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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
REGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 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.
Remote Testimony
1. For direct access to submit oral testimony call: +1-253-215-8782, enter ID: 86479253785 and Passcode 289076.
2. To testify by videoconference visit the Honolulu Records Collection website, type the following into the address bar of the
browser: https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/testimony. Videoconference access information will be provided upon registration. Testifiers are encouraged to register/submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
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
browser: https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov.
Should you have any questions, please call (808) 768-3816 or send an email to kiana.pascual@honolulu.gov.
Meeting materials are accessible on the Honolulu Records Collection website, type the following into the address bar of the browser: https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/browse/agendas by clicking on the appropriate Committee meeting.
The meeting will be viewable: (1) by internet live streaming on the Honolulu City Council YouTube Channel, type the following into the address bar of the
browser: https://www.youtube.com/@HonoluluCityCouncil; (2) by televised live broadcast on ‘Ōlelo TV Channel 54; and (3) on the monitor situated outside the Council Chamber. Viewers who experience a loss of viewing signal should try switching to another viewing option.
After the meeting, the meeting will be viewable on demand on the Honolulu City Council YouTube Channel, type the following into the address bar of the
browser: https://www.youtube.com/@HonoluluCityCouncil. Copies of older meeting videos may be requested by calling the City Clerk’s Office at (808) 768‑5822, charges may apply.
If you need auxiliary aid/service or other accomodation due to a disability or an interpreter for a language other than English, please call the Office of the City Clerk Information Section at (808) 768-5822, Monday through Friday, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., excluding State holidays,or send an email to kiana.pascual@honolulu.gov as soon as possible or at least three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.
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FOR ACTION
1. BILL 8 (2026) – RELATING TO FUNDS. Creating a fund to receive and expend moneys to support fire prevention activities. (Bill passed first reading 1/28/26)
M-0044(26) Testimony on BILL008(26) for Jan 28, 2026 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
012826 Council Minutes - ADOPTED 03/25/26
2. RESOLUTION 26-36 – THIRTY-SECOND YEAR ACTION PLAN. Approving the City and County of Honolulu’s Thirty-Second Year Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnerships, Emergency Solutions Grants, and Housing Trust Fund Programs and authorizing its submittal to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (Transmitted by Communication D-82[26]; Committee postponed action 3/3/26)
D-0082(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Draft Resolution approving the City’s Thirty-Second (32nd) Year Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”), HOME Investment Partnerships (“HOME”), Emergency Solutions Grants (“ESG”), and Housing Trust Fund (“HTF”) Programs.
M-0083(26) Testimony on RES26-036 for Mar 3, 2026 @ 10:00 AM *BUDGET (BUD) Meeting.
030326 Committee on Budget Written Summary for Video Record
3. RESOLUTION 26-55 – TRANSFER OF FUNDS (HPD). Authorizing a transfer not to exceed $1,000,000 in Highway Fund monies within the Investigations activity, from the (salaries character of expenditure ("COE")) to the (current expenses COE), for Fiscal Year 2026 to enable the Honolulu Police Department ("HPD") to purchase P25 portable radios to help maintain public order and to ensure the safety and security of the City and County of Honolulu. (Transmitted by Communication D-118[26])
D-0118(26) POLICE - Draft resolution to Transfer Funds
4. RESOLUTION 26-60 – COMMUNICATIONS SITE LEASE AGREEMENT TO T‑MOBILE WEST LLC. Approving a telecommunications facilities lease agreement with T-Mobile West LLC for its existing telecommunication facility within the Harbor Village Apartments, 901 River Street, Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, TMK: (1) 1‑7-002:027. (Transmitted by Communication D-149[26])
D-0149(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Draft Resolution for Telecommunications Facilities Lease Agreement with T-Mobile West LLC for its existing Telecommunication Facility located within the city-owned Harbor Village Apartments TMK: 1-7-002:027.
5. RESOLUTION 26-74 – RELATING TO A TRANSFER FOR THE PAYMENT OF HAZARD PAY (DTS). Transfer of funds up to an amount not to exceed $16,777,253 in General Fund monies be transferred from the Provision for Hazard Pay activity (salaries character of expenditure ("COE")) for fiscal year 2026 to the Department of Transportation Services, Transportation Mobility activity (salaries (COE)) for the payment of Temporary Hazard Pay to eligible members of Teamsters. (Transmitted by Communication D‑213[26])
D-0213(26) BUDGET AND FISCAL SERVICES - Draft Resolution Relating to the Transfer of Funds for the Payment of Hazard Pay ("THP") to the Department of Transportation Services ("DTS") for the Members of the Hawaiʻi Teamsters and Allied Workers Union, Local 996 ("Teamsters").
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INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING
6. DISASTER RESPONSE TO WEATHER EVENTS, INCLUDING FISCAL IMPACT.
MM-032(26) MANAGING DIRECTOR - Fiscal Year 2027 Budgets and Kona Low Storm Events.
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:
MM-32(26) Managing Director, relating to Fiscal Year 2027 Budgets and Kona Low Storm Events.
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