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<br />Michael Konowicz, Chair <br />Neal Herbert, Vice Chair <br />Lee E. Lord <br />Matthias Kusch <br />ManagingDirector <br />Mitchell D. Roth <br />Chantee Shiroma <br />Madeline Greene <br />Mayor <br />Shannon Matson <br />Kenneth Obenski <br />Daniel Malakie III <br />Karie Wakat <br />Cost of Government Commission <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603, (808) 961-8211 <br />74-,Kailua-(808) 323-4444 <br />October2, 2022 <br />Honorable Mitch Roth, Mayor Honorable Lee Lord,Managing DirectorHonorable Maile Medeiros David, Chair <br />Hawaii County Council <br />County of <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 215 <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 215 <br />Hilo, HI 96720 Hilo, HI 96720Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 <br />Dear Mayor Roth, Mr. Lord, and Chair David: <br />The HawaiiCounty Cost of Government Commission has completed its review of various County <br />departments, boards, and commissions and hereby submits its report pursuant to Article V, Chapter 2, of the Hawaii <br />County Charter. <br />Throughout this calendar year, we held atleast two meetings a month with aquorumto conduct <br />Commission business. Along the way, we invited different leaders within the County to come before us, share their <br />insights, and answer our questions. We also received community input, with written, virtual, and in-person <br />testimony provided by others across the Countythroughout the year. To become more efficient in our process, and <br />to be compliant with state Sunshine Law, we also broke into Permitted Interaction Groups to do a deeper dive into <br />areas deemed to be priority areas by the Commission. <br />In addition to preparing this report for you, we are also setting the stage for success for future Cost of <br />Government Commissions. Beyond our commission-specific recommendations provided in this report, we <br />conducted a Special Public Hearing to updateand modernizeour Rules <br />2003. <br />Following thorough consideration of the responses we received from County employees, members of the <br />public, surveys we deployed, and meetings we had, the Commission has outlined its recommendations in the <br />enclosed report. <br />We want to thank the County of Hawaii for allowing us to take part in our government. TheCounty of <br />Hawaiidoes an amazing job in spite of external constraints, such as isolationandstateand federal mandates. The <br />County of Hawaii has a small town (200,629 population) budget with state size (4,028square miles) responsibility <br />and a continent size variety of conditions.The Commission respectfully requests your consideration of the <br />recommendations in this report. <br />Sincerely, <br />Michael J. Konowicz, Chair <br />Cost of Government Commission <br />