Council Meeting - Special Meeting

Chair Okimoto: GOO. GAVMENT NURSE MARCH 20, 2026, 13:12 P.M. COMMITTEE ON COMMITTING COME TO ORDER. 1:21 P.M. CHAMBER CHAIR WATERS, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. COUNCILMEMBER TULBA, COUNCILMEMBER CORDERO, KIA'AINA, AND COUNCILMEMBER TUPOLA. ER CONTINUE WITH OUR AGENDA. NEXT, EXCUSE ME. NEXT ENDED AGENDA IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. THANK YOU SO MUCH BEING HERE. INFORMATION PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION 191.

2026. JOINING US FROM THE DEPARTMENT T OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE IS DWRECTER ROGER BABCOCK. AS WELL AS HIS DEPUTY DIRECTOR DANIEL BRINGING. I WANT TO WELCOME TO THE CHAMBER COUNCILMEMBER DOS SANTOS-TAM. Testifier: GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE CHAIR OKAMOTO, CHAIR WATERS, AND COUNCILMEMBERS. ROGER BABCOCK, DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT SERVICES.

WANT TO INTRODUCE FOLKS WITH ME TODAY. DAN BRICK MENTIONED DEPUTY DIRECTOR. GOT RAY LYNN NAKABAYSM EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT. LYNETTE SMO SMIG HEAD HE HAVE FINANCIAL SERVICE. SMITH BACK THERE AND LISA KIMURA BR BRANCH CHIEF CIP LONG RANGE PLANNING BRANCH. SO WE ARE HERE, REPRESENTING 1180 OTHER PEOPLE IN SIX DIVISIONS WHO A ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS TAKE CARE OF THE CITY & COUNTY WASTE. THAT INCLUDES LIQUID WASTE AND SOLID WASTE. SO RAIN OR SHINE, 24/7, 365. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. TAKING CARE OF THOSE THINGS. TO GIVEN YOU IDEA OF HOW MUCH WASTE THAT IS, THERE IS 100 MILLION G100 GALLONS SEWAGEE TREAT AT THE NINE TREATMENT PLANT. A DAY. AFTER 2 THOSE MILE PIPELINES IN IT OF 71 PUMP STATIONS IN ADDITION, THERE ARE 2 MILLION TONS OF REFUSE THAT WE COLLECT EVERY DAY. THERE'S ANOTHER 2 MILLION THAT IS COLLECT BY PRIVATE HAULERS THAT COMES TO US AND WE HAVE TOND HAD AEL ALL OF THAT. IN PROCESS IT. TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE, THIS CHAMBER VOLUME IS ABOUT 80 THOSE CUBIC FEET. AND SO AMOUNT OF WASTEWATER RETREAT EVERY DAY WOULD FILL THIS ROOM 150 1 TIMES EVERY DAY. 150 TIMES EVERY DAIMPLET AMOUNT MUCH R RUBBISH COLLECT FILL THIS SPACE 15 TIMES EVERY DAY. LUCKILY NOT FILLING THERE ROOM NOW BUT THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THAT WE HANDLE EVERY DAY. AWANT TO MENTION, COUPLE OF BIG THING THAT ARE GOING ON BEGINNING OF FY '26. SO FAR. WE GO RECENTLY COMPLETE THE KAILUA UV DISINFECTION PROJECT. WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.

OUT THERE. $11 MILLION PROJECT. ALSO HAPPY ANNOUNCE THAT'S PHASE ONE OF THE SAND ISLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SECONDARY UP GR UPGRADE BY REAC, CONSTRUCTION FINISHED AND IT IS START UP MODE RIGHT NOW. 461 MODEL PROJECT. WE REHE SENTLY -- HAD $461 MILLION. ONE DAY RECRUITMENT FOR WASTEWATER OPERATOR WE HAVE 25. OPENINGS. WE DID KIND LYFT OF ADVERTISING AND WE A LOT OF, SAID WE WOULD CUT OFF THE APPLICATIONS AFTER WE GOT 200. I HOPED UP ON SUNDAY MORNING. WITHIN 3 HOURS, WE HAD 200 APPLICATIONS.

APPLICANTS AND NEXT WEEK WILL BE INTERVIEWING 195 PEOPLE. OVER A 3 DAY PERIOD. FOR THE TO FILL THOSE POSITION. WANT TO ANNOUNCE WE HAD COMPLETED LITTLE WHILE AGO. AND UPGRADE TO OUR UV DISINFECTION SYSTEM SAND ISLAND TREATMENT PLANT. FINALLY GOT OUR REBATE FROM HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC KANAKA MAOLI FOR $1.3 MILLION. COMPANY. FOR COMPLETING THAT ENERGY SAVINGS PROJECT. ELECTRIC COMPANY. NOW, HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE THINGS. OR ANYTHING ELSE LATER AS WELL. GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH PREPRESENTATION. FIRST PAGE HERE, FIRST SLIDE, SHOWS THE OPERATING BUDGET. FOR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. TOTAL OF SEWER AND REFUSE. SEE THE TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET, IS $464.9 MILLION. INCREASE OF 6%. OVERALL. IF YOU WANT THE BREAKDOWN BY BETWEEN SEWER AND SOLID WASTE BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THAT TO YOU LATE. OR WHENEVER YOU WANT. NEXT SLIDE IS THE FY '27 BUDGET ISSUES. THERE IS COUPLE THERE FOR REFUSE. WE DID ADD A CERTAINLY ACCOUNT CLERK. THAT HELPS WITH OUR BUSINESSES ACCOUNTS BRANCH. FOR THE BILLING. OF WITH REFUSE SIDE. WE HAVE THREE NEW CUSTOMER CSRS CUSTOMER SERVICE REPLENISHES THAT SUPPORT THE APPOINTMENT BASED BULKY ITEM COLLECTION PROGRAM. AND WE DO HAVE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING GOING FOR QUITE A WHILE. AND THAT IS TO PILOT THE CHANGE OVER OF OUR REFUSE TRUCKS FROM NONZERO EMISSION

DIESEL TRUCKS, TO ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES. SO THEY WILL BE LEASING FIVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES SIDE LOADER TRUCKS AND TRYING THEM EACH ROUTES AS WELL AS CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AS PART OF A LEASE. THEN THEN UNDER WASTEWATER, ON THE OPPOSITE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT WE DO HAVE TEN NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES TO HELP WITH OUR SEWER BILLING ISSUES. NEXT SLIDE, NEW PROGRAM. SO HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE NEW PROGRAMS FOR THAT ARE FY '27. ACTUALLY, FIRST ONE THERE, GROW PROGRAM IS STARTING NOW. BEFORE BEGINNING OF FY '27. REALLY STARTLING APRIL 1. A LOT OF WORK IS ALREADY BEEN DONE. STARTLINGING GROW PROGRAM. STARTING GREEN RECYCLINGING OF ORGANIC WASTE IS HOW, WHAT GROW MEANS. PILOT IS BEGINNING APRIL 1. CLIJTICLEBLGHTD COLLECTING FOOD WASTE IN THE GREEN COMPOST CART. FOOD SCRAPS REGULARS LENGTHENS HE RESIDENTIAL HOMES. 60 THOSE TONS OF REFUSE, ON OAHU. IS THAT END UP IN THE GREEN CARTS NOW. CURRENTLY AND WE'RE HOPING TO, DIVERT UP TO AT THAT AMOUNT. SORRY. MISSPOKE. HOPING TO GET THE 60 THOSE TONS OUT OF THE 90 THOSE TONS TOTAL. OF FOOD SCRAPS THAT ARE IN THE WASTEWATER EXTREME. YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD, WASTE STREAM ADVERTISING TAGLINES ARE IN INCLUDE THE FOOD. AND IF IT GROW, IF GOES. MAILERS GOING OUT TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE, PILOT FIRST. FIVE COMMUNITIES. BEGINNING IN APRIL 1. AND THEN BEGINNING IN

