Posted on 12:13 am, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Tags: billy kenoi, county budget
MEDIA RELEASE Mayor Billy Kenoi submitted the proposed operating budget for the County of Hawaii for fiscal year 2014-2015 Monday to the Hawaii County Council. Below is the message that accompanied the budget: Aloha Chair Yoshimoto and Council Members: As required by the Hawaii County Charter, submitted with this message is the proposed operating budget […]
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Posted on 8:22 pm, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Tags: billy kenoi, county budget
Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Mayor Billy Kenoi and members of his administration’s cabinet met with West Hawaii resident Thursday, May 16 to review the upcoming budget. Among the top items on the agenda was the proposed property tax increase, which Kenoi explained is necessary to preserve county services. “This is the first time […]
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Posted on 9:30 pm, Friday, March 1, 2013. Tags: billy kenoi, county budget, county charter, county council
Balanced budget includes estimated revenues, appropriations of $370,778,473
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Posted on 4:48 pm, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Tags: billy kenoi, county budget
Mayor Billy Kenoi submits the 2011-12 operating budget for Hawaii County. Full video of the budget presentation.
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Posted on 3:39 am, Saturday, December 4, 2010. Tags: bonds, county budget, pete hoffmann
Councilman Pete Hoffmann has released the following statement: The County Council action to delay final approval of the administration-proposed $56M bond float so that the in-coming Council can discuss the matter is a proper decision in my opinion. Although I am a firm advocate of using the bond-issuing power of County government, so long as […]
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Posted on 12:22 am, Thursday, June 17, 2010. Tags: county budget, pete hoffmann
The following was released Wednesday, June 16 by Kohala Councilman Pete Hoffmann: After a record-setting Council meeting on June 7 (lasting some 18+ hours) the forty amendments suggested by various Council members left the Mayor’s version of the 2010-2011 County Operating Budget largely unchanged. I remain convinced that the County did not have to promote […]
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Posted on 10:27 pm, Tuesday, May 25, 2010. Tags: county budget, pete hoffmann
Waimea Councilman Pete Hoffmann issued the following statement concerning the county budget: The Council is more than knee-deep in the annual budget morass. Keeping a sense of perspective on this topic has not always been our strong point, but some of us do attempt to see a bigger picture than simply dollars and cents. I […]
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Posted on 11:52 pm, Sunday, March 28, 2010. Tags: county budget
The annual county budget season got under way Monday, March 22 in Hilo with the council’s public hearing. The three-hour hearing was dominated by testimony on the Hawaii County Band, which Mayor Billy Kenoi slashed from the budget.
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Posted on 4:14 pm, Thursday, January 14, 2010. Tags: county budget, pete hoffmann
Kohala County Councilman Pete Hoffmann has issued the following statement: In a former “lifetime†working for the Department of Defense in the Pentagon, I was assigned to an office responsible for the preparation of the annual Army Intelligence budget and the accompanying Congressional justification process. After several months, I was able to wade reasonably well […]
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