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COUNTY OF HAWAII e• STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 561 20
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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO
ENTER INTO A MULTI-YEAR MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, WATER RESOURCES
• RESEARCH CENTER, PURSUANT TO HRS SECTION 46-7, AND
HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER SECTIONS 10-11 AND 13-13, TO
PROVIDE TRAINING TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
OPERATORS.
WHEREAS,the University of Hawai`i, by its Water Resources Research Center(UH-
WRRC), sponsors and administers the Statewide Wastewater Operator Training Center
(SWOTC); and
WHEREAS,the SWOTC serves the four (4) counties of the State of Hawai`i; and
WHEREAS,the SWOTC provides wastewater training classes, and upon completion
of such classes, operating personnel are awarded Continuing Education Units, qualifying them
to sit for exams for obtaining and/or renewing an operator certification; and
WHEREAS, this is a multi-year agreement under which the SWOTC will provide
twelve (12)training courses per year for a five (5) year training program; and
WHEREAS, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 46-7 requires the County to obtain the
consent of the Council;to enter into agreements with the Federal or State governments
respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by law to furnish, expend,
and receive any funds or other assistance in connection with projects being or to be
undertaken pursuant to those powers; and
WHEREAS the Hawaii County Charter, Section 10-11 requires that any contract,
lease or other obligation requiring payment of funds from the appropriations of a later fiscal
year or of more than one fiscal year shall be made or approved by resolution; and
WHEREAS the Hawai'i County Charter Section 13-13 allows the county to enter into
contracts with private parties, other counties, the State or the United States for the
performance of any function or activity which the county is authorized to perform; and
WHEREAS the Hawai'i County Charter §13-13(b) requires that such contracts: Be
authorized by the council by resolution if legislative action is necessary to implement the
contract; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, in
accordance with §46-7, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, and §§10-11 and 13-13(b) of the Hawai`i
County Charter, that the Mayor of the County of Hawai`i is authorized to execute, on behalf of
the County, an agreement and related documents with the UH-WRRC to enable the County to
obtain the multi-year training for wastewater operators via the SWOTC as described above.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk of the County of Hawai`i shall
transmit copies of this resolution to the Office of the Mayor, the Finance Department, and the
Department of Environmental Management.
Dated at Hilo , Hawai`i, this 8th day of April , 2020.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL M `� :ER, - Y 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
County of Hawaii.on April 8, 2020 KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ X _
LEE LOY X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
RICHARDS X
VILLEGAS X
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Reference: C-847/Waived FC
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