#Tom Cook Maui

Council declares May Community Action Month, celebrates MEO’s 60th anniversary

Maui County’s Community Action Agency, Maui Economic Opportunity, was praised as a “second government” for its far-reaching work assisting county residents in need by Maui County Council members, who declared May as Community Action Month.

Maui Council adopts resolution on recycled water in effort to preserve potable water for affordable housing

Citing several supportive General Plan policies, the resolution requests the mayor and Department of Environmental Management to increase the “production and expansion of recycled R-1 water to preserve potable water for the construction of affordable housing and to support fire protection, greenbelts, agriculture and cultural uses.”

Maui Council passes bill for Kūlanihākoʻi Gulch sediment removal

Council Member Tom Cook applauded the Maui County Council’s passage today of a bill to authorize the county to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the federal government to support a sediment-removal project for Kūlanihākoʻi Gulch in North Kīhei.

Kelly Takaya King announces intent to run for previously held Maui Council seat

Kelly Takaya King officially announced her intent to run for her previously held Maui County Council seat for the South Maui District.