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HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL KE KANIHELA O KE KALANA O HONOLULU CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
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COMMITTEE ON BUDGET |
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Voting Members: Val A. Okimoto, Chair Scott Y. Nishimoto, Vice Chair Radiant Cordero Esther Kiaʻāina Augie Tulba Tommy Waters
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AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2026
10:00 A.M.
Remote and in-person oral testimony will be permitted on all items on the agenda when each agenda item is taken up. Each speaker may not have anyone else read their statement and is limited to a one‑minute presentation.
As both English and Hawaiian are official languages of the State of Hawaiʻi, pursuant to Article XV, Section 4 of the Hawaiʻi State Constitution and Section 1-13 of the Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes (HRS), members of the public may testify in either language. For oral testimonies offered in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, additional time as may be necessary will be allowed for the testifier to provide an English translation of their testimony.
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Although remote oral testimony is being permitted, this is a regular meeting and not a remote meeting by interactive conference technology under HRS Section 92-3.7. Therefore, the meeting will continue notwithstanding loss of audiovisual communication with remote testifiers or loss of the public broadcast of the meeting.
Persons wishing to testify in the Council Chamber are requested to register by 10:00 a.m. by filling out the registration form in person. Persons who have not registered will be given an opportunity to speak following the oral testimonies of the registered speakers.
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Written testimony may be uploaded through the Honolulu Records Collection website, type the following into the address bar of the
browser: https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/testimony, or mailed to Office of the City Clerk, Attention: Information Section, 530 South King Street, Room 100, Honolulu, HI 96813. If submitted, written testimonies, including the testifier’s address, e-mail address, and phone number, will be available to the public on the Honolulu Records Collection website, type the following into the address bar of the
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The following agenda items, Bill 22 (2026), Bill 23 (2026), Bill 26 (2026), Bill 27 (2026), Bill 24 (2026), and Bill 28 (2026), have been posted in anticipation of action to be taken by the City Council at its meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2026; and therefore, the Committee may or may not take action on the items or any amendments proposed thereto.
FOR ACTION
1. BILL 22 (2026) and any amendments proposed thereto – EXECUTIVE OPERATING BUDGET FOR FY 2027. Approving the Executive Operating Budget and Program for the fiscal year July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. (Transmitted by Communication MM-22[26]; Bill is scheduled for first reading 3/25/26)
CC-033(26) WATERS - Lapsed Funds and Vacancies Reports
CC-037(26) OKIMOTO - BUDGET COMMUNICATION NO. 7 - Request for Information Regarding Appropriations in the Fiscal Year 2027 Executive Budgets and Chapter 8A ("Taxation of Transient Accommodations Tax"), Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021.
CC-038(26) OKIMOTO - BUDGET COMMUNICATION NO. 8 - Request for Additional Information Relating to the Solid Waste Special Fund.
CC-044(26) OKIMOTO - BUDGET COMMUNICATION NO. 10 - Committee on Budget Follow-Up Questions to Departmental Budget Briefings.
CC-046(226) OKIMOTO - BUDGET COMMUNICATION NO. 11 - Committee on Budget Revised Follow-Up Questions to Departmental Budget Briefings.
CC-047(26) OKIMOTO - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-048(26) DOS SANTOS-TAM - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-049(26) TUPOLA - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-050(26) TULBA - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-051(26) KIAʻĀINA - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-052(26) WEYER - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-053(26) NISHIMOTO - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-054(26) WATERS - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-055(26) CORDERO - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-056(26) OKIMOTO - Compilation of Councilmembers' Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-061(26) OKIMOTO - Executive Operating Budget: Bill 22 (2026) Proposed Amendments for CD1.
CC-066(26) OKIMOTO - BUDGET COMMUNICATION NO. 13 - Request for Additional Information Relating to HART's Statement of Revenues and Surplus and Bill 22 (2026), Executive Operating Budget and Program for Fiscal Year 2027.
MM-022(26) - A MAYOR BLANGIARDI - Executive Program and Budget Fiscal Year 2027 Volume 1 - Operating Program and Budget.
MM-022(26) MAYOR BLANGIARDI - Draft Bills for Executive Operating and Capital Programs and Budgets for Fiscal Year 2027.
MM-028(26) MAYOR BLANGIARDI - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
MM-032(26) MANAGING DIRECTOR - Fiscal Year 2027 Budgets and Kona Low Storm Events.
MM-035(26) MANAGING DIRECTOR - Kona Storm Damage Preliminary Cost Estimates.
D-0128(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Report Relating to the Affordable Housing Fund
D-0129(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Report Relating to the Clean Water and Natural Lands Fund
D-0130(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Report Relating to the Climate Resiliency Fund
D-0122(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Budget Communication No. 3 — ltem 7 Line-ltem Details - Operating Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027
D-0123(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Budget Communication No. 3 — Item 8 Operating Budget Details of Line Items Exceeding $50,000, as Required by the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021 Section 2-18.6
D-0126(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Budget Communication No. 3 — Item 11 Inventory of Fees
D-0127(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Report Relating Detailing Incentive Payments
D-0164(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Administrative Overview Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0165(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0166(26) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0167(26) PROSECUTING ATTORNEY - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0168(26) ROYAL HAWAIIAN BAND - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0169(26) MEDICAL EXAMINER - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0170(26) CORPORATION COUNSEL - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0171(26) ETHICS COMMISSION - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0172(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Response to Budget Communication No. 5.
