning. Bonnie Nims, Legislative Auditor. CHR. DAVID: Good morning. MS. NIMS: Basically, as part of Government auditing standards and the Hawaii County Charter, we performed an annual risk assessment and developed an annual audit plan to assess the audits that we feel have the most public interest and return on investment for the County of Hawaii. Based on the information that we obtained this year through internet searches, through Committee and Council concerns as well as citizen concerns that we've got, we've developed our plan. It has four performance audits. The first one is a continuation of the Real Property Tax, and a continuation of our Park and Recreation facilities maintenance audit that we actually began this fiscal year. We're also going to take a look at grants management. We haven't decided the County's yet, or the individual departments or grants that will be done during our risk assessment and further evaluation. And then, number four, is our Contract Administration. Kind of the same thing. Once we get in there and do some survey work and some preliminary planning, we'll be able to narrow that down a little bit more, specifically. We'll also be doing three follow-up audits, including our follow-up of Public Works Highway Division's inventory report that we did back in 2017. We will be following up on the Department of Human Resources hiring practices from the 2017 audit as well as cash handling from Mass Transit from 2018. In addition, we'll be considering non -audit services, including monitoring of pCards for unexpected or unusual purchases; look at surprise cash counts for those agencies and departments that receive cash; and scan travel expenditures for unexpected travel charges. As part of the Hawaii County Charter, we also manage the contract with the external CPA (Certified Public Accountant) firm for the Financial Audit and Single Audit for the Annual Financial Report. So that is all I have for this year. I'm happy to take any questions. CHR. DAVID: Thank you very much for that explanation. Council Members, questions? Ms. Kierkiewicz, go ahead. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you, Chair. Bonnie, thank you, and your team for putting this together for us. We appreciate your work. I'm just wondering if you Page 10 FC -15 July 23, 2019 could quickly go over how you make the determination as to what to prioritize and to pursue in your annual audits. MS. NIMS: Sure. What we do is several different things. We attend an annual conference where we identify training issues on a nationwide level. We talk to constituents that calls, newspaper articles, we discuss items with different Council Members, as well as calls from departments asking for questions or clarifications or problems that they've been having. Based on all of that input, as well as just an inherent risk analysis, we brainstorm and prioritize what we feel is going to have the most citizen impact and return on investment for the County of Hawaii. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you. That's very helpful. You know, and I do want to make a note; I'm glad that you're looking at grants management. I know that a lot of our folks at the County take it upon themselves to go after grants. I think that's a really underleveraged tool. And I hope that your audit will articulate ways in which we can better support our County going after those available funds. Thank you, Chair. I yield. CHR. DAVID: Thank you, Ms. Kierkiewicz. Anyone else? Seeing none, otherwise mahalo, Ms. Nims. And I believe the next item might require you to sit there, so thank you. All those in favor filing Communication 346 please say Ic aye. Vote on Comm. 346: The motion to close file on Comm. 346 was carried by Filed following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Poindexter, Villegas, and Chair David — 6. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Chung, Lee Loy, and Richards — 3. Excused: None. Comm. 348: FOLLOW-UP AUDIT REPORT: CASH HANDLING AT COUNTY OF HAWAI`I'S DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION From Legislative Auditor Bonnie S. Nims, dated June 28, 2019, transmitting the above report pursuant to Hawaii County Charter Section 3-18(d)(3). Motion to Close File: Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder moved to close file on Comm. 348. Seconded by Ms. Villegas. CHR. DAVID: Ms. Nims, would you please give us again another summary of this. Page 11 FC -15 July 23, 2019 MS. NIMS: I'd be happy to. This is a cash handling follow-up on the Department of Parks and Recreation. In June of 2016, we issued a cash handling audit on Department of Parks and Recreation, and it resulted in five different audit recommendations in four general areas, including segregation of duties, monitoring and oversight, policies and procedures, as well as training of Parks and Recreation employees accepting cash. During the course of our audit, we interviewed Parks and Recreation staff as well as examined records, and found that Parks and Recreation has implemented four out of five of our recommendations. Essentially, they've implemented all the process changes. We did find that the policies and procedures had not always been updated to reflect the revised policies, and so we again recommended to the department to shore up their policies and procedures to reflect what they're actually doing. Last I heard from Director Waltjen, that they were in the process of doing that. CHR. DAVID: Thank you very much. Council Members, you have any questions for Ms. Nims? Seeing none, thank you, Ms. Nims, for the great work you folks are doing. All those in favor please say "aye." Vote on Comm. 348: The motion to close file on Comm. 348 was carried by the Filed the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Poindexter, Villegas, and Chair David — 6. