Published in The Maui News, Oct. 25, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News Did you know Maui County is the only municipality in Hawaii with a planting plan? The planting plan serves as a landscaping guide for the care, preservation, pruning, planting, removal and disposition of planted material in public areas. The council […]
Published in The Maui News, October 18, 2015 By MIKE VICTORINO, for The Maui News The County Council’s Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee has endorsed a proposal to amend state law by prohibiting smoking in vehicles when minors are present. If the council agrees with the committee’s recommendation on Nov. 6, the proposal will become […]
For immediate release: Oct. 13, 2015 Press release by: Councilmember Stacy Crivello, Chair Housing, Human Services and Transportation Committee County Office on Aging services, baby diaper-changing accommodations bill on agenda WAILUKU, Hawaii – A presentation on senior services by the county’s Office on Aging and a bill that would require baby diaper-changing accommodations in certain […]
For immediate release: Oct. 7, 2015 Press release by: Councilmember Don Couch, Chair Planning Committee Oct. 9 Planning Committee meeting canceled WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Planning Committee meeting scheduled for Friday, Oct. 9 at 9 a.m. is canceled, Committee Chair Don Couch announced today. Couch said Friday’s agenda included a bill that consolidates the county’s […]
Published in The Maui News, October 4, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News The Maui County Council has approved an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency and Earthjustice over the use of injection wells in West Maui that will allow the county to contest liability before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals while […]
For immediate release: Oct. 5, 2015 Press release by: Council Chair Mike White Maui County Council Council tomorrow considers water infrastructure for Central Maui, domestic violence awareness, County Manager form of government Testimony to be accepted in Hana, Kaunakakai and Wailuku WAILUKU, Hawaii – At its meeting at 9 a.m. tomorrow, the Maui County Council […]
Published in The Maui News, September 27, 2015 By STACY CRIVELLO, for The Maui News It’s safe to say at this time Maui County’s social landscape doesn’t mirror Oahu’s. Here, for example, we don’t see major homeless encampments encroaching resort destinations or residential neighborhoods – yet. But Maui is not isolated from the struggles and […]
For immediate release: Sept. 22, 2015 Press release by: Councilmember Gladys Baisa, Chair Water Resources Committee Iao water treatment facility storage and infrastructure advances in council WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Water Resources Committee on Wednesday recommended adoption of a resolution approving land purchase agreements for the expansion of the Iao Water Treatment Facility and development […]