APPROXIMATELY OCTOBER, ENTIRE ISLAND. SO THOSE LIVER U LIVE IN THAT REGION RECENTLY GOT A MAYORAL. MINE CAME ERDMAN. TELL IN THAT, TELL YOU WHAT CAN YOU CAN AND CANNOT PUT IN THE GREEN COMPOSTING CART. PROGRAM THAT IT REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE. FOR US DO. MINE CAME YESTERDAY. DO CURBSIDE COLLECTION OF FOOD WASTE AROUND IT'S BEEN KIND OF A LONG TIME MAKING BUT IT IS HAPPENING. NOW. NEXT SLIDE IS NEW PROGRAM. WITHIN WASTEWATER. COUPLE THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT HERE. THESE ARE ALSO ONE OF THEM IS ALREADY STATED UNDERWAY. WATER CONSERVATION REBATES. JANUARY 1, SINCE THEN, TEAMING UP WITH BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY. TO DOUBLE REBATES FOR CERTAIN ITEMS THAT SAVE WATER AND DECREASE AMOUNT OF SEWAGE THAT PEOPLE PRODUCE. SO WE DOUBLE TOILET REBATES FROM $100 TO $200. AND WE DOUBLE THE CLOTHES WASHER REBATE FROM 75 TO $150. AND WE DOUBLED THE SUBMETERS TO FROM 200 TO 400. AND THE RESULTS ARE THAT JUST IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE YEAR, THERE'S BEEN A 37% INCREASE IN PROGRAM PARTICIPATION. DWHRA THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE WERE 334 TITLES -- 354 TOILETS, 210 CLOTHE WARREN YOURSELF FOUR SMART METERS. CLOTHE METERS. COST DEPARTMENT $50,000 AND OVER THE YEARS, PER YEAR, THESE DEVICES THAT JUST THOSE ONES I MENTIONED THERE, WILL RAYA R REDUCE VOLUME BY 1.7 MILLION GALLONS. SO GOOD PROGRAM. NEXT THING TO MENTION IS CARES. CARES PROGRAM. STANDS FOR CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL

SERVICES. THAT IS THE CUSTOMER, LOW INCOME CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SEWER FEES. READY TO LAUNCH THAT IN MAY. TO BE BEGIN TAKING APPLICATIONS AND GIVING CREDITS. SO IF YOU REMEMBER, KEA KEAWALAU QUALIFICATIONINGS 80% AMI LESS HOUSEHOLD INCOME. ELIGIBLE FOR 20 PER MONTH CREDIT,. GIVEN AS SINGLE $240 CREADICK YOU ITS FOR THE YEAR AND CREDIT FOR THE AND WORKED OFF THE BILL BEGINNING AS SOON AS THEY QUALIFY. THE COUPLE NEW PROGRAM. SEWER BILL SEN RESERVATION. SEWER AND WATER BILL SEPARATION. PROJECT. WITH BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY. I ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT LATER IF YOU WANT. ALSO STARTING ENGINEER TRAINING PROGRAM. TO TRY AND RECRUIT AND RETAIN MORE ABOUT ENGINEERS. AGAIN, ASK FOREST QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT LATER IF YOU HAVE THEM. NEXT SLIDE SHOWS VACANCIES. AS OF SNAPSHOT, 1, WE HAD 292 VACANCIES. 25% VACANCY RATE FOR US. SOME POSITIONS AT THAT HAVE BEEN FILLED. SINCE THEN. THE TOTAL VACANCIES AS OF FEBRUARY, WAS 279. WE WITH THE HIRING AND INCLUDING THAT ONE DAY HIRING MENTIONED FOR WASTEWATER OPERATORS AND OTHER THINGS, WE WILL BE FILLING ANOTHER 43 POSITIONS BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. BY END OF JUNE. LEAVING US WITH 236 DOWN TO 20% VACANCY. WE AND PLAN FOR, THAT IS STILL FY '26. SO FOR FY '27, PLANNING TO REDUCE BY ANOTHER 46 AND GET TOWN TO 16% VACANCIES. GET DOWN TO NEXT SLIDE. NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE ABOUT OVER TIME. THE OVERTIME AMOUNTS ARE SHOWN

THERE. BUDGETED FOR REGULAR OVER TIME. AND HOLIDAY OVER TIME. THE BROKEN OUT BY THE SEWER OPERATIONS AND THE REFUSE OPERATIONS. AND YOU SEE MOST OF IT LARGER AMOUNT IS IN REFUSE OPERATIONS. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS BROKEN DOWN BY THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS. AND BOTH DOLLARS AND HOURS. QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I CAN ANSWER THEM. IT IS 13.7 MILLION BUDGETED FOR OVER TIME. AND BASED ON CURRENT CONVENIENT YEARS. OVERALL REPRESENTS ABOUT 12% OF OUR SALARY COSTS. MOVE ON THEN TO REVENUES. FIRST SOLID WASTE, WASTEWATER REVENUE. SOLID WASTE REVENUES TOTAL 139 MILLION THAT CAN POSE TIP FEES. FROM HPOWER. AS WELL AS LANDFILL. SO 138.5 MILLION. AND NEXT IS SEWER REVENUES. SEWER REVENUES ARE LARGEST COMPONENT IS THE SEWER SERVICE CHARGES. YOU SEE THEY'RE UP PROJECTED TO BE UP I A LITTLE BIT SEWER FEE INCREASE. THEN THERE'S SYSTEM FACILITIES CHARGES. INVESTMENT INTEREST FROM THE SEWER FUND. SEWER CASH FUND. AND SO THE TOTAL ESTIMATED REVENUE IS $541 MILLION. SO COMBINED BETWEEN THE TWO, PROGRAMS, IT IS $680 MILLION IN REVENUES. OTHER THING TO, NEXT SLIDE IS ABOUT FEDERAL FUNDS. WE DO GET FUNDING IN THE FORM OF FUNDS IN THE FORM OF, LOANS FROM HAWAII NEI NOTCH STATE REVOLVING FUND. TWO STATE

REFOREVER INVOLVE FUND REVOOFERRING FUND. CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND GET WASTEWATER FUND AND THEN DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND. WHERE B WS GETS FUNDS. WHAT IS SHOWN IS PROJECTS THAT WILL GET FUNDING IN FY '27. SHOWS THE PROJECT COST AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT THAT WE'VE, COLUMN ON FAR RIGHT SHOW IT'S HOW MUCH WE'VE GOTTEN FROM SRF FUNDS AS PART OF THAT THOSE PROJECTS. ALSO SHOWS FORGIVENESS. SO EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE LOANS DO HAVE TO PAY THEM BACK. COME WITH A ZERO .25% RATE. ONLY A QUARTER OF 1% AND HAVE A LOAN FEE OF .5%. ONE-HALF OF 1%. SO TOGETHER ONLY .75%. BUT THEY HAVE FORGIVENESS PROGRAM SO THEY GENERALLY FORGIVE THOSE FEES SO END UP BEING ZERO INTEREST LOANS. WHICH VERY GOOD. SO WE GET AS MUCH OF THAT AS WE CAN. SHOWS ON THERE THAT OUTSTANDING LOAN BALANCE FROM THIS PROGRAM IS 376 MILLION. SO IT'S BEEN GOOD VERY GOOD PROGRAM FOR US. AND CONTINUES TO BE SO. NEXT SLIDE SHOWS, CIP SPENDING. BROKEN UP BY THE SOLID WASTE FUND. AND THE SEWER ACTIVITIES. SO SOLID WASTE, THIS IS ALL BOND FUNDED. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THAT CITY SALE SELLS. 106 MILLION IN THE PROGRAM FOR FY '27. FOR COMPARISON, FY '26 CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 50 MILLION. 580. FOR THE SEWER CIP PROGRAM,EL PROJECTED FOR FY '27.

IS 3 3 348 MILLION. THAT IS FUNDED IMPI COMBINATION OF REVENUE BONDS. COMBINATION. SHOWN THERE. 78 MILLION. BOND FUND PORTION. AND THEN THE CASH FUNDED PORTION IS SEWER FUND. SO 270,000,678 MOST OF FUNDED BY CASH AND PORTION IS FUND BY BOND. 278 MILLION. COMING YEAR. FOR RET REFERENCE '26 BUDGET, SEWER CIP IS 425 MILLION. ANOTHER NUMBER OF INTEREST WHILE WE'RE ON THIS SLIDE, IS THE DEBT SERVICE. SO WE DO PAY DEBT SERVICE ON THE SEWER FUND. PORTION. OUT OF OUR BUDGET. AND IF YOU COMBINE THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE SEWER REVENUE BONDS, AND THE SRF ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE TOGETHER, BUDGET IS WE PAY 217.6 MILLION. EACH PER YEAR IN FY '27. FOR DEBT SERVICE. ON OUTSTANDING DEBT. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT I MENTIONED OUTSTANDING DDEBT FOR THE SRF, THE OUTSTANDING DISABILITY ON THE SEWER REVENUE BONDS IS 2.65 BILLION. WE CAN MOVE ON THEN NOW TO THE CIP PROGRAM. ACTUAL PROJECT. SO THE FIRST ONE WE'LL GO THROUGH SOLID WASTE FIRST. THIS NOTICED ORDER IN YOUR BUDGET BOOK. THIS INCLUDES THE VARIOUS SOLID WASTE PROJECTS. HERE WE HAVE SHOW SIX PROJECTS. TWO SLIDES. COUPLE MORE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THERE ARE SIX PROJECTS HERE. THERE ARE YES, SEE VARIOUS TRANSFER STATIONS.

