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COUNTY OF HAWAII `�'-'-�Yt=*h STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 361 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 THE BIG ISLAND
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL FOR THE 2019
SAKADA DAY CELEBRATION.
WHEREAS, the Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council
(BIRCDC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports the economic, cultural, and natural
environment of Hawai`i Island through sponsorship of festivals, programs and special events
unique to this island; and
WHEREAS, on April 9, 2015, the Honorable Governor David Ige signed into law
HB604 dedicating December 20th as Sakada Day, providing a long-awaited formal recognition of
this very important part of the Filipino community; and
WHEREAS, the fifth annual Sakada Day Celebration will be held in Pahoa town on
December 21, 2019, to honor, showcase, and commemorate the legacy of 125,000 sugar and
pineapple plantation workers (sakadas) recruited from the Philippines between 1906-1946 by the
Hawai`i Sugar Planers Association; and
WHEREAS, BIRCDC is requesting funds for food, refreshments, printing programs,
posters, souvenir booklets, Sakada awards, Philippines Exhibit and Plantation Historical displays
for the 2019 Sakada Day Celebration; and
WHEREAS, one of the goals of the Department of Research and Development is to
support sustainable agricultural practices by promoting education opportunities designed to build
skills and capacity in the farming community and to support local, national, and international
promotion of locally produced agricultural products; 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
Research and Development to provide a grant to Big Island Resource Conservation and
Development Council to assist with the 2019 Sakada Day Celebration.
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: $1,500
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC-Contingency Relief $1,500
CREDITED TO:
010.161.5163.20 Department of Research and Development $1,500
Business Development-R&D
115 Misc. Contract Services
(BIRCDC- 2019 Sakada Day Celebration)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Director of Research and Development 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 Hilo , Hawai`i, this 6th day of November , 2019 •
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL EMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
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
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
County of Hawai`i on November 6, 2019
KIERKIEWICZ X
LEE LOY X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
RICHARDS X
VILLEGAS X
9 0 0 0
Reference: C-544/Council
TY CLERK CHAIRPERSON&PRESIDIN FFICER RESOLUTION NO. 361. 19
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