Press release by: Mike White, Chair Maui County Council Lieutenant Governor Josh Green to keynote council inauguration Jan. 2 WAILUKU, Hawaii – Lieutenant Governor Josh Green will deliver the keynote address at the Maui County Council inauguration on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019 at 10 a.m. in the Council Chamber, Council Chair Mike White announced today. […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES By: Mike White Published in the Maui News December 16, 2018 As we near the end of the 2017-19 County Council term, I reflect on the legislative accomplishments of the council, the four years I have served as council chair, and my tenure as a council member. During this term, the council […]
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 […]
