#testimony

Council Launches “Maui County Kākou” Civic Engagement Video Series

July 13, 2021 · 5:13 PM UTC
The Maui County Council has launched Maui County Kākou, a civic engagement video series providing information and resources to encourage and facilitate civic education and participation, Councilmember Kelly Takaya King announced today.

BLNR hosts hearing on proposed Advanced Technology Solar Telescope TONIGHT August 26

August 26, 2010 · 4:32 PM UTC
The Board of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands, holds a hearing today for the proposed Advanced Technology Solar Telescope planned for construction atop Haleakala on Maui.  The meeting gives the public an opportunity to provide testimony on the project’s Conservation District Use Application. Some concerns that have been raised are […]

Deadline today for testimony on Maui Plastic Bag Ban, August 17

August 17, 2010 · 4:00 PM UTC
Maui’s plastic bag ordinance is the subject of a public hearing today in Wailuku.  Officials from the Department of Environmental Management will discuss proposed administrative rules that outline what types of bags are permissible and guidelines for compliance. Maui’s plastic bag ban is set to go into effect on January 11, 2011, prohibiting businesses from […]

Maui readies itself for Plastic Bag Ban

July 22, 2010 · 4:12 PM UTC
Maui will hold a public hearing on the proposed Plastic Bag ban ordinance set to go into effect in January.  The county also plans to adopt administrative rules at the meeting.  The plastic bag reduction ordinance prohibits businesses from providing plastic bags at the point of sale for the purpose of transporting groceries or other […]

Discrepancies over vacancy list prompt second look at proposed cuts

April 28, 2010 · 6:27 PM UTC
By Wendy Osher The council’s budget committee continues deliberations today (Wednesday, April 28, 2010) following several hours of testimony yesterday on the 2011 Budget.  Department heads expressed concern over recently announced plans to cut an additional 60 positions that were reported as vacant by the Department of Personnel Services. Several of the departments sighted discrepancies […]

Mateo on Budget: “We’re cutting deep with core services”

April 28, 2010 · 5:21 AM UTC
“I think this morning was quite difficult for me to just listen to some of the testimony, especially when the bulk of the testimony came from a good number of our own departments,” said Molokai council member Danny Mateo. “It bothered me to hear some divisions talk about: ‘if the proposals says as it is, […]

VIDEO: Seniors and Disabled fight for MEO bus funding

April 21, 2010 · 6:00 AM UTC
By Wendy Osher [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YgpP5BPRWA[/youtube] Seniors and disabled residents showed up in force at the county building Tuesday morning (April 20, 2010) to speak out against proposed cuts to a portion of funding for the MEO bus system.  Maui Economic Opportunity currently provides transportation services to the elderly, disabled and under served groups. “No wheels, no […]

BILL WOULD ESTABLISH MEMORIAL FOR KALAUPAPA PATIENTS

January 14, 2009 · 3:22 AM UTC
Thousands of former Hansen Disease patients buried in the remote Kalaupapa Peninsula on Molokai, could finally get a memorial in their honor.  Although the Kalaupapa Memorial Act passed in the U.S. House last year, it did not pass the Senate prior to the conclusion of the 110th Congress.  It has since been reintroduced in the […]