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OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
THE COUNTY OF KAUA‘I
DEREK S. K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR
MICHAEL A. DAHILIG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
NALANI BRUN
ACTING DIRECTOR
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Arryl Kaneshiro, Council Chair
FROM: Nalani Brun, Office of Economic Development Acting Director
VIA: Michael A. Dahilig, Managing Director
DATE: April 9, 2020
RE: Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget Follow-Up Questions for April 6, 2020
This is memorandum is in response to the follow-up questions directed to the Office of Economic Department from April 6, 2020.
#1 The Human Resource Vacancy Report will address all vacancy & recruitment questions #2 Anticipated revision in the May 8th Supplemental Office of Economic Development
1. Please explain the “OTHER SERVICES” line item of $222,486 (page 87). What is it for and
what type of expenses are anticipated? Response:
$6,000 Ambassadors of Aloha Program where we provide small promotional
items like stickers and buttons to residents traveling to promote Kaua‘i. $68,000 Sunshine Market Marketing Program. This year we want to build out a
special website for our Agricultural division with an accompanying online
advertising program of our Kaua‘i Sunshine Markets. In addition these funds will help us build up some of the sunshine markets to be more of a
community market experience.
$2,000 Program development support. We wish to do increased traditional sunshine market marketing-radio/print etc.
$30,000 This would allow us to get two Vistas for twelve months to help support
community based economic recovery efforts under the Energy & Sustainability Coordinator. The program is coordinated Statewide and
provides the VISTAs (recruited locally if at all possible) with experience and training and us with needed help with community outreach and
planning.
$20,000 These are the film tradeshows and costs associated with participating in them. Once we come through COVID-19, one of the first industries that
has the ability to get up and go quickly is the film industry. These shows
allow us to go after that business. $16,486 This would be used to hold our first Film Summit. We want to bring
together people who work in the film industry as well as the large land
owners where films are created to work on building this industry.
Nalani Brun (Apr 11, 2020)
Michael Dahilig (Apr 11, 2020)
Michael Dahilig
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$30,000 This is for Kaua‘i Made program support and provides, among other things, large events like the Kaua‘i Made Holly Jolly Holiday Fair. OED
intends to hold two large events in the next fiscal year. These events see
sell outs for many Kaua‘i Made vendors. $25,000 These funds will help the Business Innovation Coordinator collect and
build out a Kauai Data Dashboard.
$25,000 Business Innovation Program Development Support. These funds will help our Business Innovation Coordinator work with and help fund
programs such as the Kauai Maker Space, technology trainings and other
programs to build business on Kauai. $222,486 TOTAL
2. Please explain the “CONSULTANT SERVICES” line item of $65,000 (page 87). What is it for and what type of expenses are anticipated? Please also provide details on how this current
fiscal year’s funds ($41,000) have been or are being expended.
Response: The 41,000 in the current budget is being used for a Facilitator/Business Mentor
whose job it is to walk businesses who are ready, through a growth plan. Currently we have
shifted his duties to helping businesses and OED through economic recovery preparation and processes. We expect that the 41,000 will be used up by the Fall. The $65,000 is to do the
same work but through the balance of FY21. The Business Mentor is a HIGH PRIORITY for us.
3. Please explain the “SPECIAL PROJECTS” line item of $60,000 (page 87). What is it for and what type of expenses are anticipated?
Response: These funds are used to pay for the facilitator for the Kekaha Host Community Benefits Program. The facilitator is approved by the Kekaha CAC and manages all of their
meetings, preparation, grant-writing support to applicants, financial reporting and organizing of
their processes, managing their website, surveys, reports and files. Community meetings for this group are once a month but there is much work expected in between.
These funds are for the hiring of the Kekaha Host Community Benefits Program
4. Under “GRANT IN AID,” please explain the “KEKAHA MILL REDEVELOPMENT” line item of $145,000 (page 88) in more detail.
Response: We are a cooperative partner in this project and propose to support the community’s efforts with $145,000 which will help to pay for Site Planning, Financial Planning and
Stakeholder engagement. The community group is actively working to find other funding to
complete pre-work, acquisition and remediation for the site.
5. Please confirm that: you only had one (1) current vacancy (Position Number E-62) (which HR’s March 15, 2020 Vacancy Report lists as “Offer Made” for recruitment status); this position
has since been filled with the person having started; and there are no other vacancies. If instead you have any other vacancies or anticipated vacancies, please describe (in more than a few words) the planned recruitment effort for each, including the date you intend to initiate
recruitment, how long you anticipate recruitment taking, and the earliest hire date and/or start date expected.
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Response: See item #1.
6. How does the proposed moving of Position Number E-61 (“ECONOMIC DEV. SPEC. IV,” page 87) to the Office of the Mayor impact your workload at OED? How will you fill any gaps
created by the move, or what services or programs are you reducing or eliminating? Response: OED will still be working as closely as usual and daily interfacing with Position
Number E-61. There will be no gaps or service/program reduction. This move just changes
Position E-61’s immediate supervisor.
7. For Position Number 9219, “ECONOMIC DEV. ACCOUNTANT” (page 87), what is the “Other
Source” that partially funds forty-four percent (44%) of this position? Please describe the
reliability of this other source for FY 2021 and beyond, and explain whether there could be a future need for additional General Fund moneys to cover that 44% portion.
Response: 22% of the funding for this position comes from our Workforce Innovation and Opportunity (WIOA) administrative funds and the other 22% comes from our Hawai‘i Tourism
Authority Administration Funds for OED support of the Community Product Enrichment
Program. We expect that the WIOA funds will remain strong in light of COVID-19 however, we have not received word yet on what kind of cuts there could be to the HTA budget and how they
will disburse those cuts. Because this is how they partner with the counties, versus having neighbor island offices, I would imagine this would be a hard place for HTA to cut.
8. For Position Number 9222, “ECONOMIC DEV. SPEC. IV” (page 87), what is the “Other Source” that fully funds this position? Please describe the reliability of this other source for FY
2021 and beyond, and explain whether there could be a future need for additional General Fund moneys to cover any portion of this position.
Response: We use Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) Funding to pay for this position. We expect that funding to remain strong since this is workforce related support and we
are in a workforce related emergency.
9. For the increases to Travel, the detailed justification in your Budget Narrative is much appreciated. However, given the dire financial situation of the County due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which of the planned additional travel expenditures could you defer for a year?
Response: See item #2.
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