LANDFILL. AND HPOWER PROJECTS. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL OF THESE WHEN YOU'RE READY. AND THEN NEXT SLIDE SHOWS COUPLE OF MORE, ONE IS ANOTHER LANDFILL. DESIGNATED THING AND THEN WE HAVE THE ANOTHER CONVENIENCE CENTER. REFUSE WAIPAHU CONVENIENCE CENTER. TOTAL IS 106 MILLION. SEVERAL SLIDE ON WASTEWATER CIP PROGRAM. AND SO THIS IS ALPHABETICAL ORDER THAT IS THE WAY IT IS IN THE ORDINANCE AND BUDGET BOOK AS WELL. THERE ARE, THIS SLIDE HAS ONE PRETREATMENT FACILITY PROJECT. TWO FORCE MAINED PROJECTS. ONE PUMP STATION PROJECT. ONE WASTEWATER FACILITIES PROJECT. AND ONE COMBINATION PUMP STATION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROJECT. SO JUST TO EXPLAIN THESE SLIDES SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT SOONER. IT DOES SHOW FY 27 BUDGETED AMOUNT TOWARDS THESE PROJECTS. ALSO SHOWS THE PHASE OF WORK SO IT COULD BE LAND, PLANNING, DESIGN, AND E'O INSTRUCTION OR UNSPITTING CAVES. SO WHATEVER-INSPONGE E'O INSTRUCTION -- INSTRUCTION THE E ON CONSTRUCTION. ACTIVITIES BOTH IN EVERY LETTER SHOWN THERE. BUT ONLY THOSE LETTERS MORE THAN ONE LETTER, ONE OF THEM IS THIS INN BOLD THAT MEANS THAT, ITER MOST OF MONEY IS IN THAT PHASE. FINAL COLUMN ALSO SHOWS SORBS OF FUNDS. IN THIS CASER ARE, SW MEANS CASH. IN CASE. SR WOULD MEAN REVENUE BONDS. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THIS FIRST PAGE, THEY'RE ALL CASH FUNDED PROJECTS. IN THIS YEAR.

AGAIN, THESE ARE 27 AMOUNTS FOR THESE PROJECTS. NOT NECESSARILY THE TOTAL AMOUNT. FOR THESE PROJECTS. ALL THE PROJECTS GENERALLY WOULD APPEAR IN MULTIPLE IRS. AND AGAIN, THAT IS ON THE FACT SHEETS IN THE BACK OF THE BUDGET BOOK. VOLUME II. HAS SHOWS YOU THE SIX YIREH WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE WHOLE SUCTION YEARS. NEXT SLIDE SIX YEAR SOME MORE PROJECTS, STARTING WITH HALAWA AND DOWN THROUGH HONOULIULI PROJECTS. TWO FORCED MAIN PROJECTS. ONE PUMP STATION PROJECT MANY ONE DEMO COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJT AND TWO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROJECTS. AND THERE IS ONE THERE IN THE MIDDLE SEE, HEEIA WASTEWATER PUMP STATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS HAS SPLIT FUNDING. USING SOME BONDS AND SOME CASH. ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER. NEXT SLIDE, IS MORE PROJECTS. THERE IS ONE FACILITY PLAN. THREE TREATMENT PLANT PROJECTS. ONE COLLECTION SYSTEM ROGER. AND ONE FORCED MAIN PROJECT. PROJECT AND AS YOU SEE HERE ALSO, MOST OF THESE ARE FUNDED BY CASH. BUT UNBOND FUND. BOND FUND. NEXT SLIDE, IS MOR PROJECTS TWO FACILITY PLAN. ONE PUMP STATION FORCE MAIN SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT AND TWO TREATMENT PLANTED PROJECTS. AND WE'LL KEEP GOING. ANOTHER PAGE OF PROJECTS, HERE, IS INCLUDES THREE COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECTS, ONE EITHER ONE SEWER MAIN LINE, LATERAL PROJECT, ONE PUMP STATION PROJECT, AND ONE TREATMENT PLANT PROJECT.

AND MAYBE TWO ALMOST LAST ONE HERE. I THINK THIS IS THE LAST ONE. THIS INCLUDES ONE COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT. THREE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES PROJECTS. ONE FORCE MAIN PROJECT AND ONE FACILITIES PLAN. YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THESE ARE FUND BY CASH AS WELL. THE LAST WASTEWATER CIP PROJECT. PAGE TWO PUMP STATIONING PROJECTS. ONE ISLANDWIDE. TREATMENT PLANTS PUMP STATION. FIRST LINE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, ONE LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. THE SO THE TOTAL AND SHOWS TOTAL THERE. OF ALL THE PROJECTS. THAT ARE RECEIVING FY '27 FUNDING IS 348.4 MILLION. ALL TOGETHER, FROM ALL SUPPLIES WE JUST SAW, 7 COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECTS. 28 TREATMENT PLANT PUMP STATION AND FORCE MAIN PROJECTS. FOUR FACILITIES PLAN, ONE WASTEWATER EQUIPMENT, AND WASTEWATER ONE WASTEWATER FATALITIES REPLACEMENT RESERVE. PROJECT. RECEIVING FUNDING. FINAL FEW SLIDES HERE ARE JUST SHOW WHERE WHICH DISTRIBUTION HAVE PROJECTS. SEVERAL DISTRICTS COUNCILMEMBER TUPOLA'S DISTRICT. ONE. AT THE WHICH DISTRICTS. REFUSE PROJECTS, HPOWER IS THERE. AND THAT AREA. AND THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF WASTEWATER PROJECTS BECAUSE HONOULIULI IS IN THAT DIST DISTRICT. NEXT SLIDE. SHOWS NONE THIS COUNCILMEMBER WEYER'S DISTRICT 2. BUT PROJECTS IN DISTRICT 3. COUNCILMEMBER KIA'AINA DISTRICT. BOTH HEEIA WASTEWATER PUMP STATION AND THE RIF USE

FACILITY THAT KAPAA TRANSFER STATION. AND DISTRICT, THERE ARE THERE AREN'T IN PROJECTS IN WATERS DISTRICTS 4 AND 5. PROJECTS IN DISTRICT 6 FOR COUNCILMEMBER DOS SANTOS-TAM'S DISTRICT. A'AWA STREET PUMP STATION AND ALA MOANA FORCED MAIN. PROJECT. DENDISTRICT 7 PROJECTS THERE. COUNCILMEMBER CORDERO, ESPECIALLY AT SAND ISLAND TREATMENT PLANT IN YOUR DISTRICT AND HALAWA WASTEWATER PUMP STATION FORCED MAIN PROJECT. IS THERE. AND THEN FINALLY, THERE AREN'T NPERPROJECTS CHAIR OKAMOTO DISTRICT. ER 69 COUN 9 COUNCILMEMBER TULBS WASTEWATER PUMP UPGRADES. THAT IS OUR MY LAST SLIDE. AND REALLY HAPPY TO ANSWERS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU CHAIR.

Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU VERY MUCH DIRECTOR BABCOCK. BEFORE I FORGET, WELCOME JOINING US CHAMBER, COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR NOISH. AND THIS ROUND NUMBERS START OFF FIRST QUESTIONING WITH COUNCILMEMBER CORDERO.

Councilmember Cordero: THANK YOU CHAIR. WITH YOUR INDULGENCE I DO WANT TO WELCOME MEMBERS FROM OUR SISTER CITY, FROM CHIGASAKI IN JAM. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME IN JAPAN. OUR CHAIR KIS HI, REALLY? SORRY. AND THEN AS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER HASEGAWA THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ANYONE ELSE FROM CHIGASAKI, PLEASE GIVE A SHAKA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CORDERO. ALOHA AND WELCOME. WE WERE ABLE TO SEE MYSELF, CHAIR WATERS AS WELL AS OUR COUNCIL FLOOR LEADER, SMALLER SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL TRUCK AS WELL. PRETTY COOL. MOVING FORWARD. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. FIRST, UP FOR THE FUNDING FOR BULL CIEMENTS CURRENT SYSTEM, HOW HAS YOUR BEEN SAVINGS FOR THE CURRENT BULKY ITEMS PICK UP FOR THIS PROCESS VERSUS HOW IT WAS PRIOR? BULKY ITEMS, JR. I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY REFLECTED LIKE THROUGHOUT MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS BEFORE. BUT HOW MUCH IS IT SAVING OR MAYBE NOT SAVING THE DEPARTMENT?

