Published in The Maui News, May 24, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News The County Council Budget and Finance Committee’s $621 million proposal for the fiscal year 2016 budget will be considered for first reading on Tuesday at 10 a.m. The committee has issued a committee report – listed on the council agenda […]
5/20/15 CORRECTION: Senior Citizens’ Fixed route monthly pass is $25. Senior Citizens’ Paratransit route monthly pass is $30. For immediate release: May 19, 2015 Press release by: Councilmember Riki Hokama, chair Budget and Finance Committee Hokama proposes to maintain bus rates, no increases WAILUKU, Hawaii – Budget and Finance Committee Chair Riki Hokama today announced his plan […]
For immediate release: May 12, 2015 Press release by: Council Chair Mike White Maui County Council Public hearings on various tax rates set for Friday WAILUKU, Hawaii – Public hearings on the county’s tax rates for fiscal year 2016 will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 15, Council Chair Mike White announced today. A […]
Published in The Maui News, May 10, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News Exactly a week ago – on a Sunday afternoon – the County Council’s Budget and Finance Committee began wrapping up its arduous work on the fiscal year 2016 budget by proposing a $621 million county budget, nearly $79 million lower […]
For immediate release: May 1, 2015 Press release by: Council Vice-Chair Don S. Guzman Maui County Council Guzman proposes preserving North Shore property as open space WAILUKU, Hawaii – More than a thousand have signed an online petition and about 30 residents testified today in support of Council Vice-Chair Don Guzman’s proposal to appropriate $3.2 million […]
For Immediate Release: April 27, 2015 Press Release by: Councilmember Riki Hokama, Chair Budget and Finance Committee Budget and Finance Committee Chair releases Fiscal Year 2016 proposal WAILUKU – At this morning’s Budget and Finance Committee meeting, Chair Riki Hokama released his version of the proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget, cutting $96 million in borrowing […]
Published in The Maui News, April 26, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News A public hearing by the Maui County Council is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m. regarding real property tax rates for fiscal year 2016, which begins July 1, 2015. If you are unable to join us at the Council Chambers, […]
Correction: The first reading of the Budget and Finance Committee’s proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget is on May 26. Published in The Maui News, April 19, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News The Maui County Council will conduct a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2016 budget on Thursday at 6 p.m. […]
VIEWPOINT published in The Maui News, April 5, 2015 By RIKI HOKAMA, for The Maui News The Arakawa administration is playing an accounting shell game of “Now you see it, now you don’t.” This action is putting the livelihood of existing employees in jeopardy and, simply put, is inappropriate. At the March 27 meeting of […]
Published in The Maui News, March 29, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News The County Council’s annual budget session is set to run from Tuesday until early May. Under the leadership of Budget and Finance Committee Chair Riki Hokama, council members will review operational funding for agencies, grants, capital improvement projects, real property […]
