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SUMMARY:Budget\, Finance\, and Economic Development Committee (2025-2027)
DESCRIPTION:Council: Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee (2025-2027)\n\nOfficial Notice: https://mauicounty.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=4926&GID=632&G=E71DEF67-B5BD-48E0-B187-94BEDF37B05F\n\nPUBLIC MEETING NOTICE\nCOUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI\n\nCommittee Chair\nYuki Lei K. Sugimura\nCommittee Vice-Chair\nKauanoe Batangan\nVoting Members:\nTom Cook\nGabe Johnson\nAlice L. Lee\nTamara Paltin\nKeani N.W.\nRawlins-Fernandez\nShane M. Sinenci\nNohelani Uʻu-Hodgins\n\nwww.MauiCounty.us/BFED\n\nBUDGET\, FINANCE\, AND ECONOMIC\nDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (2025-2027)\nTuesday\, October 20\, 2026\n9:00 a.m.\nMEETING SITE:\nOnline via Teams: http://tinyurl.com/BFED-Committee\nRemote oral testimony is also available online via the same\nTeams link.\nIn-person testimony and viewing: Council Chamber\, Kalana O\nMaui Building\, 8th Flr.\, 200 South High St.\, Wailuku\, Hawaiʻi\n\nAGENDA\nDISCUSSION\nON\nRESOLUTION\n26-153\,\nESTABLISHING\nA\nSISTER-CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LAOAG\, CAPITAL\nOF ILOCOS NORTE\, PHILIPPINES (BFED-20(34))\nDescription: Under Rule 7(B) of the Rules of the Council\, the Committee intends to discuss\nResolution 26-153\, which authorizes the Mayor to formalize a sister -city relationship\nbetween the County of Maui and the City of Laoag\, Capital of Ilocos Norte\, Philippines .\nThe relationship aims to strengthen cultural\, business\, educational\, and economic\nexchanges while promoting friendship and goodwill. Resolution 26-153 was adopted at\nthe Council’s reconvened meeting on September 29\, 2026.\n\nStatus: The Committee may discuss Resolution 26-153 and other related matters. No legislative\naction will be taken.\n\nMORE à\n\nPage 2\n\nwww.MauiCounty.us/BFED\n\nBILLS 142\, 131 AND\nCOUNTY\nCODE\,\nON\nEMERGENCY (BFED-65)\n\n132 (2026)\, AMENDING TITLE 3\, MAUI\nMONETARY\nDONATIONS\nDURING\nAN\n\nDescription: The Committee is in receipt of the following:\n1.\nBill 142 (2026)\, entitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING\nTITLE 3\, MAUI COUNTY CODE\, ON MONETARY DONATIONS\nDURING AN EMERGENCY.” Bill 142’s purpose is to authorize the\nMayor to accept and immediately use monetary donations\ndesignated for disaster relief during a declared emergency and for\none year afterward without Council approval\, subject to certain\nconditions. The bill would also extend the Mayor’s deadline from 30\nto 45 days to recommend acceptance or rejection of a gift or\ndonation other than a disaster monetary donation.\n2.\nBill 131 (2026)\, entitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING\nTHE FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET\, RELATING TO THE\nGENERAL BUDGET PROVISIONS\, SECTION 14\, DONATIONS.”\nBill 131’s purpose is to amend the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget’s\nGeneral Budget Provisions to exclude disaster monetary donations\nfrom private monetary donation provisions and provides for\nquarterly reporting to the Council.\n3.\nAn Amendment Summary Form\, dated October 14\, 2026\, from the\nCommittee Chair\, with a proposed CD1 version of Bill 131 (2026)\,\nentitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL\nYEAR 2027 BUDGET\, RELATING TO GENERAL BUDGET\nPROVISIONS\, SECTION 14\, DONATIONS.”\nThe proposed CD1\nversion:\na. Mandates quarterly reporting of disaster monetary donations.\nb. Corrects\nthe\nCode\nSection\nreference\non\nreporting\nrequirements.\nc. Incorporates nonsubstantive revisions.\n4.\nBill 132 (2026)\, entitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING\nTHE FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET\, RELATING TO A NEW\nGRANT LINE ITEM FOR DISASTER MONETARY DONATIONS.”\nBill 132’s purpose is to amend the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget\,\nAppendix A\, Part I\, by adding a new $100\,000 line item for Disaster\nMonetary Donations with a quarterly-reporting requirement.\nStatus: The Committee may consider whether to recommend passage of Bills 142\n(2026)\, 131 (2026)\, and 132 (2026) on first reading\, with or without\nrevisions. The Committee may also consider the filing of Bills 142 (2026)\,\n131 (2026)\, and 132 (2026) and other related action.\n\nMORE à\n\nPage 3\n\nwww.MauiCounty.us/BFED\n\nBill 131 (2026)\nBill 132 (2026)\nBill 142 (2026)\nAmendment Summary Form 10-14-2026\n\nEMERGENCY FUND STATUS AND USE (BFED-20(33))\nDescription: Under Rule 7(B) of the Rules of the Council\, the Committee intends to\ndiscuss the Emergency Fund. The discussion may include the Fund’s\nbalance and adequacy\, authorized uses\, appropriations\, and expenditures\nsince August 2023.\nThe expenditure discussed may include those\nassociated with the August 2023 Maui wildfires\, the Kona Low storms\, and\nHurricanes Lala and Lowell. The discussion may also include the payees\,\namounts\, and purposes of those expenditures\; anticipated expenditures\;\nand possible reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management\nAgency.\nStatus: The Committee may receive information and discuss the Emergency\nFund\,\nincluding\nits\nbalance\nand\nadequacy\,\nauthorized\nuses\,\nappropriations\,\nexpenditures\nsince\nAugust\n2023\,\npossible\nreimbursements\, and other related matters. No legislative action will be\ntaken.