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OHA leaders present biennium budget showing operating surplus; CEO seeks $2.28 million for office and $500,000-per-year set‑aside for land inventory
Summary
Office of Hawaiian Affairs CEO Stacy Ferra told trustees the agency is projecting a biennial operating surplus and presented a $2.28 million two‑year request for the CEO office that includes a $500,000 per year carve‑out for a planned lands inventory/audit. Trustees pressed staff on details for the inventory, international travel and AI use.
Office of Hawaiian Affairs CEO Stacy Ferra told the board of trustees during a May budget briefing that OHA is preparing a biennium budget built from a $49,000,436 spending limit for one funding column and a $68,144,328 spending limit in another, with current budget requests running below those limits.
Ferra said the administration’s FY26 request in one view totals $46,850,825, producing a current surplus of $2,585,827 for that column; in a broader column the spending limit is $68,144,328 and the request is $61,703,252, a surplus of $6,441,076. “This budget that you have before you really is an articulation of how that gets done,” Ferra said as she opened the multi‑day briefing series.
Why it matters: Ferra framed the briefing as an opportunity for trustees to see detailed program asks so the board can align priorities to the agency’s statutory mandate and strategic plan. She emphasized a “bare‑minimum” approach to requests and said…
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