Published in The Maui News, July 24, 2016 By MIKE WHITE , The Maui News In the fiscal year 2017 budget, the Maui Fire Department was appropriated $32.9 million. Over the past six years, its budget has grown more than $6 million, or 22.5 percent. While the County Council has reduced proposed budget requests, the […]
Published in The Maui News, June 26, 2016 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News As famous Maui visitor Mark Twain observed, there are lies, damned lies and statistics. Mayor Alan Arakawa’s Oct. 10 “Our County” column was filled with statistics about the county budget, but readers were left with false impressions. The mayor complained […]
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 […]
For Immediate Release: April 30, 2016 Press Release by: Councilmember Riki Hokama, Chair Budget and Finance Committee Final committee action on county budget set for 10 a.m. Monday; no meeting on Sunday WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Budget and Finance Committee will make its final recommendation on Maui County’s fiscal year 2017 budget on Monday, May 2 at […]
For immediate release: April 25, 2016 Press release by: Councilmember Riki Hokama, Chair Budget and Finance Committee Hokama’s budget proposal cuts real property tax rates; invests in infrastructure WAILUKU, Hawaii – After weeks of committee meetings throughout the county to review the proposed fiscal year 2017 budget, Councilmember Riki Hokama presented a version of the […]
Published in The Maui News, April 17, 2016 By MIKE WHITE , The Maui News Now is the time for each of us to call and email our state legislators and ask that counties receive a fair share of revenue from the transient accommodations tax. While keeping an ever-increasing portion of the TAT for itself, […]
For immediate release: March 24, 2016 Press release by: Councilmember Riki Hokama, Chair Budget and Finance Committee Fiscal year 2017 budget received, council review begins WAILUKU, Hawaii — The Budget and Finance Committee received the mayor’s proposed fiscal year 2017 budget today and will hold evening meetings throughout Maui County in April to receive community […]
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New ordinances signed into law June 19:![]()
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Ordinance 6000 – amending Title 3, Maui County Code, to establish electric vehicle charging fees at county-owned stations to offset electricity costs, directing all fees into the county's general fund.![]()
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Ordinance 6001 – amending Title 14, Maui County Code, to restructure the water system development fee, shifting the metric from meter size/fixtures to a calculation of requested average daily demand based on equivalent single dwellings. ![]()
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For additional background information, see BFED Committee Report 26-25.![]()
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Ordinance 6008 – amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance to establish H-3 and H-4 Hotel Districts, creating a framework for certain properties formerly zoned A-1 or A-2 to continue transient vacation rentals under specific criteria. ![]()
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For additional background information, see HLU Committee Report 26-31.![]()
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