D-0174(26) POLICE - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0175(26) OCEAN SAFETY - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0173(26) EMERGENCY SERVICES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0176(26) PARKS AND RECREATION - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0177(26) HOUSING AND LAND MANAGEMENT - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0178(26) LIQUOR COMMISSION - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0183(26) TRANSPORTATION SERVICES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0184(26) PLANNING AND PERMITTING - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0185(26) COMMUNITY SERVICES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0186(26) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0187(26) FACILITY MAINTENANCE - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0188(26) HUMAN RESOURCES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0189(26) ENTERPRISE SERVICES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0190(26) DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0191(26) ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0192(26) CUSTOMER SERVICES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0193(26) FIRE - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0205(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Budget Communication No. 11- Committee on Budget Revised Follow-Up Questions to Departmental Budget Briefings.
D-0211(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Budget Communication No. 11 — Committee on Budget Revised Follow-Up Questions to Departmental Budget Briefings.
D-0226(26) PARKS AND RECREATION - Bill 22 (2026), Relating to the Executive Operating Budget and Program for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.
M-0111(26) Testimony on BILL022(26) for Mar 25, 2026 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
M-0118(26) Testimony on BILL022(26) for Mar 25, 2026 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
M-0126(26) Testimony on BILL022(26) for Mar 30, 2026 @ 10:00 AM *BUDGET (BUD) Meeting.
Related communications:
CC-56(26) Val A. Okimoto, Chair, Committee on Budget, submitting proposed amendments to the Executive Operating and Capital, and Legislative budgets for Fiscal Year 2027 submitted by councilmembers.
MM-32(26) Managing Director, relating to Fiscal Year 2027 Budgets and Kona Low Storm Events.
2. BILL 23 (2026) and any amendments proposed thereto – EXECUTIVE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FY 2027. Approving the Executive Capital Budget and Program for the fiscal year July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. (Transmitted by Communication MM-22[26]; Bill is scheduled for first reading 3/25/26)
CC-044(26) OKIMOTO - BUDGET COMMUNICATION NO. 10 - Committee on Budget Follow-Up Questions to Departmental Budget Briefings.
CC-046(226) OKIMOTO - BUDGET COMMUNICATION NO. 11 - Committee on Budget Revised Follow-Up Questions to Departmental Budget Briefings.
CC-048(26) DOS SANTOS-TAM - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-049(26) TUPOLA - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-052(26) WEYER - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-053(26) NISHIMOTO - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-054(26) WATERS - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-055(26) CORDERO - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-056(26) OKIMOTO - Compilation of Councilmembers' Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-062(26) OKIMOTO - Executive Capital Budget: Bill 23 (2026) Proposed Amendments for CD1.
MM-022(26) - B MAYOR BLANGIARDI - Executive Program and Budget Fiscal Year 2027 Volume 2 - Capital Program and Budget.
MM-022(26) MAYOR BLANGIARDI - Draft Bills for Executive Operating and Capital Programs and Budgets for Fiscal Year 2027.
MM-032(26) MANAGING DIRECTOR - Fiscal Year 2027 Budgets and Kona Low Storm Events.
MM-035(26) MANAGING DIRECTOR - Kona Storm Damage Preliminary Cost Estimates.
D-0128(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Report Relating to the Affordable Housing Fund
D-0129(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Report Relating to the Clean Water and Natural Lands Fund
D-0125(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Budget Communication No. 3 — Item 10 Capital Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 — Line-ltem Detail
D-0164(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Administrative Overview Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0165(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0166(26) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0167(26) PROSECUTING ATTORNEY - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0168(26) ROYAL HAWAIIAN BAND - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0169(26) MEDICAL EXAMINER - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0170(26) CORPORATION COUNSEL - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0171(26) ETHICS COMMISSION - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0172(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Response to Budget Communication No. 5.
D-0174(26) POLICE - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0175(26) OCEAN SAFETY - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0173(26) EMERGENCY SERVICES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0176(26) PARKS AND RECREATION - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0177(26) HOUSING AND LAND MANAGEMENT - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0178(26) LIQUOR COMMISSION - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0183(26) TRANSPORTATION SERVICES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0184(26) PLANNING AND PERMITTING - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0185(26) COMMUNITY SERVICES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0186(26) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0187(26) FACILITY MAINTENANCE - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0188(26) HUMAN RESOURCES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0189(26) ENTERPRISE SERVICES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0190(26) DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0191(26) ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0192(26) CUSTOMER SERVICES - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0193(26) FIRE - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0205(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Budget Communication No. 11- Committee on Budget Revised Follow-Up Questions to Departmental Budget Briefings.
