For immediate release: May 12, 2015 Press release by: Council Chair Mike White Maui County Council Public hearings on various tax rates set for Friday WAILUKU, Hawaii – Public hearings on the county’s tax rates for fiscal year 2016 will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 15, Council Chair Mike White announced today. A […]
Published in The Maui News, May 10, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News Exactly a week ago – on a Sunday afternoon – the County Council’s Budget and Finance Committee began wrapping up its arduous work on the fiscal year 2016 budget by proposing a $621 million county budget, nearly $79 million lower […]
Published in The Maui News, May 3, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News Zoning for the proposed new West Maui hospital, to be developed by Newport Hospital Corp. on nearly 15 acres in Lahaina, will be considered by the Maui County Council at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. As stated in the Land Use […]
For immediate release: May 1, 2015 Press release by: Council Vice-Chair Don S. Guzman Maui County Council Guzman proposes preserving North Shore property as open space WAILUKU, Hawaii – More than a thousand have signed an online petition and about 30 residents testified today in support of Council Vice-Chair Don Guzman’s proposal to appropriate $3.2 million […]
For Immediate Release: April 27, 2015 Press Release by: Councilmember Riki Hokama, Chair Budget and Finance Committee Budget and Finance Committee Chair releases Fiscal Year 2016 proposal WAILUKU – At this morning’s Budget and Finance Committee meeting, Chair Riki Hokama released his version of the proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget, cutting $96 million in borrowing […]
Published in The Maui News, April 26, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News A public hearing by the Maui County Council is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m. regarding real property tax rates for fiscal year 2016, which begins July 1, 2015. If you are unable to join us at the Council Chambers, […]
For immediate release: April 23, 2015 Press release by: Danny A. Mateo, County Clerk County launches elections website WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Office of the County Clerk has launched a website dedicated to information and announcements relating to the 2016 elections for Maui County, County Clerk Danny A. Mateo announced today. The site is located […]
Correction: The first reading of the Budget and Finance Committee’s proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget is on May 26. Published in The Maui News, April 19, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News The Maui County Council will conduct a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2016 budget on Thursday at 6 p.m. […]
Published in The Maui News, April 12, 2015 By GLADYS C. BAISA, for The Maui News How do you think the Maui County Council should prioritize water improvements this year? On March 18, before the current budget session began, I chaired a Water Resources Committee meeting to accept a presentation from Water Director Dave Taylor […]
VIEWPOINT published in The Maui News, April 5, 2015 By RIKI HOKAMA, for The Maui News The Arakawa administration is playing an accounting shell game of “Now you see it, now you don’t.” This action is putting the livelihood of existing employees in jeopardy and, simply put, is inappropriate. At the March 27 meeting of […]
