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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 526 20
UNITAN
KOHALA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER FOR EXPENSES RELATING TO THE
KOHALA COQUI COALITION.
WHEREAS, the North Kohala Community Resource Center (NKCRC) is a 5 0 1 (c) (3)
nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase the number of successful community
projects that benefit North Kohala; and
WHEREAS, the Kohala Coqui Coalition (KCC) is a NKCRC project that is working to
prevent the coqui from overtaking Kohala; and
WHEREAS, the coqui has no predators, parasites, or diseases in Hawaii to reduce the
growth of their population; and
WHEREAS, the coqui arrive in Kohala via plants and vehicles from infested areas of the
island; and
WHEREAS, KCC will continue a three -pronged approach to prevent infestations via
education, prevention, and eradication; and
WHEREAS, NKCRC is requesting funds for the KKC project to assist with the coqui
information telephone line, purchases of chemicals, safety supplies, newspaper, advertising and
printing, and equipment and repair; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawaii 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 9 will be appropriated to the Department of
Research and Development to provide a grant to the North Kohala Community Resource Center
to defray costs of the Kohala Coqui Coalition's efforts to minimize the presence of coqui in
Kohala.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawaii hereby
transferred/appropriated the following amount as set forth below:
FUND: General
AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATION: $3,000
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC-Contingency Relief $3,000
CREDITED TO:
010.161.5161.22 Department of Research and Development $3,000
Agriculture-R&D OCE
115 Misc. Contract Services
(NKCRC-Kohala Coqui Coalition)
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 25th day of March , 2020.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY OF H A AII
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
County of Hawai`i on March 25, 2020 KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ X
LEE LOY X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
RICHARDS X
VILLEGAS X
9 0 0 0
Reference: C-802/Council
TY CLERK CHAIRPERSON&PRESI G OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 526 20
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