COUNCIL’S 3 MINUTES By: Tamara Paltin Published in the Maui News June 9, 2019 On Jan. 2, I took office as an elected County Council member representing all of Maui County in the West Maui residency seat. I am one of three council members on the Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board. The Maui MPO […]
COUNCIL’S 3 MINUTES By: Shane Sinenci Published in the Maui News May 26, 2019 The Maui County Council is completing the budget process and I am proud of the council members’ success at working together as a team to address county priorities. Our deliberations focused on providing additional support for affordable housing, environmental protection, agriculture […]
COUNCIL’S 3 MINUTES By: Mike Molina Published in the Maui News May 14, 2019 During the recent review of the County of Maui fiscal year 2020 budget, the Maui County Council stepped up its support for the creation of affordable housing. The council’s current proposal increases the FY 2020 affordable housing budget over $6 million […]
COUNCIL’S 3 MINUTES By: Alice L. Lee Published in the Maui News April 28, 2019 The Maui County Council’s Water and Infrastructure Committee must consider opportunities to provide water and ensure continued access to water for county residents. To that end, the committee, which I chair, recently considered two bills relating to water service for […]
COUNCIL’S 3 MINUTES Published in the Maui News April 14, 2019 By: Yuki Lei Sugimura Each year, more than 40,000 people are killed in the United States in vehicle crashes. Last year, a record number of 43 pedestrian fatalities were documented in Hawai‘i, reflecting a dramatic increase from 15 in 2017. In 2018 there were […]
COUNCIL’S 3 MINUTES Published in the Maui News March 24, 2019 By: Keani Rawlins-Fernandez On April 1, the Maui County Council’s Economic Development and Budget Committee, which I chair, will begin a series of meetings to review the Mayor’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2020. The mayor will deliver his budget proposal to the council […]
COUNCIL’S 3 MINUTES Published in the Maui News March 10, 2019 By: Kelly T. King In the 2016 election, the voters of Maui County authorized a charter amendment requiring the Maui County Council to confirm the mayor’s directors within 60 days of their appointment. This authority was an expansion of council oversight over the officials […]
