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Council confirms new DPW and Environmental Management directors after questioning on priorities and oversight

Hawaii County Council · December 17, 2025
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Hawaii County confirmed Wesley Sagawa as Director of Public Works (5–4) and Daniel Gervan as Director of Environmental Management (8–0) after candidate Q&A on vision, permitting, and task-force engagement.

The Hawaii County Council confirmed two department directors during its Dec. 17 session.

Wesley Sagawa was confirmed as Director of Public Works on a 5–4 roll call vote after a lengthy question-and-answer period about his priorities, conflict-of-interest procedures, and permitting. Sagawa said he would retain Deputy Director Neil Acevedo for operations and offered three initial priorities: (1) break down interdepartmental silos with shared GIS and…

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