Special Committee Meets Dec. 10 to Discuss County Manager Form of Government

Maui County Council, Dec. 4, 2015. Photo credit: Office of Council Services.

A special committee established to review the county manager form of governance is set to  convene for the first time on Dec. 10, at 1:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber, Council Chair Mike White announced today.

The council today passed Resolution 15-155, which established the 11-member special committee composed of:

• East Maui – Jonathan Starr
• Kahului – Renee Kehau Filimoeʻatu
• Lānaʻi – Linda Kay Okamoto (a.k.a. Kay Okamoto)
• Makawao-Haʻikū-Pāʻia – James J. C. “Kimo” Haynes III
• Molokaʻi – Paula Friel
• South Maui – Ray Phillips
• Upcountry – Doreen “Pua” Canto
• Wailuku-Waiheʻe-Waikapū – Anthony “Tony” Takitani
• West Maui – Tamara Paltin
• At-large – Madge Schaefer
• At-large – David “Dave” DeLeon

The committee is tasked with providing the council with a written recommendation on whether establishing a county manager form of government would improve management and operation of the county.  Their deadline to do so is by June 1, 2016.

If a county manager form of government is the committee’s recommendation, a Charter amendment shall also be proposed to go on the 2016 general election ballot.

Testimony may be submitted to: governance.committee@mauicounty.us.