Testifier: THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. HAVE TO FIND OUT WE CAN GET SOME REAL NUMBERS. MUCH MORE EFFICIENT DO THE APPOINTMENT BASE SYSTEM. AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. IT'S VERY, VERY EFFICIENT. SO WE ONLY GO OUT TO THOSE THAT HAVE A APPOINTMENTS. AND THERE ARE APPOINTMENTS ALWAYS AVAILABLE. STIENLS YOU HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT. BUT THEY ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO GET THEM. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WAIT) AND THAT PROGRAM IS RUNNING VERY WELL. I CAN WE CAN TRY TO GET YOU SOME NUMBERS FOR SAVINGS. QUITE SURE THERE IS A SAVINGS.

Councilmember Cordero: THANK YOU THIS QUESTION COME UP WITH THE MOANALUA GARDEN, MOANALUA VALLEY COMMUNITY. FOR UPDATE ABOUT THAT. ESPECIALLY ONE OF MY DISTRICT SENATORS KIM LETTING YOU KNOW. I DO NEED THOSE NUMBERS. NEXT I DO HAVE A QUESTION RELATING TO THE PILOT FOR GROW. I KNOW THAT IT ONLY IS IN IMPACT COMMUNITIES ALSO BE TH EXTENDED TO FUTURE FOR THOSE FOOD SCRAPS COLLECTED AT TAINTS R TRANSFER STATIONS?

Testifier: YES. PLAN IS WE'LL BE GROWING IT OUT TO ALL REST OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE COLLECTION IN OBJE E'O OBLGHTD RIGHT NOW FOOD WASTE AND FOOD SCRAPS DID NOT BE ACCEPTED AT TRANSFER STATION -- IN OCTOBER Y OR CONVENIENCE KALA' CENTERS PERHAPS THAT COULD CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. BUT RIGHT NOW GOING TO FOCUS ON THE RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE COLLECTION. AND GET THAT PROGRAM GOING. AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PRACTICE IS AND WHAT PEOPLE DO AND DON'T. BAY SORT OF EDUCATION IS NEED. AND THEN WE CAN EXPAND WE CAN ALWAYS EXPAND THE PROGRAM. AS BASED ON WHAT WE FIND AND WHAT PEOPLE WANT.

Councilmember Cordero: THANK YOU. I DO RECALL FOR THE PAST DECADE OR SO, THAT A'AWA STREET WASTEWATER WATER PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND THAT IS STILL A LOT OF MONEY FOR PROJECT. WAS WONDERING BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE, IS THIS GOING TO BE A CONTINUOUS CAPITAL PROJECT? 'AWA, IT'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT ANY MORE. USED TO BE WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ABOUT THAT.

Testifier: IT I'LL HAVE TO GET YOU UPDATE ON THAT. WE CAN CHECK OUR NOTES. I KNOW THAT IT IS, YEAH, HAVE TO COLLECTED ON THE STATUS OF WHAT THE PERCENTAGE COMPLETE IS. IT IS IN CON STRUBLTION. AND CONSTRUCTION. I CAN GET YOU UPDATE ON THAT.

Councilmember Cordero: THANK YOU AND THEY FOR SAND ISLAND, WATER TREATMENT PLANT, HUGE PROJECT AND I KNOW THAT HUGE NEED IN TERMS, WHOLE CHUNK OF ISLAND THE AND KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF MOVEMENT FOR A LOT OF THE AREAS IN AND AROUND SAND ISLAND INCLUDING HAUL MALL OLA MATSON AND ALL OF THAT. JUST SO THAT THERE'S A CUE THESE ISSUE PLAN IN THE AREA. COHESIVE PLAN. ER WANTED TO ENSURE, THAT I GUESS FOR PLANNING PROPERLY FOR THAT. SO EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE MOVED EVEN INFRASTRUCTURE WISE, IS PLANNED FOR A AND BUDGETED FOR. IN THE NEXT YEAR. WE DON'T WANT TO BE DOING CATCH UP LATER FOR THAT.

Testifier: THANK YOU FOR COMMENT. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF PROJECT. TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PHOTO DISRUPTIVE. SO TREATMENT, ONGOING PROJECT, THAT ARE THERE ARE ON THE PROPERTY. OF THE TREATMENT PLAMENT. ONLY. ESSENTIALLY. PLANT, AND THEY WILL BE R SOME USE OF SOME A JASON INTD LAND FOR ADJACENT LAND FOR CONSTRUCTION STAGING AND LAY IT DOWN AREA. BUT SHOULDN'T IMPACT ANYTHING. ADJACENT PROPERTY. SO WE'RE ALL THE PROJECTS ARE VERY KEY IN ON THAT. AND IF ROADS NEED TO BE CLOSED, WHATEVER, THERE'S PERMIT IT'S REFIRE U ACQUIRED ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. TRY DO MOST EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE.

Councilmember Cordero: THANK YOU. GRAD IT'S GOING TO BE TON CON INTAD PROPERTY. I KNOW THAT I CONTAINED ON PROPERTY. SURPRISED WHEN ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS YESTERDAY MENTIONED THAT, H HALE MALL OLA WOULD HAVE TO, LOOK FOR ANOTHER AREA BECAUSE OF, PROJECT. I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE JUST TAKING OVER THE AREA. ALL I'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT. CAN DISCUSS THAT MORE. I JUST KNOW THAT IF THIS PROJECT EXPANDS, AND THEN IT WILL ADD MORE, FUNDING OR PLANNING FUNDS NEED NECESSARY WILL YOU FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS. WHO THEN OVERSEES THAT CONTRACT OF HAUL MALL OLA AND ENTITY FOR HUMAN SERVICES. JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT.

Testifier: SOME MOVEMENT NEED TRYING TO GET THE PIECE OF THE PROPERTY ADJACENT USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE RIGHT NOW. AND ER WORKING WITH H D.O.T. CONTROL ALL THE PROPERTIES AND TO SEE WHERE THINGS CAN BE MOVE AROUND TO MAKE, FACILITATE PROJECT. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE'RE HE VERY MUCH UNDERSTAND THAT. WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT. Councilmember Cordero: THANK YOU. JUST DOMINO EFFECT. WITH THAT. I UNDERSTAND IT. KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT IT. BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP UP WITH IT. KEEP IN CONTACT ABOUT THAT. I KNOW A LOT MORE THINGS IFORT KNOW THAT OTHER MEMBERS WILL HAVE EVEN BETTER WE QUESTIONSEN THAT I CAN THINK OF. YIELD MY TIME. Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR TOMB. Testifier: THANK YOU.

Councilmember Tupola: ALOHA DIRECTOR THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE OF. I'LL START ON PAGE 3. FOR THE 1.5 MILLION IN THE PILOT PROJECT TO LEASE FIVE EVS SIDE LOADERS AND CHARGER INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT DIVISION IS THIS FOR? Testifier: THERE IS YOUR REFUSE DIVISION. Councilmember Tupola: YOU'RE GOING TO BE EV TRUCKS. Testifier: TRUCKS YES. SIDE LOADER TRUCKS DO THE CURBSIDE COLLECTION IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. Councilmember Tupola: EV 1.5 MILLION IS FOR CHARGERS AND TRUCKS. SO THAT YOU GUYS DID SEE EFFICIENCY OF IT.

Testifier: CORRECT. YES. LEASE OPERATION. THEY INSTALL THE MAINTAIN THE CHARGERS. AND PROVIDE TRUCKS AND THEN WE USE THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY THEM ON DIFFERENT ROUTES. AND DIFFERENT SOME ROUTES ARE FLAT. SOME HAVE HILL. LOLGER THAN OTHERS. SOME TAKE MORE TRIPS BACK AND FORTH TO HPOWER. SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HOW TO BUILD OUT THE PROGRAM.

