CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in The Maui News, March 19, 2017 By MIKE WHITE The County Council will receive the mayor’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget on Friday and begin extensive review in the Budget and Finance Committee, chaired by Council Member Riki Hokama. I encourage the public to be engaged throughout this process and […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in The Maui News, March 12, 2017 By MIKE WHITE As spring approaches, it also marks the start of the County of Maui’s budgeting season. Pursuant to the charter, the mayor is required to submit a budget proposal to the County Council by March 25. Since this year the date falls […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in The Maui News on March 5, 2017 By ELLE COCHRAN Chairing the County Council’s Temporary Investigative Group on Increasing Housing Inventory last year has given me more clarity about steps needed toward solving our housing crisis. Monday at 1:30 p.m., the Infrastructure and Environmental Management Committee, which I also chair, will […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in The Maui News, February 26, 2017 By MIKE WHITE In last Sunday’s column, I made a case for the counties to receive a greater share of the transient accommodations tax, also known as TAT or hotel room tax, to cover the increasing costs of services for environmental protection, police, fire, […]
Chair’s 3 Minutes Published in The Maui News, Feb. 19, 2017 By Mike White On Tuesday, the state House Committee on Tourism advanced House Bill 1586, which phases out the counties’ share of the transient accommodations tax, also known as the TAT or hotel tax. County officials were present and expressed strong opposition to the […]
For immediate release: Feb. 15, 2017 Press release by: Elle Cochran, Councilmember Maui County Council Cochran applauds movement towards pesticide-free parks operations WAILUKU, Hawaii – Councilmember Elle Cochran today urges support for a proposal from the county Department of Parks and Recreation to conduct soil analysis and training towards organic land management on select county […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in The Maui News, February 12, 2017 By DON GUZMAN The County Council’s Parks, Recreation, Energy, and Legal Affairs Committee, which I chair, recommended adoption of a three-year agreement between the county and the Rotary Club of Kihei-Wailea to stage rescue tube stations at county beach parks on Maui. Rescue tubes […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in The Maui News, Feb. 5, 2017 By: BOB CARROLL The Maui County Council’s Land Use Committee will conduct its meeting at the Lanai Senior Center on Friday at 2 p.m. to consider developments on the island requiring change in zoning and conditional permits. On the agenda is the Lanai Avenue Residential […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in The Maui News, Jan. 22, 2017 By MIKE WHITE The County Council can anticipate fiscal challenges this year brought by bargaining unit negotiations and the continued cap imposed on the counties’ share of the transient accommodations tax. More than 20 members of the Hawaii State Association of Counties on Tuesday […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in The Maui News, Jan. 15, 2017 By MIKE WHITE At the County Council’s organizational meeting on Jan. 2, three council members, Kelly King, Elle Cochran and Alika Atay, formally requested a public hearing on the council’s committee structure. In an ideal situation, the establishment of committees would have been settled […]
