Four testifiers today unanimously urged the Budget and Finance Committee to choose the Kahului option over Wailuku for a new county service center. The Kahului site is within the Maui Business Park II and owned by A&B Properties. The 4.1-acre property, available for a purchase price of $7.1 million, is close to Walmart, Home Depot […]
Published in The Maui News July 20, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA, for The Maui News An alcohol ban at Kamaole Beach Park II in Kihei and funding for affordable-housing projects in Kula, Lahaina and Wailuku are among the proposals before the Maui County Council on Tuesday at 9 a.m. Bill 41, introduced by Council […]
For Immediate Release: July 16, 2014 Press Release by: Councilmember Mike White, Chair Budget and Finance Committee Committee to visit proposed relocation sites for county service center WAILUKU, Hawaii – On Monday, July 21, the Maui County Council’s Budget and Finance Committee will inspect two proposed sites for a new county service center in Central […]
For Immediate Release: July 14, 2014 Press Release by: Gladys C. Baisa, Chair Maui County Council Hokama installed as NACo president, highlights transportation and infrastructure NEW ORLEANS – Maui County Councilmember Riki Hokama was sworn in as president of the National Association of Counties, an organization representing 3,069 counties across the United States, at its […]
For Immediate Release: July 13, 2014 PHOTO RELEASE by: Council Chair Gladys Baisa, Maui County Council NEW ORLEANS – National Association of Counties President Linda Langston today presented Council Chair Gladys Baisa and Deputy County Clerk Josiah Nishita with a 2014 Best in Category Award for Civic Education and Public Information at NACo’s Achievement Awards […]
On July 3, the Housing, Human Services, and Transportation Committee met to receive an update on the County’s paratransit program. Since Maui Economic Opportunity was granted full operational control of the County’s paratransit service last July, some residents have been complaining about missed appointments and operational changes. The County previously provided the service through Roberts […]
For Immediate Release: July 8, 2014 Press Release by: Councilmember Don S. Guzman Chair, Economic Development, Energy, Agriculture, and Recreation Committee Guzman introduces bill to allow child care homes in the agricultural district WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Council adopted Resolution 14-75, referring a bill to allow family child care homes in the agricultural district, to […]
Published in The Maui News July 6, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA, for The Maui News County Council members are headed to New Orleans this week to confer with county officials and policy experts from across the country and celebrate the installation of our colleague Riki Hokama as president of the National Association of Counties. […]
The proposed GMO moratorium petition received enough signatures June 6. The Council referred the bill on June 20 to the Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. On June 30, the committee received testimony from more than 200 residents in the Chamber and district offices. If the Council does not adopt the ordinance by Aug. 5, the […]