Councilmember Tupola: DO YOU THINK THIS WILL SAVE US MONEY SOMEHOW? BY USING THE EV TRUCKS AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW? UCIALG YEAH WE'RE NOT SURE YET WAS THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE. IN COST. TRUCKS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUY. THEY ARE SIMILAR TO LEASE. BUT WE ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW YET WHAT OVERALL COST WOULD BE. BUT ASSIST CITY DOES HAVE DIRECTIVE TO AND I DON'T KNOW DIRECTIVE NUMBER, BUT TO CONVERT ALL THE CITY FLEET TO 0 EMISSION VEHICLES BY 20535. EXCEPTIONAL FOR HEAVY DUET VEHICLES. 2035. LIGHT YOU THE DUTY VEHICLES VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON THAT TRYING TO GET EVS FOR THE ALL THE LIFE U LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES. BUT ULTIMATELY, SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE DONE ABOUT THE HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES AS WELL. SO TO IS OUR EFFORT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND WHAT IT WITH COST GOING FORWARD AND SO STARTING WITH A SMALL AMOUNT. HAVE OVER 200 VEHICLES. ONLY FIVE. SO WE NEED TO KIND OF TRY TO FIGURE OUT AND LEARN. HOW FEASIBLE IT IS AND WHAT IS GOING TO COST.

Councilmember Tupola: I LIKE THAT YOU GUYS ARE STARTING SMALL. BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE WHEN I DID ADVICE IS VISIT SPAIN. THEY ACTUALLY DID USE THEIR REFUSE TO FUEL THEIR VEHICLES. IN GRANADA. ACTUAL TRUCKS WERE BURNING THE FUEL THAT THEY MADE FROM THE TRASH. IS THERE WOULD YOU GUYS BE INTERESTED IN STARTLING A PILOT FEW TRUCKS DID THAT HAVE WE LOOKED INTO THAT GENERATE TONS OF TRASH. PRETTY SURE WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH FUEL TO MAKE.

Testifier: YES. GOOD ONE. SO BASICALLY, REFUSE TRUCKS ARE USE DECEMBER HE. MOST GONE R COMMON FUEL FOR TRUCKS. NATURAL GAS. SO YOU CAN MAKE RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS. WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN ATLANTA. BASICALLY MAKING MEB MELGTD AN PURIFYING AND RUN A REFUGE TRUCK RUNS ON COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS -- MAKING METHANE R FUEL BEEN AVAILABLE FOR A LONG TIME. DOES MAKE THAT RENEWABLE FUEL. NOT 0 EMISSION BUT RENEWABLE. WE DO MAKE METHANE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTSES. AND SOME MADE AT THE LANDFILLS AS WELL. THAT CAN BE RECOVERED. AND MADE USED AS A FUEL. WHICH WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING AT THE HONOULIULI TREATMENT PLANT. AND WE SAND ISLAND UPGRADE ALSO INCLUDES THAT. BUT THAT'S STILL IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT FUEL CAN EITHER BE USED TO RUN REFUSE TRUCKS FOR EXAMPLE. AND OTHER FLEET VEHICLES. OTHER CITIES USE THEM. FOR BUSSES AND STUFF. COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS BUSSES. OR IT CAN BE USED TO MAKE ELECTRICITY AND SO YOU HAVE THOSE OPTIONS. AND ONE POINT LOOKING AT TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITH PERHAPS COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS. THE CHALLENGE IS THAT WE HAVE NO, THERE IS NO THERE ARE NO FUELING STATIONS TODAY. FOR ON SIGNED U ISLAND. IN HAWAII, AT ALL OF FOR THE DPRIS CREST THE NATURAL GAS VEHICLES. THERE ARE NONE. DPRES HE EXCRETES THE NATURAL GASES BRING THEM IN HAVE TO BUILD A FUELING FACILITY OF OUR OWN. COMPRESSOR. SERIES OF, VERY EXPENSIVE EXPRESS COMPRESSORS AND STORAGE TANKS THAT IN ORDER TO PUT THE NATURAL DPRES NATURAL GAS IN TO USE ONE OF THESE VEHICLES. COMPRESSED. MORE DIFFICULT TO PILOT THAN THE EV EVMENT VS HAVE TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T EXIST. SO IT IS STILL SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING.

EV) I AGREE. THAT'S INTERESTING.

Councilmember Tupola: MAYBE WE CAN LOOK INTO THIS LATER THE PREERNTD YOUR THOROUGH ANSWER. APPRECIATE YOUR THOROUGH ANSWER. GROW PROGRAM ALREADY PRESENTED RELATIONSHIP I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO BE ADD MON STEARD. BUT FOR THE PILOT, HOW WILL YOU BE MEASURING SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND, THE SUCCESS OR THE CHALLENGES IN THE PROGRAM? AND WHEN WILL YOU BE REPORTING TO US THOSE SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES SO WE CAN DINTED KINF CONCLUDE WHETHER OR NOT, WE CONTINUE TO INVEST OR MAYBE WE PIVOT INTO SOME NEW DIRECTIONS. IT WAS A QUESTION THAT COUNCILMEMBER TULBA ASKED. LIKE WHAT DOESN'T WORK. SO WHAT WILL BE THE MEASUREMENT MITT RISK AN WHEN WILL YOU COME AND REPORT? E WITH HAVE EXTENSIVE MEASUREMENT PROGRAM SET UP ESPECIALLY DURING PILOT PERIOD. ALL THE TIME, EVEN WITHOUT THIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE REFUSE INSPECTORSES ON STAFF. THAT ARE GOING AND LOOKING AND R IN CANS EVERY DAY. FOR DIFFERENT, CHECKING FOR COMPLIANCE AND CHECK FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL CARTS AT THEIR HOUSE. YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE NOT ENOUGH SPACE. AND SO THEY WILL BE DOING, WE'LL BE LOOKING IN CANS THROUGHOUT THE PILOT AREA. DURING THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. I'M NOT SURE WHEN WE REPORTING BACK ON WHAT WE LEARNED AND WE WILL BE A LONG WAY TAYLORING SORT OF OUR MESSAGING AND TRAINING, TO TRY AND IMPROVEEL PRACTICE TO KIMO OUT CONTAMINATION THINGS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE. ALSO TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE HEARING BACK FROM THEM, WHAT THEY LIKE AND DON'T LIKE AND WHAT WORKS FOR THEM AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK THEM. AND I THINK WE'LL BE, LEARNING PROCESS. I THINK WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT. WANT PEOPLE TO BE EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND PARTICIPATE. AND REALIZE THAT'S IMPORTANT. SHOWED YOU AMOUNT OF TONS. IF WE CAN GET THAT INTO THE COMPOST INSTEAD GOING TO HPOWER AND LANDFILL.

THAT'S REALLY GOOD. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. Councilmember Tupola: THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET YOU SUMMARIZE ANSWERS BECAUSE LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS. 8 MORE TO GO. SO OWL SENT YOU EMAIL. BECAUSE I DO WANT SPECIFICITY OF WHAT ARE WE MEASURING SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT IS COMING BACK AND THEN WHEN THE REPORT WILL HANNEMANN. BUT LUKE YOU SAID, YOU GUYS ARE STILL DEDUCING THAT. I THINK LOOKING IN PEOPLE'S CANS IS NOT A MEASUREMENT. I NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PARTICIPATING. HOW MUCH POUNDS COLLECTED. WHAT O BEING IS IS IT A OBSTACLS OVERCOME. INVEST, VERSUS ROI TALK BEING AUTHENTICATE LATER.

Testifier: WE'LL BE DOING THAT. EL WHEN IS THE SEWER BILL SEPARATION HAPPENING? RESJUST A DATE. Testifier: DATE IS NOT FOR SURE YET. PROBABLY NEXT? JULY 27TH? I THINK JULY 2027. OKAY. SO BEAR WITH ME IN THIS PERIOD. LISTED IT DOWN EVERY THIEWTD TVRs HAPPENING SOON. MORE HEADACHE LIKELY THAN NOT, NEXT YEAR. MORE LIKELY THAN NOT. Testifier: COULD BE DURING FY '27. BUT IT MAY NOT BE TILL END.

Councilmember Tupola: OKAY. NEXT PAGE, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WAS THE VACANCIES. LOOK IS PROBABLY HIGHEST NUMBER WE'VE SEEN SO FAR. I DO BELIEVE FOR FY '25, LAPSING 55.4 MILLION. BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF VACANCIES. IT DOES LOOK LIKE YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO FILL SOME AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME FILLED WITHIN THIS YEAR. SO WITH THAT, AMOUNT OF UPON I, THAT IS BEING LAPSE FOR THE VACANCIES, WHERE DO YOU SEE AS DIRECTOR THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME MORE COST SAVINGS ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED THIS SOME YEARS BACK? WHERE CAN WE BE BETTER BUDGETING ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IS GOING TO GET LAPSED?

