WAILUKU, Hawaii – A delegation of 24 elected officials from Quezon City Council, Philippines, led by Vice Mayor Josefina Belmonte, visited the Maui County Council on Monday to commemorate the 45th anniversary of a sister-city relationship with the county. Maui County Council Chair Mike White presented Vice Mayor Belmonte with a framed certificate. Maui County […]
Published in The Maui News, July 5, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News At Tuesday morning’s meeting, the Maui County Council will continue its efforts to find the right formula to promote affordable housing throughout the county. The council will review for first reading two bills to amend the Residential Workforce Housing Policy, […]
Road construction signs are up. Detours are happening. As fears mount about impacts to businesses, people are wondering: What will the new airport access road in Kahului ultimately look like? Please see the pictures below. My office has been receiving calls about the proposed airport access road, so I would like to share these images […]
Published in The Maui News, June 28, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News The county’s $620.7 million budget for fiscal year 2016 will take effect Wednesday. The council approved the budget with significant public input in more than two dozen public meetings. Nearly 500 residents returned survey forms by mail, with 87 percent […]
Published in The Maui News, June 21, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News This is an important week for Maui County Council members and, more important, our constituents. In a special meeting Monday at 9 a.m., the council will consider overriding the mayor’s line-item veto of portions of the fiscal year 2016 budget. […]
For immediate release: June 19, 2015 Press release by: Councilmember Don Couch Chair, Planning Committee Design and development principles highlighted in Lanai Community Plan WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Planning Committee will meet at the Lanai Community Center on Tuesday, June 23 at 6 p.m. to receive comments about revisions proposed in the Lanai Community Plan, […]
Published in The Maui News, June 14, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News When I became chair on Jan. 2, I pledged to lead the Maui County Council with fiscal responsibility and transparency. I am pleased that the majority of the council embodies these same goals with the passage of the fiscal year […]
For immediate release: June 11, 2015 Press release by: Councilmember Don Couch Chair, Planning Committee Maui County Council Committee continues community plan hearings on Lanai WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Planning Committee will continue its review of the Lanai Community Plan on Tuesday, June 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lanai Community Center, Committee Chair Don […]
For immediate release: June 10, 2015 Press release by: Council Vice-Chair Don S. Guzman Maui County Council Council OKs funding to purchase North Shore property for open space WAILUKU, Hawaii – The council’s passage of the 2016 fiscal year budget last week on second and final reading includes a $3 million appropriation for the county’s […]
Published in The Maui News, June 7, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News On May 30, I had the great pleasure of attending a ceremony to bless the county’s Waikamoi flume. In a true feat of engineering, the aging redwood flume has been replaced with a new system of noncorrosive materials like aluminum, […]
