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Maui Council breezes through remaining agenda items after marathon meeting
After a long “regular” meeting Friday-Saturday, the Maui County Council reconvened Monday morning and made short work of the rest of its agenda items in less than two hours.
Council approves nearly $1.56 billion budget amid ‘economic uncertainty’
Council members ended their work on the fiscal 2026 budget Tuesday, giving final approval to a $1.558 billion spending plan that sets the course for Maui County government beginning July 1.
Maui Council’s FY26 budget: Final vote looms amid shifting justifications, lingering questions
The budget pending second reading on Tuesday, has been reduced $9.4 million from the Budget Committee, but still $46 million more than the Bissen proposed budget. Once approved, the budget will go into effect July 1.
Maui Council reverses budget course, adds $55.4 million for fiscal year 2026
A little more than two weeks after Council Chair Alice Lee signaled the potential for “deep cuts” to Mayor Richard Bissen’s proposed $1.512 billion fiscal 2026 budget, the Maui County Council’s Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee has reversed course, recommending an increase of approximately $55.4 million – nearly 3.7% more than the mayor’s proposal. […]
Council OKs two more years for Kuʻikahi Village housing project
The Maui County Council has approved a resolution for a time extension — to May 2029 — for completion of the Kuʻikahi Village project, now apparently scaled back from its original plans. According to information presented to council members, the project was originally designed as a 202-unit workforce housing development mauka of Honoapiʻilani Highway and […]
Nāpili affordable housing bill clears first reading
Maui County Council members passed on first reading Friday morning a bill that sets aside $650,000 from the Affordable Housing Fund as a grant to A0746 Lahaina L.P. for pre-development costs for a project in Nāpili.
Committee referral item sparks discord among Maui County Council members
It was mostly smooth sailing for the Maui County Council’s first regularly scheduled meeting of 2025, but then decorum hit choppy waters as the Friday agenda drifted to a planned referral of three bills to the Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee.
Marcy Martin sworn in as Acting Director of Finance, Zielinski to serve as Deputy; Milner named Maui Budget Director
Marcy Martin was sworn in Wednesday as the County of Maui Acting Director of Finance. She has agreed to serve as the acting director while recruitment efforts continue for a permanent Director of Finance. Maria Zielinski, who had been serving as Acting Finance Director, was sworn in Wednesday as Deputy Director of the Department of Finance. Mayor Bissen also announced the appointment of Lesley Milner as Budget Director.
Sky-high property values lead to proposed changes in Maui County Circuit Breaker program
Members of the Maui County Council’s Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee have voted unanimously to extend property tax relief to taxpayers at risk of being priced out of their homes by skyrocketing property values.
