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Votes at a glance: Finance committee actions and quick outcomes
Summary
A roundup of motions and committee votes from the Hawaii County Council Committee on Finance meeting: several communications and resolutions were closed or forwarded, with most votes unanimous or near-unanimous; full council review pending where noted.
The Hawaii County Council Committee on Finance handled a series of routine reports, resolutions and budget adjustments and recorded the following motions and outcomes.
Votes and key details (committee-level actions):
- Communication 24.19 (report of change orders authorized August 2025, Finance Director Diane Nakagawa): Motion to close file made and seconded; committee vote 8 ayes, Councilmember Kurkowitz absent. Motion recorded as closing and filing the report.
- Communication 27.3 (report of donations received from the Daniel R. Sayer Memorial Foundation as of September 2025): Motion to close file made by Councilmember Inaba, second by Councilmember Onishi. Councilmember Inaba thanked the Sayer Memorial Foundation for donations listed, including two Westmark 1,050-gallon helitenders valued collectively near $500,000. Committee vote recorded 7 ayes; Councilmembers Kirkewitz and Connolly Kleinfelder absent.
- Communication 98.3 (first-quarter report of persons employed under contract for less than 90 days, July 1–September 30, 2025): Motion to close file made by Councilmember Reyna, second by Councilmember Galimba. Human Resources Director Summer Tokihiro explained these are primarily temporary summer positions (for example, recreation aquatic lifeguards). Committee vote recorded 8 ayes; Councilmember Kirkowitz absent.
- Resolution 343-25 (authorize payment from later fiscal years to enter a 5-year lease agreement for 1 multifunction copy machine for the Civil Defense Agency; approx $3,000/year): Motion to forward to council with favorable recommendation made by Councilmember Connolly Lee Kleinfelder and seconded by Councilmember Onishi. Committee vote recorded 8 ayes; Councilmember Kirkowitz absent.
- Bill 94 (amend fiscal year 2025–26 operating budget to record actual Emergency Solutions Grants allocation; small net adjustment): Motion to approve at committee level and forward to council made by Councilmember Connolly Lee Kleinfelder, second by Councilmember Galimba. Office of Housing representative Royce Shiroma said the amount reflects the actual HUD allocation and is a budget adjustment; committee vote 8 ayes; Councilmember Kirkowitz absent.
- Bill 95 (amend fiscal year 2025–26 operating budget: reallocate federal block grant funds to increase project funding and reduce administrative allocation): Motion to approve and forward to council made by Councilmember Connolly Lee Kleinfelder, second by Councilmember Galimba. Office of Housing explained the item shifts admin allocation to projects to meet project funding requests; committee vote 8 ayes; Councilmember Kirkowitz absent.
All items listed above were recorded by the clerk as forwarded or closed at the committee level for full-council consideration where required.