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Chung, Lee Loy, and Richards — 3. Excused: None. CHR. DAVID: Mr. Clerk, please move on to Order of Resolutions. Resolution 215-19. ORDER OF The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, RESOLUTIONS: Order of Resolutions. Page 12 FC -15 July 23, 2019 Res. 215-19: AUTHORIZES THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF HAWAII SURPLUS PROPERTY OFFICE FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATION OF A HYDROGEN BUS Accepts a 2012 F550 Aero Elite bus with an original cost value of $105,424 for addition to the Mass Transit Agency's transportation fleet. Reference: Comm. 357 Intr. by: Ms. David (B/R) Motion to Approve: Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder moved to recommend adoption of Res. 215-19. Seconded by Ms. Villegas. (Note: At this time Mass Transit Administrator Brenda Carreira came forward to address the members of the Committee.) CHR. DAVID: Discussion, Council Members. Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, go ahead. MR. KANEALII-KLEINFELDER: I'm just very excited about this. This is one of two buses, actually one of three buses we're going to be getting. Just continue to be excited and continue to ask for everyone's support, and moving us forward in this area. CHR. DAVID: Thank you very much. And I see Director Carreira. Good morning and welcome. MS. CARREIRA: Good morning. CHR. DAVID: Could you please give us a little, few words regarding this hydrogen bus? MS. CARREIRA: Okay. Well, one thing I just wanted to share; so this is just one bus. Because I know there was some confusion, but there's going to be two. We gladly welcome the hydrogen bus. We look forward to checking it out in Honolulu, and proceeding with using the bus once all the training and other things are completed. CHR. DAVID: Thank you. Thank you very much. Anyone? Oh, Mr. Kaneali`i- Kleinfelder, go ahead. MR. KANEALII-KLEINFELDER: Brenda, I just wanted to thank you for helping us to get to this point where we are right now. And I also want to remind Page 13 FC -15 July 23, 2019 you that as we learn how to take on this new technology, I do stand with you on your side of the table. So if you need anything, you let me know. If it's not working, I'll take flack for that as well, not just you. So, you remember that. I'm right here. MS. CARREIRA: Thank you, Sir. CHR. DAVID: Mahalo for that, Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder. And thank you, Director, for being here. Anyone else? Seeing none, all those in favor of Resolution 215-19 please say "aye." Vote on Res. 215-19: The motion to recommend adoption of Res. 215-19 (Approved) was carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Poindexter, Villegas, and Chair David — 6. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Chung, Lee Loy, and Richards — 3. Excused: None. CHR. DAVID: But I want to make a note that Council Member Lee Loy has entered the room. Welcome. Alright, Mr. Clerk, can we move to Bills for Ordinances, please? Bill 89, thank you. BILLS FOR The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, ORDINANCES: Bills for Ordinances. Bill 89: AMENDS ORDINANCE NO. 19-73, AS AMENDED, THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAII FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2020 Increases revenues in the Operating Reserve from Previous Year — Ouli Ekahi Housing Fund account ($225,000); and appropriates the same to the Ouli Ekahi Project Expenditure account. Funds would be used for roof repairs at Ouili Ekahi Housing Project. Reference: Comm. 358 Intr. by: Ms. David (B/R) Motion to Approve: Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder moved to recommend passage of Bill 89 on first reading. Seconded by Ms. Eoff. (Note: At this time Housing and Community Development Administrator Neil Gyotoku came forward to address the members of the Committee.) Page 14 FC -15 July 23, 2019 CHR. DAVID: Mr. Gyotoku, thank you for being here this morning. Could you please give us a rundown of the contents of this bill? MR. GYOTOKU: Good morning. Neil Gyotoku, Housing Administrator. The purpose of the ordinance was that before we needed to replace the roof at Ouli Ekahi project—before the bid was advertised, we had budgeted $550,000. The lowest bid came in at $766,000, so we need the additional funds to cover the bid. The roofs are very old, over 30 -plus years. We've had at least four incidents were wind damages. The insurance company had to repair the roofs, so we're looking to replace the entire roofs of approximately 17 buildings. CHR. DAVID: Alright, thank you very much. Council Members, any questions? Seeing none, thank you, Mr. Gyotoku MR. GYOTOKU: Thank you very much. CHR. DAVID: All those in favor please say "aye." Vote on Bill 89: The motion to recommend passage of Bill 89 on first reading (Approved) carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Lee Loy, Poindexter, Villegas, and Chair David – 6. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Chung and Richards – 2. Excused: None. CHR. DAVID: I believe that concludes our agenda. May I have a motion to adjourn? ADJOURN- There being no further business, at 9:40 a.m., Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder moved MENT: to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Ms. Kierkiewicz and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Lee Loy, Poindexter, Villegas, and Chair David – 6. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Chung and Richards – 2. Excused: None. Page 15 FC -15 CHR. DAVID: We are adjourned. Mahalo everybody. Approved: Ms. Maile",irosl)avid,-Cfiair Finance Committee MD/na � (Date) July 23, 2019 Page 16