D-0207(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Proposed Amendments to Bill 23 (2026) for CD1 Executive Capital Budget and Program for Fiscal Year 2027.
D-0211(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Budget Communication No. 11 — Committee on Budget Revised Follow-Up Questions to Departmental Budget Briefings.
D-0219(26) PLANNING AND PERMITTING - Review of the Executive Capital Budget and Program For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027, Bill 23 (2026).
M-0117(26) Testimony on BILL023(26) for Mar 25, 2026 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
M-0124(26) Testimony on BILL023(26) for Mar 30, 2026 @ 10:00 AM *BUDGET (BUD) Meeting.
Related communications:
CC-56(26) Val A. Okimoto, Chair, Committee on Budget, submitting proposed amendments to the Executive Operating and Capital, and Legislative budgets for Fiscal Year 2027 submitted by councilmembers.
MM-32(26) Managing Director, relating to Fiscal Year 2027 Budgets and Kona Low Storm Events.
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3. BILL 26 (2026) and any amendments proposed thereto – HART OPERATING BUDGET FOR FY 2027. Approving the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation Operating Budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. (Transmitted by Communication D-842[25]; Bill is scheduled for first reading 3/25/26)
CC-039(26) OKIMOTO - BUDGET COMMUNICATION NO. 9 - Request for Additional Information Relating to the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation's Operating Budget.
D-0842(25) HART - Draft Bill which supersedes Departmental Communication D-833 which was submitted on December 1, 2025 Summary of HART's Fiscal Year 2027 Operating and Capital Budgets.
D-0181(26) HART - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
D-0194(26) HART - Budget Communication No. 9 - Request for Additional Information Relating to HART Operating Budget.
4. BILL 27 (2026) and any amendments proposed thereto – HART CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FY 2027. Approving the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation Capital Budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. (Transmitted by Communication D-842[25]; Bill is scheduled for first reading 3/25/26)
D-0842(25) HART - Draft Bill which supersedes Departmental Communication D-833 which was submitted on December 1, 2025 Summary of HART's Fiscal Year 2027 Operating and Capital Budgets.
D-0181(26) HART - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
5. BILL 24 (2026) and any amendments proposed thereto – ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. Authorizing the issuance and sale of General Obligation Bonds and Bond Anticipation Notes of the City and County of Honolulu in a maximum principal amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts appropriated in the Capital Budget Ordinance of said City and County for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, and specified in said Ordinance to be financed from the proceeds of the sale of such bonds and to be expended from the General Improvement Bond Fund, the Highway Improvement Bond Fund, Solid Waste Improvement Bond Fund, the Housing Development Special Fund, or Taxable General Improvement Bond Fund. (Transmitted by Communication MM-22[26]; Bill is scheduled for first reading 3/25/26)
MM-022(26) MAYOR BLANGIARDI - Draft Bills for Executive Operating and Capital Programs and Budgets for Fiscal Year 2027.
6. BILL 28 (2026) and any amendments proposed thereto – LEGISLATIVE BUDGET FOR FY 2027. Approving the Legislative Budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. (Bill is scheduled for first reading 3/25/26)
BILL028(26), CD1 - 03-30-26 BUD
CC-040(26) WATERS - Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
CC-043(26) WATERS - Legislative Budget FY 2027 Bill 28 (2026).
CC-055(26) CORDERO - Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-056(26) OKIMOTO - Compilation of Councilmembers' Proposed Budget Amendments.
CC-063(26) OKIMOTO - Legislative Budget: Bill 28 (2026) Proposed Amendments for CD1.
M-0127(26) Testimony on BILL028(26) for Mar 30, 2026 @ 10:00 AM *BUDGET (BUD) Meeting.
Related communication:
CC-56(26) Val A. Okimoto, Chair, Committee on Budget, submitting proposed amendments to the Executive Operating and Capital, and Legislative budgets for Fiscal Year 2027 submitted by councilmembers.
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7. RESOLUTION 26-62 – REAL PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR FY 2027. Determining the respective rates at which real property in the various general classes in the City and County of Honolulu shall be taxed per $1,000 of assessed value for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.
CC-041(26) OKIMOTO - Disclosure of Interest Statement for Resolution 26-62. FILE.
MM-035(26) MANAGING DIRECTOR - Kona Storm Damage Preliminary Cost Estimates.
MM-038(26) MANAGING DIRECTOR - For INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING ON DISASTER RESPONSE TO WEATHER EVENTS, INCLUDING FISCAL IMPACT for Mar 31, 2026 @10:00 AM BUDGET (BUD) Meeting.
Related communication:
CC-41(26) Disclosure of Interest Statement submitted by Councilmember Okimoto.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
If the need arises with respect to any item on this agenda, then pursuant to Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes Sections 92-4 and 92-5(a)(4), the Committee may consult in a closed meeting with its attorneys in executive session on questions and issues pertaining to the City’s and the Council’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities and/or liabilities relating to that item.
VAL A. OKIMOTO, Chair
Committee on Budget