#Councilmember
Committee to consider potential new water source for Upcountry Maui
The Maui County Council’s Water Resources Committee will consider the use of the Piiholo South Well as a potential new water source for Upcountry Maui residents. The item comes up for consideration at a special meeting on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 9 a.m. in the Council Chambers. “Discussion on this matter is preliminary, and the focus of […]
Johnson on Budget: “You can’t get blood out of a turnip… this is a pretty big vegetable we’re looking at”
“Nothing is easy and I can empathize with many of the decisions that we have to face. But I do appreciate what the administration is going through, but I also appreciate that you’re (Council Chair Joe Pontanilla) trying to look at the concerns of the general public, interpret that as well as what all nine […]
Victorino on Budget: The new norm is to do it with what you have, not with the futuristic borrowing and selling your soul for the future”
“I heard today a number of the departments defending their turf, and that’s fine, I understand. I’ve been through those kinds of exercises when I was in the business world—you come in and you justify your expenses, positions, expansions and deletions. They did a good job and I respect that. It’s our responsibility now to […]
Nishiki on Budget: “I think that no one will die from these severe cuts”
“When I listened today to the different departments and their reasons for restoring funding, their reasons make sense; however in this time of three years of constant cuts, still we see from property taxes and the general fund that it is diminishing,” said councilmember Wayne Nishiki. “We in Maui County have not laid off one […]
Proposal floated to save Air Ambulance
By Wendy Osher The County’s Air Ambulance could be saved under a proposal raised today before the Council’s Budget and Finance Committee. After initially requesting the elimination of the service last month, Maui Mayor Charmaine Tavares issued a follow up request to utilize real property revenues combined with emergency funds to cover the county’s share […]
ALCOHOL BAN AT HONOKOWAI PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ON 1ST READING
The Maui County Council passed a bill on first reading yesterday that would ban alcohol consumption at Honokowai Beach Park. The bill was introduced by West Maui Councilmember Jo Anne Johnson and gained unanimous approval on first reading. The county already has alcohol bans in place at Kamehameha Iki Park and Malu’ulu’olele Park in Lahaina, […]
