HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL HOLDS COMMITTEE MEETINGS Tuesday, and the full Council meets Wednesday at 9 a.m. at West Hawai`i Civic Center in Kona. Committee on Public Safety and Mass Transit considers Mayor Billy Kenoi’s nomination of Ka`u resident Leina`ala Enos to the county Liquor Commission. Enos is currently chair of the Ka`u Community Development Plan Steering Committee. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. Tuesday. On the County Council meeting agenda are several items that the County requests that the Hawai`i State Association of Counties include in its 2014 legislative package: -a bill for the Legislature of the state of Hawai`i to increase the amount of the counties’ share of the transient accommodation tax; -a bill appropriating $900,000 to Pacific International Space Center For Exploration Systems for personnel and operational costs and the purchase of equipment, materials, and services in fiscal year 2014-2015; -a bill appropriating $38 million for the construction of a permanent facility for the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Building Phase I project; -a bill appropriating $2. million, or funds as may be necessary, for a primary care training program at University of Hawai`i – Hilo; -a bill relating to county authority concerning agricultural matters; -a proposal to implement a high stakes bingo pilot program; and -House Bill 358, HD1, SD1, which would increase resident participation in the legislative process by requiring both chambers of the Hawai`i State Legislature to implement rules to provide audio or audiovisual technology for live oral testimony during legislative hearings. Ka`u residents can participate in the meeting from Ocean View Community Association Center via videoconferencing.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 02:23:14 +0000
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