Published in The Maui News, August 23, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News Historically and culturally significant property at Mu’olea Point in Hana is a step closer to gaining a long-term caretaker under a proposed county agreement with Na Mamo O Mu’olea. The Maui County Council at Tuesday’s meeting will consider a report […]
Published in The Maui News, August 16, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News The Maui Island Plan says the Valley Isle needs 30,000 more homes by 2030, yet only around 350 new residential building permits were issued last year. This is well short of the 2,000 homes needed per year to keep pace […]
Published in The Maui News, August 9, 2015 By GLADYS C. BAISA, for The Maui News Tax credits are now available to offset the cost of converting a qualified cesspool to a septic tank system or connecting to the sewer system, as I requested in testimony to the state Legislature earlier this year. Act 120 […]
Published in The Maui News, August 2, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News Accompanied by hula performers and plentiful lei, Maui County Council Member Riki Hokama of Lanai concluded a successful term as president of the National Association of Counties last month by leading NACo’s 80th Annual Conference in Mecklenburg County, N.C. Hokama […]
Published in The Maui News, July 26, 2015 By MIKE WHITE for The Maui News Maui County’s requirement that lobbyists register with the Board of Ethics took effect Sept. 23, 1981, when Mayor Hannibal Tavares signed into law Ordinance 1167. Codified as Chapter 2.56.040 of the Maui County Code, the ordinance is just four sentences […]
Published in The Maui News, July 19, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News The June 28 Maui News editorial (“Is county’s structure right?”) has generated interest in considering whether the time has come for a county manager form of government. There are some provocative pros and cons to this question. A county manager […]
Published in The Maui News, July 12, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News Last Tuesday, the County Council adopted Resolutions 15-63, 15-64 and 15-65 to approve cost items for new collective bargaining agreements with certain employee units. The agreements include increases in salaries, health-benefit premiums and stand-by pay, totaling an estimated $2.4 million […]
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, […]
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. […]
