COUNCIL’S 3 MINUTES By: Yuki Lei Sugimura Published in the Maui News April 25, 2020 This is a year that our capacity as a community is being tested as never before. While the pandemic has challenged our county budget deliberations by precluding in-person deliberations, I am encouraged by the online participation of members of the […]
COUNCIL’S 3 MINUTES By: Kelly Takaya King Published in the Maui News March 28, 2020 As our county faces an unprecedented and constantly evolving challenge in the coronavirus pandemic, the current situation calls upon all of us to remain vigilant, responsible and flexible to changing demands. While many of us in Maui County have for […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES By: Mike White Published in the Maui News December 16, 2018 As we near the end of the 2017-19 County Council term, I reflect on the legislative accomplishments of the council, the four years I have served as council chair, and my tenure as a council member. During this term, the council […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES By: Councilmember Kelly T. King Published in the Maui News on December 9, 2018 On Nov. 16, a public hearing, in conjunction with a full County Council meeting, was held at the Kaunakakai Elementary School, where the revisions to the Molokai Island Community Plan were approved. The meeting on Molokai gave residents […]
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 November 11, 2018 By: Councilmember Yuki Lei Sugimura When Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. closed its doors and shut down sugar operations for good at the end of 2016, Maui was in dire need of a plan to keep thousands of acres of land in agricultural use […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in the Maui News October 28, 2018 By: Councilmember Stacy Crivello Earlier this month, the County Council approved a recommendation from the Housing, Human Services and Transportation Committee, which I chair, to adopt parameters for the county’s First-Time Homebuyers Program. Findings from a recent Hawaii housing planning study identify down-payment costs […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in the Maui News October 7, 2018 By: Councilmember Riki Hokama On this year’s general election ballot, the following question will be posed to voters: “Shall the legislature be authorized to establish, as provided by law, a surcharge on investment real property to be used to support public education?” Residents have […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES By: Kelly King Published in the Maui News on September 23, 2018 Zoning designations are a vital function of our county government. Residents are supposed to have a say in the characteristics of their community by determining and limiting allowable uses through community plan reviews and updates to zoning. Zoning can be […]
CHAIR’S 3 MINUTES Published in the Maui News August 12, 2018 By: Councilmember Don S. Guzman At its meeting of July 31, the County Council’s Parks, Recreation, Energy and Legal Affairs Committee, which I chair, recommended passage of a proposed bill to establish a new chapter in the Maui County Code to guide decision-making for […]
