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Hawaii County committee reviews CTAHR extension‑agent contract changes, hears program updates
Summary
The county Department of Research and Development told the Communication, Reports and Council Oversight Committee that the county has removed payment of state benefits from its CTAHR contract while continuing to fund two extension agent positions; committee closed the file 8–0 with one absent.
On Oct. 21, 2025, the Hawaii County Communication, Reports and Council Oversight Committee in Kona received an update from the county Department of Research and Development on changes to the county’s contract with the University of Hawaiʻi College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) and on two county-supported extension agent positions. Committee Chair Michelle Galimba presided; the committee voted to close the file on Communication 549 by voice vote, with eight in favor and one absent.
The county review removed county-funded payment of state benefits from its CTAHR supplemental agreement while retaining a 50% salary share and a travel allocation for the extension agents, Deputy Director Dennis Lehi said. "We kept the 50% of the salary and kept the travel allocation," Lehi said, adding that the county removed benefits because "those should be paid by the state and the university." He said the University…
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