thank you this morning we're happy to welcome the members of the committee of schools by we campus student government and their advisor in the army ashman and if you would you please rise as i call your name now we welcome to you and then this morning we also have  i'm sorry taylor  john williamson and hunter worth they're here to observe the council operations and troy from my office was kind enough to go up and make a presentation on how county government works so we welcome you to the chamber and this is going to be a relatively well i shouldn't say and yeah i my to call a council member got a spice to provide opening remarks thank you very much tara for the unity first of all this is not in my remarks but i would like to say i'm the proud representative of the district that the school is in and i'm delighted to have them here i told them that this is practice for when they sit in these seats right as most of you know the council is deeply engaged in our annual budget crafting task as stated in the charter of the council shall have the power to legislate appropriations for county purposes and to set taxes rates fees assessments and to borrow money subject to limitations provided by law and the charter we receive the mare's proposed budget on march twenty fourth and will hopefully complete our process and have a report completed by midnight on may first we are spending long days and long evenings carefully reviewing revenues expenditures and prepare proposed projects to make good informed decisions we are very appreciative of the input we have received from the various departments and the public so far however i would like to take this opportunity to invite everyone to be a part of the decision making process you can testify in person at our daily meetings in chambers starting at nine send us e mails faxes or call our offices you can attend the remaining district meetings and public hearing which are and will be advertised tonight the council will be eat and why local coffee louie will be six thirty at lee school and up country at six o'clock at the virus center public hearing is scheduled at six pm in chamber and it's going to be on april twenty third we want to make the best use of our resources and we take our stewardship of taxpayer dollars very seriously your participation is very welcome if you need more information or would like to know more please call council services the numbers two seven zero seven eight three eight zero call one of your members i'm sure their staff will be happy to help you we will do the best we can with the dollars we have thank you thank you great comments this morning will you all please rise and join me in the pledge of thank you very much and before we proceed with the gender of may please ask that everyone in the chamber silence or cell phones or other noisemaking devices and mr clerk proceed mr chair proceeding with the presentation of testimony on agenda items we've established limited telephone interactive communication that enables individuals from one of the not to provide testimony from our district offices individuals who wish to offer testimony from honolulu not sign up with district office staff individuals who wish to offer testimony in the chamber please sign up at a desk located in the eighth floor lobby just outside the chamber door testimony at all the cations is limited to the items listed on today's agenda pursuant to the rules of the council each justifier may be allowed to testify for up to three minutes with one minute to conclude if requested when testifying please see your name in the name of any organization you represent home office please identify yourself and introduce your first testif did you hear what mrs bison said she's looking forward to seeing you up here when she's no longer in the position she's in so there's the challenge good for you i'm sure you're up to it on our agenda today there are two items the gut from the budget and finance committee to the council at large so that's the group that's here today and i went over the materials when you come down you can just go to the seventh floor you have been able to read the agenda and they lobby plough to when you came and figure out what's going to be coming up and then be able to go up to the seventh floor and tell them you'd like to see the materials that are related to whatever was been here when it had been in the budget and finance committee before it gets to us today here today and i'm very concerned because there are enormous references to the fact of how you were in debt so we all need to keep a handle on our own budgets and the council needs to make sure that the council itself and the administration keep a good l and belt around that budget one of the most frequently phrases listed in here is debt service and borrows from other that we need when we're functioning to do it right with bono that's right in our county booklet anybody can read it it's a bright screaming green you can find that at the seventh floor to take it with you and to not only do it right with bono but to do it timely we have hundreds of millions of dollars in debt for not having done things according to federal legislation that was passed and one nine hundred seventy two where you folks were born it was on the books and well before some of us w and it's on the books that we need to keep our air and our water clean air act clean water and so does everybody else in the united states to be able to cherish those gifts that are ours not only are they gifts to be cherished by law and when we don't abide by those laws we get penalized daily but we're talking about thousands of dollars per day so between the time you get up to come here this morning and now we're already in that much more debt so when we're talking about debt slicing down  minutes ok thank you yes so on that fifteen forty the first item it talks about how within the council we're taking money from this kitty to put to that kitty to put to the other ki some of that has been very effective but the major debt still holds and i forty one one more time we keep saying debt reduction debt reduction debt reductions and we're talking about hundreds of millions put this i mean it just you know so when we do that we look over and we see that again where borrowing from this committee to that committee in order to cover that debt but the major debt keeps on in there so one thing that i thought was very exciting was that and i'm sure this is going to be addressed today there are recommendations on how we can make sure that we get a stop on some of that and to be able to function more effectively in the future so there's always a bright future there if people will look for the ways to do it and my compliments to those people especially on the council and on the council's committees that work till the midnight i was i've been here sometimes with you on those late nights in and just the stamina keeps keeps going happens so one thing that i would also say that coming up country me is housing project going on behind the drugstore up there and that is on today's agenda too so to be able to get you some new neighbors up