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Council proviso, SLFRF and recurring funding collide as OER seeks to make three equity-liaison positions permanent
Summary
The Office of Economic Revitalization asked the Council Committee on Budget to include three community equity liaison positions in the FY2026 general-fund baseline after they were funded by a council proviso in FY2025.
The Office of Economic Revitalization asked the Honolulu City Council Committee on Budget to restore three community equity liaison (CEL) positions to the city's general-fund base so the posts would be recurring after the positions were originally funded by a council proviso in FY2025.
"We are not proposing to fund the community equity liaisons with the SLFRF funding. We are proposing to fund them with general funds in this budget," the director of the Office of Economic Revitalization told the committee during the department's FY2026 presentation.
Background and the administration's proposal The CEL positions were added in FY2025 by council action as provisos to support outreach and services for immigrant, limited-English and other vulnerable communities. The managing director and mayor later sent a letter asking…
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