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BUDGET & FINANCE COMMITTEE
August 26, 2015
A meeting of the Budget & Finance Committee of the Council of the
County of Kaua`i, State of Hawaii, was called to order by Arryl Kaneshiro, Chair, at
the Council Chambers, 4396 Rice Street, Suite 201, Lihu`e, Kaua`i, on Wednesday,
August 26, 2015, at 9:11 a.m., after which the following Members answered the call
of the roll:
Honorable Mason K. Chock
Honorable Gary L. Hooser
Honorable Ross Kagawa
Honorable KipuKai Kuali`i
Honorable Mel Rapozo
Honorable JoAnn A. Yukimura
Honorable Arryl Kaneshiro
Minutes of the August 12, 2015 Budget & Finance Committee Meeting.
Upon motion duly made by Councilmember Kagawa, seconded by
Councilmember Kuali`i, and unanimously carried, the Minutes of the
August 12, 2015 Budget & Finance Committee Meeting was approved.
The Committee proceeded on its agenda items, as shown in the following
Committee Reports, which are incorporated herein by reference:
(Note: Councilmember Kuali`i was noted as recused from C 2015-223.)
CR-BF 2015-23: on C 2015-223 Communication (07/30/2015) from the
Prosecuting Attorney, requesting Council
approval to receive and expend Federal funds
in the amount of $163,000, and approval to
indemnify the State of Hawaii, Department
of the Attorney General, for the Sex Assault
Prosecution Unit, for the period of January
1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, to create
a Sex Assault Prosecution Unit, which will
consist of a 0.90 Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
Special Prosecuting Attorney and 1.00 FTE
Legal Clerk, as well as training, an increase
in the contract with the YWCA Sexual
Assault Treatment Program, supplies, and
equipment. (Approved.)
BF COMMITTEE MEETING 2 AUGUST 26, 2015
CR-BF 2015-24: on C 2015-226 Communication (08/03/2015) from the
Prosecuting Attorney, requesting Council
approval to receive and expend Federal funds
in the amount of $95,535, and approval to
indemnify the State of Hawaii, Department
of the Attorney General, for Ke `Ahi Pio`ole,
also known as the Cold Case Unit, for the
period of January 1, 2016 to December 31,
2016, to continue the work involved in solving
the island's cold cases. The funding will be
utilized for consultants, overtime for Kaua`i
Police Department Detectives and the Office
of the Prosecuting Attorney's Special
Investigators, training, travel for interviews,
DNA submission, digital photographs and/or
transcripts, and office supplies. (Approved.)
CR-BF 2015-25: on BF 2015-04 Communication (07/29/2015) from Council
Chair Rapozo and Council Vice Chair
Kagawa, requesting the presence of the
Director of Finance and the Real Property Tax
Manager, to discuss the assessment of real
property, the way real property is assessed,
the methodology used by the Real Property
Tax Assessment Division to assess property,
and all other related issues. (Received for
the Record.)
CR-BF 2015-26: on Bill No. 2591 A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. B-2015-796, AS
AMENDED, RELATING TO THE
OPERATING BUDGET OF THE COUNTY
OF KAUAI, STATE OF HAWAII, FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2015 THROUGH
JUNE 30, 2016, BY REVISING THE
AMOUNTS ESTIMATED IN THE
GENERAL FUND AND SEWER FUND
(Kauai Lagoons Resort Wastewater
Treatment Capacity Assessment Refund -
$758,550) (Approved.)
BF COMMITTEE MEETING 3 AUGUST 26, 2015
CR-BF 2015-27: on Bill No. 2592 A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND
SECTION 2, ORDINANCE NO. 891
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE
COUNTY OF KAUAI FOR THE PURPOSE
OF FINANCING CERTAIN PUBLIC
IMPROVEMENTS AND REFUNDING
CERTAIN BONDS OF THE COUNTY;
FIXING OR AUTHORIZING THE FIXING
OF THE FORM, DENOMINATIONS, AND
CERTAIN OTHER DETAILS OF SUCH
BONDS AND PROVIDING FOR THE SALE
OF SUCH BONDS TO THE PUBLIC
(Approved.)
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:52 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Darrellyne M. Caldeira
Council Services Assistant II
APPROVED at the Committee Meeting held on September 9, 2015:
ARR KANESHIRO
Chair, BF Committtee