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Council amends HPD transfer: reduces proposed transfer and schedules further consideration after staffing questions
Summary
Faced with department questions about patrol spending, the council amended a transfer request for the Honolulu Police Department down from $13.5 million to $8.5 million and moved the measure to the end of the calendar for final action. Members pressed HPD to clarify why large vacancy balances coexisted with multiple transfer requests.
The council debated a request to transfer funds to the Honolulu Police Department to cover projected overtime and patrol costs and ultimately amended the transfer to reduce the amount and postponed final action.
At the committee report motion, the council considered resolution 25‑146, a request to transfer $13.5 million in general‑fund monies to patrol activities. Several members voiced concern about timing and the size of the transfer given fiscal‑year timing. Council member Di Polo (spoke as reservations) and Council member Cordero raised concerns about the timing of…
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