For immediate release: June 4, 2016 Press release by: Councilmember Riki Hokama Maui County Council Sept. 15 is filing deadline for remnant parcel exemption WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Maui County Council yesterday approved a proposal from Councilmember Riki Hokama to designate Sept. 15, 2016 as the deadline for claimants to file for a remnant parcel exemption […]
Published in The Maui News, May 22, 2016 By MIKE VICTORINO, for The Maui News The County Council’s Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, which I chair, will consider five resolutions proposing charter amendments Monday at 9 a.m. A proposal from Council Member Riki Hokama would clarify the duties of the Cost of Government Commission, making […]
For immediate release: May 16, 2016 Press release by: Councilmember Elle Cochran Maui County Council Cochran: Affordable housing fund should be for homes, not solar panels WAILUKU, Hawaii – Councilmember Elle Cochran is bringing light to a $442,000 appropriation from the affordable housing fund that is actually earmarked for solar panels in pending legislation. Cochran […]
Published in The Maui News, May 15, 2016 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News For several decades, federal and state regulators granted Maui County permits under the Safe Drinking Water Act to use injection wells to dispose of wastewater at the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility. In a novel ruling, the U.S. District Court in […]
For immediate release: May 11, 2016 Press release by: Councilmember Robert Carroll, Chair Land Use Committee Fast-track affordable housing project in Wailuku proposes 70 units WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Maui County Council’s Land Use Committee will consider the Waiale Affordable Housing project, which proposes 70 affordable, single family residential units and a neighborhood park, on […]
Published in The Maui News, May 8, 2016 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News I am pleased to report, after meeting nearly every day for a month, the Maui County Council’s Budget and Finance Committee on Monday passed a $659.5 million fiscal year 2017 budget. The figure is $51.9 million lower than the $711.4 […]
Published in The Maui News, May 1, 2016 By MIKE VICTORINO , The Maui News I’ve had the privilege of representing county governments during the 2016 state legislative session, which ends Thursday. As president of the Hawaii State Association of Counties and chair of the Maui County Council’s Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, I’ve worked […]
