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County representatives map state legislative priorities at HSAC briefing
Summary
Members of the Hawaii County Council discussed priorities to advance at the Hawaii State Association of Counties (HSAC), including food innovation, cesspool conversion, disaster preparedness incentives and conveyance tax support; the committee closed file on communication 40.1 by unanimous voice vote.
The Committee on Government Operations and External Affairs discussed recommended statewide priorities to carry through the Hawaii State Association of Counties (HSAC), including investments in local food innovation, tailored approaches to cesspool conversion, disaster-preparedness financing and continued work on a state conveyance tax to fund housing and homelessness programs.
Chair Jen Kaguada read communication 40.1, minutes from the HSAC executive committee, and asked council members for suggestions on a package of priorities the county should send to the HSAC executive committee for the 2026 legislative session. Council Member Heather L. Kimball, who represents the county on HSAC,…
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