At its meeting today, the Maui County Council received copies of grant-award letters supporting County programs for vital senior services, Council Chair Gladys C. Baisa announced. The Arakawa Administration transmitted a grant-award letter from the State Executive Office on Aging providing the County with federal funds to help fulfill the objectives of the County’s Office […]
The council chairs of Hawaii’s four counties met Aug. 9 in Honolulu to discuss matters of common interest, and we pledged to continue to regularly meet. As administrators of municipal legislative bodies, the chairs face common issues. The ongoing discussions will allow for the chairs to consult with each other while sharing stories of success […]
A bill prohibiting new time share units or time share plans in hotel districts was deferred at the Planning Committee meeting last Thursday. As presiding Chair of the committee, I am all about finding balance. After hearing the members, I agree that more study is needed and further input from the community is required before […]
Viewpoint: Auditor should review post office case Published on The Maui News July 13, 2013 By DON COUCH I heard a joke recently about how Congress can only do two things: Nothing and overreact. It is beginning to feel like the Maui County Council is headed in the same direction. Members are overreacting to the […]
For Immediate Release: Aug. 8, 2013 Press Release by: Councilmember Stacy Crivello Chair, Housing, Human Services, and Transportation Committee Public input sought for review of Residential Workforce Housing Policy WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii – The Housing, Human Services, and Transportation Committee is scheduled to review Chapter 2.96, Maui County Code, also known as the Residential Workforce […]
For Immediate Release: Aug. 8, 2013 Press Release by: Gladys C. Baisa, Council Chair www.mauicounty.gov/baisa Council Chair welcomes Supreme Court opinion endorsing Council procedures WAILUKU, MAUI, HAWAII – Council Chair Gladys C. Baisa welcomed today’s 80-page opinion by the Supreme Court of Hawaii in Kanahele v. Maui County Council as a validation of the Council’s […]
For Immediate Release: Aug. 6, 2013 Press Release by: Gladys C. Baisa, Council Chair Maui County Council now accessible via social media WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii – With a Twitter account, a Facebook page and an official blog on the County website, the Maui County Council is now able to communicate with constituents via social media, […]
WAILUKU, MAUI, HAWAII – The Hawaii State Association of Counties Executive Committee met Friday, July 26 to consider the hiring of a legislative liaison to lobby for county initiatives during the 2014 Hawaii State Legislative Session. The hiring of the legislative liaison is one part of a lobbying plan proposed by Councilmember Michael Victorino, the […]
WAILUKU, MAUI, HAWAII – A bill amending parking restrictions at the Old Wailuku Post Office passed today on first reading with a 5-3 vote. The bill repeals a section in the Maui County Code, which placed parking restrictions on the Old Wailuku Post Office’s parking lot before the demolition. Councilmembers Riki Hokama, Mike White and […]
WAILUKU, MAUI, HAWAII – Twenty five students from the 2013 Goyang Global Youth Leadership Program on Maui visited the Council Chamber today. Resolution 12-16 (2012) established Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea as a Sister City of Maui County. A ceremonial MOU signing was held in the Council Chamber last February, 2012. “This is what […]
