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Council adopts updated hazard mitigation plan to maintain federal grant eligibility
Summary
The council unanimously adopted the County of Maui 2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan (Resolution 25‑1‑74 CD1). Staff noted the county must update the plan every five years to remain eligible for hazard mitigation assistance grants; the administrator committed to correct typographical and place‑name errors in the final adopted version.
The Maui County Council unanimously adopted Resolution 25‑1‑74 CD1 on Nov. 7, approving the County of Maui 2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan and preserving the county’s eligibility for federal hazard mitigation assistance.
Committee materials and presentations explained federal regulations require counties to review and update their hazard mitigation plans every five years. The council’s emergency management agency administrator noted the 2020 plan would expire on Nov. 19, 2025, and acknowledged the draft contains technical errors, including misspellings of place names; the administrator committed to deliver a corrected final version after council adoption.
Why it matters: Adoption keeps Maui County eligible for federal mitigation grants that fund planning and hazard‑reduction projects and affirms county priorities for resilience planning.
The committee voted 8‑0 to recommend the resolution; the council followed that recommendation and voted 8‑0 to adopt it.
