CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES By: Councilmember Kelly T. King Published in the Maui News on December 9, 2018 On Nov. 16, a public hearing, in conjunction with a full County Council meeting, was held at the Kaunakakai Elementary School, where the revisions to the Molokai Island Community Plan were approved. The meeting on Molokai gave residents […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES By: Councilmember Yuki Lei Sugimura Published in the Maui News December 2, 2018 At its meeting on Monday, the Maui County Council’s Policy, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee, which I chair, will be hearing a presentation on a performance audit of the Department of Liquor Control. After several controversies relating to department […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in the Maui News November 11, 2018 By: Councilmember Yuki Lei Sugimura When Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. closed its doors and shut down sugar operations for good at the end of 2016, Maui was in dire need of a plan to keep thousands of acres of land in agricultural use […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in the Maui News October 28, 2018 By: Councilmember Stacy Crivello Earlier this month, the County Council approved a recommendation from the Housing, Human Services and Transportation Committee, which I chair, to adopt parameters for the county’s First-Time Homebuyers Program. Findings from a recent Hawaii housing planning study identify down-payment costs […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in the Maui News October 7, 2018 By: Councilmember Riki Hokama On this year’s general election ballot, the following question will be posed to voters: “Shall the legislature be authorized to establish, as provided by law, a surcharge on investment real property to be used to support public education?” Residents have […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES By: Kelly King Published in the Maui News on September 23, 2018 Zoning designations are a vital function of our county government. Residents are supposed to have a say in the characteristics of their community by determining and limiting allowable uses through community plan reviews and updates to zoning. Zoning can be […]
For immediate release: September 14, 2018 Press release by: Councilmember Riki Hokama Resolution urging audit of State Department of Education to be introduced WAILUKU, Hawaii – A resolution will be introduced at the Maui County Council’s Friday, Sept. 21 meeting urging the State Auditor to conduct a performance and fiscal audit of the Hawaii State […]
In May, the Maui County Council adopted Resolution 18-86, which authorizes a performance and fiscal audit of the Department of Finance. Resolution 18-86, AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL CHAIR TO CONTRACT FOR A PERFORMANCE AND FISCAL AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Performance Audit of the Department of Finance August 14, 2018: RFP-18-005OCS September […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 23, 2018 Press Release by: Council Chair Mike White Maui County Council Council Services, County Clerk offices to close at noon WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Office of Council Services and Office of the County Clerk will close today at noon and will remain closed on Friday, August 24, in anticipation of […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in the Maui News August 12, 2018 By: Councilmember Don S. Guzman At its meeting of July 31, the County Council’s Parks, Recreation, Energy and Legal Affairs Committee, which I chair, recommended passage of a proposed bill to establish a new chapter in the Maui County Code to guide decision-making for […]
