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Votes at a glance: Key council actions from Oct. 10, 2025 meeting

October 10, 2025 | Maui County, Hawaii


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Votes at a glance: Key council actions from Oct. 10, 2025 meeting
The Maui County Council took multiple formal actions on Oct. 10, 2025. Below is a concise summary of the recorded votes and outcomes from the meeting record.

- CR 25-64 (file bill 121 to authorize an IGA for MPD response to National Guard alarms): Motion to adopt committee recommendation to file; mover: Uhu Hodgins; second: Tasha Kama; outcome: adopted (7 ayes, 2 excused). (See separate article for related public testimony.)

- Bill 149 (EPA grant, Department of Water Supply — Haiku Kahikoa tank replacement): Passed on first reading; council record: 7 ayes, 2 excused.

- Bill 153 (move Hana Business Council $2,100,000 project language to Office of Recovery conditional funding): Passed on first reading; council record: 7 ayes, 2 excused.

- Bill 154 (Office of Economic Development conditional $49,570 for ProArts/Pono project): Passed on first reading; council record: 7 ayes, 2 excused.

- Bill 155 (repeal of pinball-machine ordinance, chapter 9.12): Passed on first reading; council record: 7 ayes, 2 excused.

- Bill 141 (extend effective date for bilingual agendas): Passed on first reading; council record: 7 ayes, 2 excused.

- Bill 148 (Kula Agricultural Park Committee membership reduction from 11 to 9): Passed on first reading; council record: 7 ayes, 2 excused.

- Bills 21 CD1 and 78 CD1 (Lanai City parking exemption / zoning change): Passed on second and final reading together; council record: 7 ayes, 2 excused.

- Bill 82 CD1 (authorized emergency vehicles — allow MEMA vehicles to use emergency sirens/lighting): Passed on second and final reading; council record: 7 ayes, 2 excused.

- Group of second-and-final reading budget and administrative bills (Bills 99 CD1; 100 CD1; 101; 111; 113; 134): Passed on second and final reading as grouped in the meeting; council record: 7 ayes, 2 excused for the grouped vote.

- Bill 109 CD1 (amend outdoor lighting code): Passed on second and final reading; council record: 7 ayes, 2 excused.

- Bill 129 FD1 (Board of Ethics part‑time positions, pro rata pay): Substitute FD1 approved; main motion passed (6 ayes, 3 excused).

- Res. 25-179 FD1 (set investigator salary pro rata 19 hours/week Step J — $48,005.40): Substitute FD1 approved; main motion passed (6 ayes, 3 excused).

- Bill 130 (rename animal adjudication board): Passed on second and final reading; council record: 6 ayes, 3 excused.

- Bill 133 and Bill 135 (budget transfers: Aloha Classic adjustment and National Trust preservation funding for Lahaina Royal Complex work): Passed on second and final reading; council record: 6 ayes, 3 excused.

Notes on process

Several items included substitute versions (FD1/ASF) that were substituted on the floor prior to final action. The council also used Rosenberg reconsideration rules to bring Bill 40 back to the floor and passed it on first reading after an initial failed vote earlier in the same session.

Ending

This listing summarizes recorded votes from the Oct. 10 meeting. For detailed statements, speaker quotes, and committee reports referenced above, see the meeting transcript and individual items posted on the Maui County council docket.

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