Published in The Maui News, June 21, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News This is an important week for Maui County Council members and, more important, our constituents. In a special meeting Monday at 9 a.m., the council will consider overriding the mayor’s line-item veto of portions of the fiscal year 2016 budget. […]
5/20/15 CORRECTION: Senior Citizens’ Fixed route monthly pass is $25. Senior Citizens’ Paratransit route monthly pass is $30. For immediate release: May 19, 2015 Press release by: Councilmember Riki Hokama, chair Budget and Finance Committee Hokama proposes to maintain bus rates, no increases WAILUKU, Hawaii – Budget and Finance Committee Chair Riki Hokama today announced his plan […]
Published in The Maui News, May 10, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News Exactly a week ago – on a Sunday afternoon – the County Council’s Budget and Finance Committee began wrapping up its arduous work on the fiscal year 2016 budget by proposing a $621 million county budget, nearly $79 million lower […]
Published in The Maui News, May 3, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News Zoning for the proposed new West Maui hospital, to be developed by Newport Hospital Corp. on nearly 15 acres in Lahaina, will be considered by the Maui County Council at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. As stated in the Land Use […]
For immediate release: May 1, 2015 Press release by: Council Vice-Chair Don S. Guzman Maui County Council Guzman proposes preserving North Shore property as open space WAILUKU, Hawaii – More than a thousand have signed an online petition and about 30 residents testified today in support of Council Vice-Chair Don Guzman’s proposal to appropriate $3.2 million […]
For Immediate Release: April 27, 2015 Press Release by: Councilmember Riki Hokama, Chair Budget and Finance Committee Budget and Finance Committee Chair releases Fiscal Year 2016 proposal WAILUKU – At this morning’s Budget and Finance Committee meeting, Chair Riki Hokama released his version of the proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget, cutting $96 million in borrowing […]
Correction: The first reading of the Budget and Finance Committee’s proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget is on May 26. Published in The Maui News, April 19, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News The Maui County Council will conduct a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2016 budget on Thursday at 6 p.m. […]