\n\nMORE à\n\nPage 4\n\nwww.MauiCounty.us/BFED\n\nCONTACT INFORMATION\nOffice of Council Services\, 200 South High Street\, Wailuku\, Hawai‘i 96793\nTel: (808) 270-7838\nCOMMITTEE STAFF\nKirsten Szabo\, Jarret Pascual\, Pauline Martins\, Peter Hanano\, and Kepa Revelle\nCONNECTIVITY\nThis meeting is being conducted in accordance with Section 92-3.7\, HRS. Nothing said in the meeting or included in the\nagenda is intended to create obligations in excess of those required under Section 92-3.7\, HRS.\nIf Teams connectivity affecting quorum is lost\, the Committee will be in recess. It will not be considered a loss of quorum\nunless connectivity cannot be restored within 30 minutes. If the Teams connection is prematurely terminated\, for whatever\nreason\, please log back into the same link.\nIf connectivity affecting quorum cannot be restored within 30 minutes\, the meeting will automatically reconvene the following\nTuesday at 9 a.m.\, using the same virtual connections\, unless the Committee announces a different date and time.\nOFFICIAL LOCATIONS AND TESTIMONY\nVideo testimony via Teams link: http://tinyurl.com/BFED-Committee\nRemote oral testimony is also available online via the same Teams link.\nIn-person testimony and viewing: Council Chamber\, Kalana O Maui Building\, 8th Flr.\, 200 South High St.\, Wailuku\, Hawaiʻi\nOral testimony is limited to three minutes per item. An individual’s request to testify shall be deemed withdrawn if the individual\ndoes not answer when called to testify. Testimony must pertain to items on the meeting agenda. Testifiers must direct their\nremarks to the presiding officer and not to any individual Councilmember or individual in the audience.\nIf audiovisual connection is lost at the official location for in-person testimony and viewing\, the committee will be in recess for\nup to 30 minutes to restore connectivity. If connectivity cannot be restored within 30 minutes\, the meeting will automatically\nreconvene the following Tuesday at 9 a.m.\, at the same official location for in-person testimony and viewing\, unless the\nCommittee announces a different date\, time\, and location.\nIf a meeting participant wishes to testify anonymously\, they should log in to the meeting with an appropriate anonymous name\nand virtually raise their hand. If a testifier connects to the meeting by phone\, the Chair will call the last four digits of the\ntestifier's phone number.\nThe Chair may mute or remove testifiers from the meeting who violate the Council's Standards of Decorum.\nWritten testimony will be accepted via eComment. Search for the meeting date on mauicounty.us/agendas\, click on the\neComment link\, then select the agenda item to submit comments on. Alternatively\, written testimony will be accepted via\nemail to BFED.committee@mauicounty.us or postal service to BFED Committee\, Maui County Council\, 200 S. High St.\,\nWailuku HI 96793.\nFor more information on testifying\, please visit www.mauicounty.us/testify or contact the Office of Council Services.\nCOURTESY PHONE TESTIMONY\nDial 1-808-977-4067 and enter meeting code 420 614 452#\nIf courtesy phone testimony becomes unavailable\, the meeting will continue without that option.\n\nMORE à\n\nPage 5\n\nwww.MauiCounty.us/BFED\n\nCOURTESY TESTIMONY SITES - COUNCIL RESIDENCY AREA OFFICES\nEast Maui: 80 Hau‘oli Road\, Hāna\, (808) 248-7513\nLāna‘i: 814 Fraser Avenue\, Lāna‘i City\, (808) 565-7094\nMakawao-Ha‘ikū-Pā‘ia: Heritage Hall\, 401 Baldwin Avenue\, Suite 102\, Pā‘ia\, (808) 793-0099\nMolokai: Molokaʻi District Complex\, 100 Ainoa Street\, Kaunakakai\, (808) 553-3888\nSouth Maui: MEDB Building\, 1305 North Holopono St.\, Suite 4A\, Kihei\, (808) 793-0012\nWest Maui: 60 Kenui Street\, Lahaina\nCouncilmembers may or may not participate from Courtesy Testimony Sites. If any Courtesy Testimony Site loses its audio\nconnection to the meeting\, the meeting will continue without that location\, irrespective of whether a Councilmember is\nparticipating from there.\nSubject to change and staffing availability without notice. Visit mauicounty.us for more information.\nCOURTESY LIVE CABLECAST AND WEBCAST VIEWING\nAkaku: Maui Community Media\, Channel 53.\nmauicounty.us/agendas to access meeting videos\nSubject to change without notice. Visit mauicounty.us for more information.\nIf Akaku prematurely ceases broadcasting the meeting\, the meeting will continue via interactive conference technology and a\nrecording will be sent to Akaku to be included with archived meeting videos.\nDISABILITY ACCESS\nAnyone requesting an auxiliary aid or service or an accommodation due to a disability should contact the Office of Council\nServices at least three working days prior to the meeting date at (808) 270-7838 or county.council@mauicounty.us.\n_____________________________________________________________________\nAgenda items are subject to cancellation.
LOCATION:Online via Teams: http://tinyurl.com/BFED-Committee
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\nRemote oral testimony is also available online via the same Teams link.
\nIn-person testimony and viewing: Council Chamber\, Kalana O Maui Building\, 8th Flr.\, 200 South High St.\, Wailuku\, Hawaiʻi
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