council thank mr clerk and members before we proceed i'd like to honor a leader who made a true impact and huge impact on this county former mayor elmer provider who passed away yesterday afternoon a rose to power in prominence of the democratic revolution of one nine hundred fifty four and served as the speaker of the state in territorial houses from nine hundred fifty eight to nine hundred sixty seven thirty nine votes to become chairman of the board of supervisors under the new charter which was approved in nineteen sixty eight mayor position was established and he was elected the county's first mayor a position he and had a hand in creating by economic opportunity he was a leader that knew what he was doing and he was instrumental in getting the kalonzo maui building and was the first mayor to occupy the night floor of this building he ran the cooler federal credit union for over twenty years and i supported mr crowe viola he decided to run again for mayor in one nine hundred ninety and i know we all appreciate his incredible service to this county and the state so if we can if you could please join me in a moment of silence for the former mayor when i was a child my mother was a cafeteria worker played yet school elmo was a teacher and so i've known him that long and because i was attending the rosary across the street we would have kath actually before that he had suggested that i might want to apply for a meal i had no idea what i mean but he said they were looking for enough content and at that time i was working at the hospital so i played and went to work at m e u and i guess the rest is history so that's another thing he did in my life when i decided that i wanted to try to run for council is the first person i talk to because it was important to me to have his advice and his support and of course he was very supportive and it anytime where there was a major decision that i had to make i always consulted him the man had incredible vision and he had an money if you put it all together to even get on a little and the first thing we were told is go see america volume and we did four of us went up to the ninth floor met with him and he listened to what we what we had planned to do what we were trying to accomplish and i remember him saying ok i will have you in contact with certain people they'll be calling you make sure you guys available right after that florida all expenses what we needed what taking care of and for especially myself and another person had never left my we the first time we went to the mainland and then we to what an eye opening experience we all to him and that was one of many great stories to the years i've met with him for breakfast at least favorite place and that was many mornings i had had discussions with him along with calvin immortal and my chair just to talk about politics but just talk about life and he and my mom had a very good relationship and he always would talk about my mom and so this day like you missed by such is a hard day because we lost a great person has helped me form what i am today but more important as for my we do what it is today to chair and i think all of us have many many great memories of this man elma when he wanted something done it go is not the way it is today but back then you could do it and no one gave album and italy when he came to that he had a heart of gold and he took care of the people of my county and we are better placed to be because of him we'll miss him dearly but his legacy will long long live on it will be in our hearts and in our minds of all the good things he let us what it was emil what a small economic opportunity development whatever it might have been morcha vanya always said the people especially our need i've done most and is number one priority and if you take care of dam the rest of my county will take care of itself  i like to share a few comments from my perspective please i join my colleagues and you chairman in expressing our condolences and sympathy to his sister in the course nice that some of us the pleasure of knowing another maybe his immediate family may be small i think this extended family a wall the people he touched in his life have a sense of loss t growth in supporting workers rights this man played a key part in catching the wave of what the fifty four called catch the wave with gov burns people like jack call from ma we had patsy min to speak up for most people i would say mr chairman one of the things that of course valued it was he never had to do it his own although he was a very strong leader very visible leader i always felt there was a sense of humility in him was a hard drive being a ministry of office everyone acknowledges that but if you look at his accomplishments as so of our colleagues so it was about what it was better for the greater community and one other thing is that this county did not need to do what he was passionate to do it was how to help the immigrant component of new people to this eco to the county didn't have to do it but he made sure that for that era of time how our workforce they need to have the filipino community be able to have communications governmental services assistance in allowing them communicate with a colleague so they supported those efforts so obviously the man had a great skill in communication had a great skill in negotiating it a great skill in human relations and i would see if anything he showed me why our form of governance works because he made the structure work and that man had strong personalities and i  it was the right thing to do for the this county at that point in time and so i feel a great loss today but i can tell you mr chairman i am grateful i am so thankful that this man gave service to this county because today this county is financially strong we have policies in place and has lived up for us to be able to see and pass on to the next generation paternal and like to give it place and i was a firecracker when i was younger and you know not as common nice as am today and i was talking about the i mean i'm talking with him one day in any telling me he look going to get you into trouble he says you swallow it three times before you open your mouth and i think that every single day i hear him saying be careful when you open your mouth thank individuals in the district offices nor the chamber who wish to offer testimony and we also have not received any written testimony take you with members close public testimony  please proceed mr chair proceeding with ordinances second to find a reading you have before you propose a bill intitled a bill for the ordinance amending the fiscal year two thousand and sixteen budget for the county of maui as it pertains to appendix a part one grant revenue schedule of grants by departments of programs department of housing and human concern section eight housing program to please support the motion on the floor this will allow the department of housing and human concerns to move forward with their budgetary arraignments to conclude fiscal year two thousand and sixteen