CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES By: Councilmember Yuki Lei Sugimura Published in the Maui News December 2, 2018 At its meeting on Monday, the Maui County Council’s Policy, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee, which I chair, will be hearing a presentation on a performance audit of the Department of Liquor Control. After several controversies relating to department […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in The Maui News, Jan. 29, 2017 By YUKI LEI SUGIMURA The County Council’s first committee meeting this term is scheduled Monday at 9 a.m. in the Council Chambers. It is the Policy, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee (PEA), which I chair. This is a nine-member committee, with all my colleagues […]
For immediate release: June 29, 2016 Press release by: Michael P. Victorino, Chair Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee County manager proposal not advancing to general election ballot WAILUKU, Hawaii – A charter amendment proposal to establish a county manager was voted down 5-4 today in the Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, Committee Chair Michael P. […]
Published in The Maui News, June 19, 2016 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News Monday at 9 a.m., the policy board of the recently created Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization will continue its efforts to hire the MPO’s first executive director. The Maui MPO is an independent entity that will facilitate joint state and county […]
Published in The Maui News, May 22, 2016 By MIKE VICTORINO, for The Maui News The County Council’s Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, which I chair, will consider five resolutions proposing charter amendments Monday at 9 a.m. A proposal from Council Member Riki Hokama would clarify the duties of the Cost of Government Commission, making […]
For immediate release: May 5, 2016 Press release by: Councilmember Elle Cochran Maui County Council Cochran proposes new membership requirements for Board of Ethics, planning commissions WAILUKU, Hawaii – Councilmember Elle Cochran proposes to require at least two members of the Board of Ethics be licensed attorneys and to include leaders of environmental protection and […]
For immediate release: March 3, 2016 Press release by: Tony Takitani, Chair Special Committee on County Governance Maui County Council Evening meeting on county manager system set for March 10 at UH Maui College WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Maui County Council’s Special Committee on County Governance has scheduled a meeting for Thursday, March 10, at […]
For immediate release: Dec. 4, 2015 Press release by: Council Chair Mike White Maui County Council Special committee to review county manager form of government set to meet Dec. 10 WAILUKU, Hawaii – A special committee established to review the county manager form of government is set to have its first meeting on Dec. 10, […]
Published in The Maui News, September 6, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News As constituents have requested, I continue to explore the possibility of having the County of Maui adopt a county manager form of governance, a subject I first addressed in this space nearly two months ago. The Maui County General Plan […]
WAILUKU, Hawaii – Council Chair Mike White announced the Maui County Board of Ethics today approved his suggestion to make available online the lobbyist registration list for the County of Maui. White was informed the list will be posted on the Board of Ethics website here. White raised the issue in a newspaper column last […]
