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