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Council advances property-tax amendment and EMS funding; approves multiple community appropriations
Summary
Council approved first reading of Bill 103 (property tax language changes) and Bill 107 (county adoption of state fire code amendments), advanced Bill 108 (EMS grant to open ambulance service at Makalei station), and approved several small community grant resolutions.
At its Dec. 17 meeting the Hawaii County Council moved multiple legislative items forward.
Bill 103 (first reading) amends Chapter 19, Article 7 of the Hawaii County Code relating to real property tax and applies the homeowner classification 3% annual assessment increase cap to certain agricultural-assessed properties under specified conditions; Councilmember Kimball moved and successfully amended the draft with language clarifying application…
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