Testifier: LET'S SEE. SO YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT WHETHER HOW WE COULD LAPSE LESS. OR. Councilmember Tupola: HPD HAS THE SAME ISSUE. TONS OF VACANCIES. EQUAL LOTS OF LEFTOVER MONEY. BUT IT'S ONLY ONE SPENDING CATEGORY. WHICH WOULD BE SALARIES. YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH THAT. YOU HAVE A TON OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. THAT YOU'RE SPENDING IT. WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT LAPSED MONEY BEING BETTER USED INSTEAD OF JUST LAPSING IT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HELP US TO BRING DOWN RATES OR HELP OUR CONSTITUENTS, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

Testifier: YEAH. I MEAN I GUESS, ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT. WHEN YOU EXCLUDE SALARY BECAUSE WE HAVE VACANCIES. THE OTHER LAPSING IS ESSENTIALLY BEING FRUGAL. IN OUR SPENDING. SPENDING LESS THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED. PARTLY THAT, PARTLY INTENTIONAL TR TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO SPEND WISELY. PART OF THAT IS WHEN CERTAIN CONTRACTS PERHAPS DON'T GET INITIATE, DON'T COME TO FRUITION. DURING THE FISCAL YOU'RE. AND VARIOUS THINGS LIKE THAT. WHERE MONEY DOESN'T GET SPENT. BUT WITH RESPECT TO THE SEWER FUND AND SEWER FEES AND SAVINGS, THAT LEANING ISN'T REALLY DOESN'T MONEY DOESN'T GO AWAY. STAYS IN THE SEWER FUND. CAN'T BE REALLOCATED FOR ANYTHING ELSE THE MONEY WILL BE SPENT ON THOSE PROJECTS. PROJECT NOWM RUSS AKNOWLEDGES LISTED TODAY. 23450U78 RUSS, PROJECTS LISTED TODAY AND PROJECTS, NEXT SIX YEARS. NEEDED AT THAT TIME. SO ANY MONEY THAT IS, SAVED BY BEING FRYING ADD AND NOT SPENDING IT, MEANS FRUGAL. SMALLER SEWER FEE INCREASES IN THE FUTURE.

Councilmember Tupola: UNDERSTOOD. I DO THINK THAT IN THE REALM OF BUDGETING, WE KNOW THAT MONEY WILL BE USED LATER BUT FROM YEAR TO YEAR TRYING TO GET AT AS CLOSE AS NUMBER TO THE ACTUAL NUMBER BE AS PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE. I THINK THE LAST COUPLE QUESTIONS I HAVE WAS IN REGARDS TO THE 30 MILLION THAT YOU PUT ASIDE FOR THE OAHU SANITARY LANDFILL. SO ON THIS LINE IS THIS 30 MILLION BECAUSE YOU GUYS THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BUY LAND OR BOLD L UNDERLINED L. IS L LAND ACQUISITION? I MEAN I KNOW D AN C DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION?

Testifier: YES. LAND L IS LAND. THE, THAT MONEY IS FOR PURCHASE OF NEW LAND FOR LANDFILL. FOR NEW LANDFILL. Councilmember Tupola: YOU WENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO SEEING YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO EXPAND WAIMANALO GULCH. WHERE ARE YOU GOES TO SPEND THE 30 MILLION? Testifier: SO THE PROPOSAL IS FOR LAND ADJACENT TO THE LANDFILL. RIGHT DOOR NEXTDOOR. MAKAIWA GULCH. Councilmember Tupola: I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

Testifier: IT IS THERE'S 30 IN THE SUCTION YEAR CIP. SEE THERE'S 30 MILLION BUDGETED IN -- SIX YEAR JRKTS FY '27RER E'O AND ANOTHER 25 MILLION IN FY '28. TUPOLA WAIT. SO WE WERE TOLD THAT THE EXPANSION OF THE WAIMANALO GULCH WAS BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE YEARS THAT WE CAN USE THE CURRENT LAND WE HAVE, FOR LANDFILLING. WE WERE TOLD THAT IN 2028. EPA A SAID THAT THE WAIMANALO GULCH HAS TO BE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE OVER FLOW TRASH INTO THE OCEAN BUT YET, MORE YEARS OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS LEFT IN THAT LANDFILL. IS THAT NOT TRUE IS THIS.

Testifier: MORE YEARS LEFT. IN THE LAND FILL. YURNTD FILL RATE. LAND IF I CURRENT FILL RATE LANDFILL WOULD NOT REACH CAPACITY UNTIL SOMETIME IN 2031. CURRENT OPERATING PERMIT END MARCH 2, 2028. EXTRA CAPACITY THERE. EXTENSION OF THE PERMIT IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO USE UP THAT CAPACITY. DON'T HAVE TO GO THE STATE LAND USE COMMISSION TO GO PURCHASING IN MAKAHIKI A HILLS.

Testifier: HAVE TO GO THE LAND USE COMMISSION TO, EXTEND THE PERMIT FOR CURRENT LANDFILL. AND/OR TO EXPAND IT. WHICH IS DIFFERENT ETHNIC. BUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, WE DO HAVE TO GO TO LAND USE COMMISSION FIRST PLANNING COMMISSION, THEN THE LAND USE COMMISSION. IN ORDER TO GET A R OPERATING PERMIT FOR ANY NEW IKS PANGS. R EXPANSION. TUPOLA THIS MONEY IS BEING PUT THIS FOR THIS YEAR ANDREA THINK YOU GUYS CAN GET ALL OF THAT DONE WITHIN THIS YEAR AND HE PENNED $30 MILLION? EXPEND $30 MILLION. Testifier: MONEY FOR, LAND. IS FOR PURCHASE TOO TEUP UNDERSTOOD. Testifier: DON'T HAVE HAVE PERMITS TO DO PURCHASE.

Councilmember Tupola: PURCHASE IT PRIOR TO THE PERMITS HOMING THAT WE WOULD GET THE PERMITS HOPING AND LAND WOULD BE USED FOR THE LAND FILL?

Testifier: THAT'S CORRECT. SO SEQUENCE FOR THIS KIND OF THING, WOULD BE WE HAVE TO PURCHASE LAND, AND ETHIOPIAN GO THROUGH A LONG PROCESS MANY THINGS. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. COULD BE DISDISTRICT BROWN DRY AMENDMENTS ZONING ON LAND. BOUNDARY. PERMITS MANY DIFFERENT KIND. P A AIR PERMIT AND USE PERMIT. IN THIS CASE SPECIAL USING PERMIT. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WILL TAKE AT LEAST SIX YEARS, SIX TO SEVEN YEARS. PERHAPS LONGER. IN ORDER TO BEFORE YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE IN OPERATION.

Councilmember Tupola: I THINK THAT'S CRAWDZ TOY PUT DOWN THAT AMOUNT MONEY FOR LAND LET SIT AND HOLD ALL OF THOSE PERMITS COME THROUGH. HOPE, THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION WILL BE DONE ALREADY AND MOREOVER. CRAZY, WE WERE TOLD IF THERE WAS EVER GOING TO BE SITE THE ANOTHER LANDFILL NEVER BE ON WEST SIDE. BOOM, SURPRISE. IT'S ONE LINE IN A MILLION OF LINES THAT REALLY THIS IS LIKE NOT WHAT WE DISCUSSED. WE WERE ALL TOLD TOLED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE SOMEBODY SWEARS ELSE. DIDN'T WORK OUT IN WAHIAWA, OKAY GOT TO CURRENTLY LIKE EXPAND IT. SOMEWHERE ELSE) I'M DIGNITY DISAPPARENTED REALLY AM. I REALLY FELT LIKE THE WHOLE DISAPPOINTED PAST COUPLE YEARS LOOKING A SEARCHING FILL FULFILL PROMISE MADE THAT WE WOULD TAKE IT OUT. SUPPOSED TO BE DONE IN 2028. ACTUALLY PROM USD IT IN 1990 THEY WERE GOING TO CLOSE THE WAIMANALO GULCH I KNOW THIS IS BEYOND YOUR SCOPE. DIRECTOR. SO I WILL LET THAT BE. I'M JUSTICE APPOINTED. IN REGARDS TO THE HPOWER EXPANSION, 31 MILLION AND 25 MILLION CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THOSE LINE ITEMS ARE GOING TO PURCHASE OR COVER?