there and to be able to make sure that whatever what practices that were not the best get turned into better and best yet so thank  you members any clarification of the testimony you did seemed thank you very much for coming mr welcome mr clerk mr chair there are no further individual signed up to testify in the council chamber third any additional individuals in the council chamber or at the district offices who would like to offer testimony please identify yourself to the proper it staff and proceed to the testimony elector in our district office phone at this time on office are there any additional testif chair if we could close public testimony at last thank you thank you without objection will close public testimony no exception thank you no proceed mr clerk mr chair proceeding with committee reports you have before you for your budget and finance committee the following committee reports committee report fifteen to thirty eight recommending that kind of communication fifteen dash eighty five be filed mr hall comma chairman move the committee put fifteen this thirty eight and its recommendations be adopted doing the audit behalf of the council and the legislative branch of our government overall i would say that a lot of his phone the majority of our operations are general ledger o grants and programs to be in good conditions however in them i use a service it is not often that in order to will state in his report if finding of material weakness which is a significant statement for an auditor to present to the body and so while he explained that his concern regarding the material weakness you committee was also concerned about the continuing significant deficiencies of ten that the auditor continued he didn't order to notify the committee and our committee expressed concern with frank means that were continually passes nine eyes zero knows this clerk you have before you committee report fifteen to thirty nine recommending the following one that the proposed bill entitled a bill for an ordinance amending the fiscal year two thousand and fifteen budget for the county of maui as it pertains to estimated revenues wes my community plan area parks and recreation ecosystem restoration project total capital improvement project appropriations and total appropriations operating capital improvement projects be passed on first reading and be ordered to print and to that kind of second from this cochran mr holcombe chairman thank you this is specific regarding the ecosystem restoration project in west smiley this is to ensure some security regarding the perimeters of the tate that we all definitely support the mission and vision of this project and will continue to support it we did have some concerns in regards to the parking lot concessions that the funds were we thought would be sufficient to provide for such needs of like this fencing but i'm happy to present to the council here today that the archeological inventory survey is proceeding it's moving very positively along and they have been finding some some great important things so this is definitely needed and looking forward to continued positive steps forward with this project so thank you for that pond with the island of which was the past residence of the elite when behind it was the capital and we've just begun an archeological inventory survey and from what we've heard in fact just last night they identified a large boat that indicate the edge of the island and several locations when we did a survey back and i can remember the one nine hundred ninety three maybe maybe ninety five we located a pier on the side while the church and so it's a very exciting time the measure that we're looking at adopting today provides a security fence to protect the area and  keep people from getting out getting too much involved and after our activities when we're doing an archeological inventory survey so without any for m any further discussion members seen none of those in favor policing the fire by saying i suppose say no measure passes nine zero knows mr clerk for the record bill fifteen two thousand and fifteen ye before you commit a report fifteen to forty recommending the following one that the proposed bill entitled a bill for an ordinance amending the fiscal year two thousand and fifteen budget for the county of maui as it pertains estimated revenues department of finance department of public works and department of water supply total operating appropriations and total appropriations operating capital improvement projects be passed on first reading in the order to print and to that kind of communication fifteen to eighty seven be filed mr  passes nine zero knows the clerk for the record bill sixteen two thousand and fifteen yet before you commit a report fifteen to forty one recommend in the following one that the proposed bill entitled a bill for an ordinance amending the fiscal year two thousand and fifteen budget for the maui as it pertains estimated revenues department of environmental management department of finance department of parks and recreation department of public works and department of water supply total operating appropriations and total appropriations operating capital improvement projects be passed on first reading and be bond funds for county projects that the department to try and capture better interest rates on the county's benefit i made a commitment to pitt and the last month of the current fiscal year which we normally do not do and therefore friends are not readily available to pay its portion of this year's county debt service therefore this bill for an ordinance on first reading would be to provide those additional funds for the principal interest payme knowledge this is an eight million dollars payment that we're having to make about a month early but it's a recollection of strong calm as it saving us approximately two hundred thousand dollars and that's a good number interment any further discussion seen none all those in favor please signify by saying i those opposed say no measure passes nine zero knows mr clerk for the record bill seventeen two thousand and fifteen you have before you committee report fifteen to forty to recommend in the following one that the proposed bill entitled a bill for an ordinance amending the fiscal year two thousand and fifteen budget for the county amount as a pertains to estimated revenues department of public safety total operating appropriations and total salaries premium pay and operations for the department of fire and public safety your committee had intense discussion curbing the projected premium pay and additional obligations due to the clerk for the record bill eighteen two thousand and fifteen proceeding with kind of communications you had before you kind of communication fifteen dash one one two from the director of finance transmitting to the council sixty seven contracts and grants for review the cherries of the committee is open to those requests by the members a so therefore members i move that kind of communication fifteen deaths one one to be other members requests for to have contracts submitted to the committee chairman members