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Recommending the following:
1. FIRST READING of Bill 60, CD1 (2024) to appropriate estimated revenues for the operating and capital improvement budget. Incorporated within Bill 60, CD1 are Appendix A, which lists Grants and Restricted Use Revenues and Special Purpose Revenues; Appendix B, which is the Schedule of Revenues - Fees, Rates, Assessments, and Taxes; Appendix B-1, which lists the County’s concessions, leases, and licenses by department; and Appendix C, which provides titles and descriptions of Capital Improvement Projects (“Budget bill”);
2. FIRST READING of Bill 61, CD1 (2024) to set the Capital Program for Fiscal Years 2025 through 2030. Incorporated within Bill 61, CD1 are Appendix A-1, a report entitled “COUNTY OF MAUI, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS REPORT,” which lists all pending capital improvement projects and appropriations, except for Water Fund projects, as of a date certain; Appendix A-2, a report entitled “County of Maui, Capital Improvement Program by District Job and Index, Fiscal Year Ending 6/30/2024,” which includes pending Water Fund capital improvement projects and appropriations as of a date certain; and Appendix B, which is the proposed Capital Program for Fiscal Years 2025 through 2030 (“Capital Program bill”);
3. FIRST READING of Bill 62, CD1 (2024) to authorize the issuance of $102,973,839 in general obligation bonds for various capital improvement projects (“Bond Authorization bill”);
4. FIRST READING of Bill 63, CD1 (2024) to reauthorize the use of $4,811,161 in lapsed bond proceeds for the Department of Public Works, West Maui Community Plan Area, Road Improvements (and related improvements, beautification, sidewalks, bike paths, drainage, bridge repairs, and maintenance safety and utilities, accessibility for persons with disabilities) including the Front Street Sidewalk, Railing, and Seawall Repair project (“Lapsed Bond bill”);
5. FIRST READING of Bill 64, CD1 (2024) to authorize the Mayor to enter into an intergovernmental agreement to finance the Nāpili 1 Force Main Replacement and the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility Returned Activated Sludge (RAS)/Dewatering Upgrades with funds not to exceed $10,700,000;
6. FIRST READING of Bill 65 (2024) to: 1) institute a 4-percent pay increase for specified pay ranges and steps for employees in the Office of Council Services; 2) authorize the Director of Council Services during the term of appointment of any employee in the Office of Council Services to adjust the salary of the position within the pay range step established by the Council; and 3) authorize the Director of Council Services to place any Office of Council Services employee on administrative leave;
7. FIRST READING of Bill 70 (2024) to amend Chapter 20.20, Maui County Code, to update remaining references for the Highway Beautification and Disposal of Abandoned or Derelict Vehicles Revolving Fund to the fund’s current name, the Highway Beautification, Abandoned Vehicle, and Tourism-related Traffic Congestion Revolving Fund;
8. FIRST READING of Bill 73 (2024) to amend Section 2.96.060, Maui County Code, to update a reference to the Home Acquisition and Ownership Programs Revolving Fund to the fund’s current name, the Homeowner Programs Revolving Fund;
9. FIRST READING of Bill 74 (2024) to repeal Chapter 3.60, Maui County Code, relating to an Ash Debris Transportation Fund;
10. FIRST READING of Bill 75, CD1 (2024) to amend Chapter 3.48, Maui County Code, to allow wildfire survivors the option of transferring their home exemption for tax year 2025 from a property that was destroyed or made uninhabitable by the August 8, 2023, Maui wildfires, to another property they own and are occupying as a principal home in the County of Maui in 2024;
11. FIRST READING of Bill 76, CD1 (2024) to amend Chapter 3.48, Maui County Code, to extend the real property tax relief program deadline for long-term rentals to individuals directly displaced by the August 2023 Maui wildfires to June 30, 2024, for leases that are in effect by July 1, 2024;
12. FIRST READING of Bill 77, CD1 (2024) to bring consistency to the Real Property Tax classifications referenced in the calculation of the park assessment in Section 18.16.320, Maui County Code, and to correct the Maui County Code to be consistent with changes made in Ordinance 3766;
13. FIRST READING of Bill 78 (2024) to amend Section 3.97.040, Maui County Code, to suspend the allocation of the County’s Transient Accommodations Tax revenues to the Managed Retreat Revolving Fund for three years to allow flexibility in the use of funds that may be needed for wildfire recovery;
14. ADOPTION of Resolution 24-66 to adopt the fuel tax rates for the County of Maui, effective July 1, 2024, in accordance with Section 243-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and Section 3.20.010, Maui County Code;
15. ADOPTION of Resolution 24-67 to suspend all provisions of Subsection 2.08.060(D), Maui County Code, for Fiscal Year 2025;
16. ADOPTION of Resolution 24-68 to set the salaries of various positions in the Office of Council Services; and
17. ADOPTION of Resolution 24-77, CD1 to authorize the Mayor to grant and dispose of 0.2088 acre of undeveloped property located at 266 Dickenson Street, Lahaina, Hawaii, to Lahaina Community Land Trust to develop affordable housing.
With reference to this agenda item, one or more executive meetings may be held in accordance with Section 92-5(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes (“HRS”):
(1) to consider and evaluate personal information relating to individuals applying for professional or vocational licenses cited in Section 26-9, HRS, or both;
(2) to consider the hire, evaluation, dismissal, or discipline of an officer or employee or of charges brought against the officer or employee, where consideration of matters affecting privacy will be involved; provided that if the individual concerned requests an open meeting, an open meeting shall be held;
(3) to deliberate concerning the authority of persons designated by the County, the Council, or the Committee to conduct labor negotiations or to negotiate the acquisition of public property, or during the conduct of such negotiations;
(4) to consult with legal counsel on questions and issues pertaining to the powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities of the County, the Council, and the Committee;
(5) to investigate proceedings regarding criminal misconduct;
(6) to consider sensitive matters related to public safety or security;
(7) to consider matters relating to the solicitation and acceptance of private donations; and
(8) to deliberate or make a decision upon a matter that requires the consideration of information that must be kept confidential pursuant to a State or Federal law, or a court order.