Testifier: YEAH. SO HPOWER,EL REQUIRES VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS. THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE DIFFERENT FUNDS. ASSOCIATED WITH HPOWER. THE LEILANI LET'S SEE. ONE THAT'S HERE IS THERE'S TWO HIRE. 31 MILLION AND 25 MILLION. SO THERE'S IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPANSION ONE, OKAY, SO SEE GOT THE L. AND THE P. THIS IS FOR PURCHASING, OF THE LAND, NEXTDOOR, TO HPOWER. OLD AES KAO*RL COOL PLANT WAS. BEEN DEMOLISHED. COLE PLAN PURCHASE THAT LAND FOR A RECYCLING CAMPUS -- COAL AND POTENTIAL HMPLET POWER EXPANSION. THE OTHER INTENDED USES WOULD BE, C AND D WASTE CURRENTLY BE TEVMENT IN N NANAKULI VARIOUS OTHER RECYCLING ACTIVITIES. INCLUDING A MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY FOR THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM PROCESSING. TUPOLA WHAT ABOUT THE 25 MILLION?

Testifier: SO 25 MILLION IS REGULAR IMPROVES TO EXISTING HPOWER BOILER 1, 2 AND 3. PROJECTS. TO DO VARIOUS RE REREFURBISHMENT PROJECT MANY THE. Vice Chair Nishimoto: REFURBISHMENT TO THE BOIL IRES. Testifier: YES. NOT BUYING NEW ONE, BOILERS?

Testifier: NOT BUYING NEW ONE. NO. BUYING NEW ONE. RECENTLY, MOST CONVENIENT FACILITIES THAT JUST WENT OUT TO BID, IS IN FLOOR DRAFT. AND IT'S TWICE AS BIG AS HPOWER. $4 MILLION. VERY EXISTENCE EXPEFNSIVE TO BUILD ANOTHER HPOWER. EXPENSIVE TOP TUPOLA BUCK YOU TALKING ABOUT BOIRL. MAYBE ONE NEW ONE. GOING TO CONTINUE ONES WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIX ONE? 25 MILLION GOING TO FIXING? ,.

Testifier: REHABILITATING FIXING KEEPING THEM RUNNING. SO TWO OF THEM ARE QUITE OLD. FROM, 1990. AND THAT THOSE TOGETHER HAVE A CAPACITY OF ABOUT 2 THOSE TONS A DAY. NEW YOUR BOILER FROM 2012 BOILER 3, IS 900 TONS PER DAY AND THAT'S THE MORE MODERN SORT OF VERSION. SO YOU WOULD NEED ANOTHER TWO OF THOSE. TO REPLACE THE OLD ONE. BUT THAT IS NOT, NOT WHAT'S CURRENTLY PLANNED. Councilmember Tupola: IS THAT MODIFICATION WORTH IT AS OPPOSED TO BUYING A NEW BOILER?

Testifier: YEAH. PLAN REFURBISH THOSE THEY COULD LAST FOR APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 20 YEARS. ESTIMATED 250 MILLION. AND INSTEAD REEF PLACEMENT WHICH IS ABOUT INSTEAD OF REPLACEMENT BILLION MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. TUPOLA OKAY. SORRY CHAIR. COUPLE MORE. I'M SORRY. FEEL LIKE I'M MONOPOLIZING TIME HERE. ONE FOR KAHUKU WASTEWATER. I THOUGHT KAHUKU HAS TURTLE BAY RUNS WASTEWATER OUT THERE. NO? Testifier: CITY HAS FACILITY AT KAHUKU. AS WELL. YEAH.

Councilmember Tupola: I SAW SEE. JUST MENTIONING THAT BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CIP COUNCILMEMBER WEYER DISTRICT. THERE'S LAIE AND KAHUKU INSIDE HERE. YEAH? MILLION FOR L LAIE. Testifier: I THINK DIAGRAM WE MIGHT ONLY INCLUDE THINGS OVER CERTAIN DOLLAR A.M. MAYBE 5 MILLION. NOT SURE. DOLLAR AMOUNT TUPOLA I THINK HRI RUNS WASTEWATER IN LAIE? Testifier: YES. SORRY I GOT CLARIFICATION. DIAGRAM ONLY SHOWS THINGS THAT ARE IN CONSTRUCTION PHASE. TUPOLA JUST PLANNING IN. Testifier: GENTLEMAN. Councilmember Tupola: WE DO WASTEWATER IN LAIE. I THOUGHT HRI DOES THE WASTEWATER FOR LAIE.

Testifier: NO CITY DOES THE WASTEWATER, IN LAIE. SO WE RUN THE FACILITY. THE TRANSFER, DID EDUCATION HAS NEVER BEEN COMPLETED. IT WAS A JOINT CITY AND HRI PROJECT. TO BUILD. THE TREATMENT PLANT AND THE COLLECTION SYSTEM AND ALL OF THAT. NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. AND CITY TOOK OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE FACILITY MANY YEAR AGO. ALSO. AT THAT TIME. WHEN IT WAS FINISHED AND THE CITY HAS BEEN RUNNING IT WHILE TIME. WE DO OF COURSE BUILD PEOPLE PAY SEWER BILL THERE. AND PAY TO DO THE CITY. Councilmember Tupola: THANK YOU SOME FOR YOUR ANSWERS THANK YOU CHAIR FOR ALL TIE U TIME I APPRECIATE THAT. Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU. FLOOR LEADER KIA'AINA.

Councilmember Kia'aina: THANK YOU DIRECTOR. I'M VERY PLEASED BY ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKING SINCE I'VE BEEN COUNCILMEMBER. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THE UV SYSTEM KN KNOCK ON WOOD,I DON'T WANT TO BACHI THI ANYTHING WITH IN NEW STORM. BUT I'M PLEASE THAT THE LAST STORM WEIGHTE WEA WELGTD WECIALD IS NOT SEEN BACTERIAL LEVELS IN KAILUA BAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. WEATHERED IT. SEE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN KAILUA, WAIMANALO, HEEIA MAUNAWILI, AND AHUIMANU SO HAPPY. I DID WANT TO JUST NEW DON'T MIND, ARE IF YOU DON'T MIND, ALWAYSINGING MY TIME BRING UP CONCERNS BY THE COMMUNITY. ALWAYS USING MY TIME. RAISED IT TO YOU, IT WAS RAISED TO MY ATTENTION WAIMANALO NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD. S SOMETIMES WHEN THERE WILL HAVE BEEN MANY CONSTITUENTS OF MINE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OTHERS, WHERE THEY WERE NOT ADD QUALITY BILLED, FOR WASTEWATER FEES, JUST GIVEN A LUMP SUM. SAY $3,000. IN THE CASE OF CONSTITUENTS. AND THEN YOU GUYS HAVE ARRANGEMENT WITH B WS AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO THREATENED. BUT END E'O AT THE END OF THE DAY, CITY TALENTED MY CONSTITUENTS. SAYING THAT IF YOU DON'T PAY THE BACKFILLING. THREATENED CUT OFF THEIR WATER. SO ALL I WANT TO KNOW YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUE, ALL OF A YOU WANT TO KNOW IS I WANT YOU GUYS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CITY WAS WRONG. MY CONSTITUENTS FEEL YOU HAVE NOT ACKNOWLEDGED IT. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ENDEAVOR WILLING TO WORK OUT REPAYMENT PLAN. ENDEAVORING TO REPAYMENT PLANS I WANTER R A SHIEWRNLINGSES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE RECTIFIED PROBLEM AND THIS DOESN'T CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM. BECAUSE WHILE MANY HAVE BEEN

WILLING TO WORK OUT A REPAYMENT PLAN, YOU GUYS DIDN'T BILL FOR 3 YEARS. AN THIN THEY GET $3,000 BILL ON TOP OF WHAT THEY NORMALLY HAVE TO PAY? AND SO THEY JUST FEEL THAT THERE WAS NO EMPATHY AND SO AGAIN, MY ONLY QUESTION IS I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT, I WANT TO ASSURANCES FIRSTS OF ALL, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU GUYS WERE WRONG. AND HOW MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE TREATED. FOR NOT BILLING PROPERLY. SECOND AGAIN, I WANT ASSURANCES THAT YOU REBLGHTD FIGHTED IT AND I WANT ANYONE WHO IT UPS ISSUE. RECTIFIED IT, TO BE MORE RESPECTFUL TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.