other requests or any other contracts to be referred to committee any further discussion on the motion seen none all those in favor signify by saying i those opposed say no measure passes nine eyes zero knows this clerk you have before you kind of communication fifteen dash one one three from the director of water supply transmitting to the council the department of water supplies monthly source report and groundwater use report for the month ending march two thousand and fifteen miss by so i thank you chair i move to file passes nine eyes zero nose mr clerk mr chair proceeding with kind of communications for referral the following kind of communications are recommended for referral to the following committees is noted to budget and finance committee kind of communication fifteen dash one one four from the county auditor transmitting to the council copies of audit report number fourteen does zero one relating to the examination of the treasury function of the department of finance kind of communication fifteen ash one one five from the director of housing and human concerns transmitting to the council the matter relating to abolishment of positions within department of housing in human concerns to your land use committee kind of communication fifteen dash one one six from the planning director transmitting to the council a proposed change in zoning application filed by transmitting documents in a proposed bill and titled a bill for an ordinance to change zoning from ardeshir residential district to p desh one public cause i public district for property situated to your policy and intergovernmental affairs committee kind of communication fifteen dash one one seven from the mayor transmitting to the a proposed resolution entitled removal of from the affirmative action advisory council thank you mr clerk members are there any objections to the referrals as read by the clerk as proceed mr chair proceeding with ordinances second and final reading you have before you bill number nine two thousand and fifteen entitled a bill for an ordinance amending chapter three point four a country code relating to rip up the tax home exemption for  married persons living separate and apart any further discussion mr comfort thank you mr chair and i just wanted to let you know i had a conversation with the head of the division there and he said this was a thorn in the side of some a lot of the clerks who'd been seeing this go through and they finally got together and went to him and said hey what can we do about this and they told him to bring it to council and see what happens and so i want to thank them for spotting this loophole and  having the fortitude to come to to their boss and get a ordinance passed strictly from their initiative so it was a good job thank you i would agree with that this is another example of a law that this council passes with with the best of intentions and and yet there are folks that figure out a way to take advantage of what's what's been in the past in many cases made the corrections necessary to make sure some of these loopholes work well done in the end you're well aware and i think also due to his comments about the employees and i hope they will step forward in the future in other departments to let us know because they are the eyes and ears of of the county they deal with the consumer each and every day our constituents so if there is a challenge let us know so that if there is a rectification we need to do we can get on it as soon thousand and fifteen entitled a bill for an ordinance determining that part of the proceeds of general again bonds of the county of maui here too for issued as in excess of the amounts required for the purposes for which such a bonds were initially issued or may or should not be applied to those purposes and directing bad fire many many years ago so i would ask them as to support the motion for second and final thank you thank you mr  any further comment democrats are mr victory and you know i'm happy to finally see this come to fruition i mean when we first entered the council eight and a half years ago this was one of the first things that came toward tests is this be shot because the state to move out of their area and that the speech that is presently occupied by the public works so i congratulate mr crew for all our efforts and mr dale because he was one will start to support us for many many opposed say no is your passes nine eyes zero knows mr clarke you have before you bill number thirteen two thousand and fifteen entitled a bill for an ordinance authorizing the mayor of the county of maui to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the government agreement with the whole why housing and finance and to develop and development corporation to receive a grant of two million four hundred fourteen thousand three hundred in nine dollars from the united states department of housing and urban development home investment partnership program the funds are to be used to develop a portion of the crew model of affordable housing project located in  this is a great moment and be able to get this two and a half nearly two and a half million dollars really helps us get that project off and running so i last all the members to support this thank you very much thank you mr victory no members any further comment seen all those in favor please signify by saying those opposed say no measure passes nine eyes and zero knows mr clerk you have before you bill number fourteen two thousand fourteen two thousand and fifteen in order to explore to the this matter with the fire department a little further and the  system requirements for entertainment establishments where occupant load is x each one hundred people i understand the establishes me up by for a variance if they are affected but i would like to get an accurate count on how many of these a stat misses will be affected and how the department will handle this situation so this is the purpose of the postponement so that we can get that the necessary information to do it right and i want to thank you for bringing it to my attention last night and working on this this morning thank you very much thank you mr richter you know and point out that this will be postponed till the may twenty sixth meeting which starts at ten o'clock instead of the normal nine department access roads for new subdivisions we've had some new testimony come in and i would like to see if that can also be discussed as well thank you for the members  comedia this thing i had to be done on the within the body of the council correct thank you thank you thank you for that clarification any further discussion and procedure if i me if you have specific amendments that think needs to be brought forward please inform us as soon as possible so that we can get working on and i want a chance to at least work with the department a little to find out the price of the various amendments and what they think of and then i'll have them be he saying i i those pows say no measure passes nine zero knows mr clerk mr chair there is no further business before the council thank you members for being here and i will see you