Testifier: THANKS COUNCILMEMBER KIA'AINA. I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. IF THAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. WE'RE GENERALLY QUITE GOOD A CCUSTOMER VERSE AND SERVICE AND LOOK INTO THAT SPECIFIC CONSTITUENT. CUSTOMER SERVICE IN GENERAL, YES WE CAN ABSOLUTELY BE MORE EMPA THET IBLG AND WE, DO WORK WITH FOLKS. EMPA THET IBLG SUTTON-I AM PATHETIC REPAYMENT PLANS COMPLKS ABLE IN TERMS OF FLEXIBLE IN TERMS DURATION OF THAT ARE AND WE ACT THOJ THAT SOMETIMES SOMEHOW THINGS GET FALL THROUGH THE CRACK AN PEOPLE DON'T GET A BILL. FOR SOME, THERE CAN BE VARIOUS DIFFERENT REASONS THAT THAT P HAS. AND THEN WE DO THE SHUT WATER THREAT IS TAKING VERY SIRE JUSTLY. WE HAVE TO WORK BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY. ON THAT. SERIOUSLY AND THEY DO THE SAME THING IF PEOPLE DON'T PAY WATER BILL. IT IS VERY SERIOUS BY URBAN E'OTHING NOT DONE LIGHTLY AND IT IS QUITE DIFFICULT ACTUALLY TO DO THAT. BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT SANITATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. SO WE WILL I CAN ASSURE YOU WE'LL BE EMPATHETIC.

Councilmember Kia'aina: MAYBE HOW YOU TALK TO THEM. EL SOMETIMES THEY SAY, EITHER PAY IT FOR, YEAH. BEFORE YOU EVEN WORK OUT A PAYMENT PLAN. HER NAME IS ESTHER. LAFAELE. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. AGAIN, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON ALL THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES IN MY DISTRICT. AND IT'S BEEN A GOOD WORK REELING SHIMABUKURO. RELATIONSHIP AGAIN, YOUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER I THINK HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO YOU. AND SO THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. Testifier: THANK YOU. Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU COUNCICOUNCILMEMBER NISHIMOTO COUNCILMEMBER KIA'AINA. TAM.

Councilmember Dos Santos Tam: AT THAT THANK YOU. FIRST I WANTED TO START ARE WITH THE CARES PROGRAM. WHICH I WANT TO ASK AND GET A STATUS UPDATE ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT.

Testifier: YEAH. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. WE CARES PROGRAM STANDS FOR CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERSERVICES AND IT IS I THINK WE UNDERSTAND BASIC LOGISTICS OF THE PROGRAM. INTENTION IS 80% AMI OR LESS AS A FAMILY. AS A HOW HOUSE HOLD INCOME. WOULD QUALIFY FOR THE TWENTY DOLLARS PER MONTH CREDIT ON THE SEWER BILL. WE'RE AIR AT IS BEEN KIND I LONG PROCESS SINCE LAST SPRING. WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS DOING RFP AND REQUESTING PROPOSALS AND WE DID RECEIVE PROPOSALS AND IN THE END, DECIDED WE WEREN'T GOING GO WHICH OF THOSE PROPOSALS. DUE TO VARIOUS CONCERNS. INSTEAD, ETHIOPIAN WE EMBARKED ON DOING THE PROGRAM OURSELVES. INSTEAD. IN HOUSE USING MODEL SIMILAR TO WHAT HE WESTERED WILL FROM OUR COLLEAGUES OVER IN KAUAI. VERY SIMPLE PROGRAM. WHEREBY PEOPLE APPLY DIRECTLY TO VIESHT E'O ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE SO WE'RE WORK ON THE APP EDUCATION RIGHT NOW. FOLKS WILL SUBMIT SOME INFORMATION INCLUDING TAX RIEWRNL. MOST RECENT TAX RIEWRNL. HE'LL HAVE A TABLE. IF THEY QUALIFY, THEY WILL RECEIVE NOTICE THAT THEY ARE QUALIFIED FOR THE CREDIT. AND THAN ACCREDITED ITS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED RIGHT AWAY. THE CREDIT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. TIME FRAME, WOULD BE LOOKING AT HOMEFULLY IN MAY. BECAUSE NEEDS TO BE BADE ON THE MOST RECENT TAX YEAR. IS TAX ARE DUE IN APRIL. WE WOULD THEN BASED ON) DOESN'T MAKAPUU ANY SENSE TO HAVE APPLICATIONS DUE FOR THAT. WE'RE AOC AGRICULTURE WINDOW BETWEEN APRIL AND OJT. LOOKING AT AN WINDOW. MAY AND OCTOBER. BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE CAN FILE LATE IN AUGUST. SO WE WANT CAPTURE THOSE FOLKS TOO. YOU HAVE TO TURN IN TAX FORM

RECENT TAX FORM WHICH WOULD BE FOR 2025. SO WE THINK WE SIMPLE PROGRAM. WE CAN HANDLE IT. AND SO WE LOOKED FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING THAT. WE RAT LUNGWORM TRAINING UP OUR CSR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPLENISHES AND OTHER STAFF TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT. WE WILL BE TRAINING UP AND, SERVICES TO HANDLE DID WE THINK WE CAN DO IT. HAVEN'T DONE CREATE, SO DO THE MORE PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN. WE'LL GET AT THAT OUT IN TIME. BEFORE THIS ROLLS OUT BEFORE APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE. WE DO THINK THAT ONCE THEY ARE AVAILABLE WORD WILL SPREAD. THROUGH QUICKLY. THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. ITS AVAILABILITY NL AND BUT AS OF NOW NOT REALLY SURE WEST OAHU SORT OF CHALLENGE WE'LL HAVE AND HOW MANY WILL NEED HELM. SURE SOME FOLKS WILL EITHER NOT SUBMIT RIGHT INFORMATION OR, MISR MISS PART OF IT OR NOT QUALIFY. BUT WE ARE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THAT AND IT'S IMPORTANT THING. AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.

Vice Chair Dos Santos Tam: DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR WHEN WE CAN EXPECT THAT TO BE DONE? Testifier: SO WE ARE SHOOTING FOR MAY. OF THIS YEAR. THAT IS SOON. Vice Chair Dos Santos Tam: GOOD. OKAY. Testifier: WITH REGARD TO THE CALL CENTER, FOR WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, IS THIS A NEW PROGRAM OR ARE WE BRINGING OUTSOURCED CONTRACTED PROGRAM BACK IN HOUSE? Testifier: SORRY WHICH THING ARE YOU REFERRING TO? Testifier: CALL CENTER FOR WHICH YOU'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL POSITION. DOS MERCER ADVICE -- CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. Testifier: CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES FOR LET ME SEE. DID WE WRITE CARE ON THERE? Testifier: APPEARS TO BE SEPARATE THING.

Vice Chair Dos Santos Tam: IT WO COULD BE. SLIDE THREE. Testifier: YES. TO SUPPORT THE CARES PROGRAM. AND THE BILLING SEPARATION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CALLS ANTICIPATED FOR BILLS SEPARATION. Vice Chair Dos Santos Tam: NEW PROGRAM? Testifier: BOTH ARE NEW PROGRAM. YES.

Vice Chair Dos Santos Tam: I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT LAST YEAR. BUDGET. VANISH S VERSUS THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR AUTHORIZED ISSUE EUR ISSUANCE OVER $300 MILLION OF SEWER, REVENUE BONDS. WERE ALL OF THOSE BONDS PURCHASED AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE RATE WAS? Testifier: WE MAY BE ABLE TO PULL THAT UP REALLY QUICK HERE. I KNOW I THINK WE SOLD COAST TO 300 MILLION IN BONDS. BUT WE DO KNOW EXACT AMOUNT GET IT FOR YOU. AND THE INTEREST RATE ON THAT. INTEREST RATE WAS JUST OVER 4 MRSZ% AT THAT TIME. 4%. THOSE ARE OUR TAX FREE SEWER REVENUE BONDS.

AND THEN WITH CURRENT INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT, I SEE THAT WE'RE PROPOSALLING $778 MILLION IN SEWER REVENUE BONDS. HOW IS THE CURRENT INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT AFFECTING THE OVERALL CIP PROGRAM AND PLANS FOR THE DEPARTMENT?

Testifer: ZOO THAT'S GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER AT THIS TIME. NORMALLY WE WOULD BE SELLING BONDS IN ABOUT SETTLEMENT. AND SO THINGS COULD CHANGE A LOT. BY THIN. DECISION WILL BE MADE WHAT TYPE OF SORT OF FINANCIAL MECHANISM TO USE AT THAT TIME. SO THERE IS SOME TIME FOR THING TO HAPPEN AND CHANGE. AND I THINK WE'LL BE NOT BUYING BONDS TOMORROW. SO WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE.

Vice Chair Dos Santos Tam: BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE, AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS, WHEN WOULD WE KNOW IF THAT RATIO BETWEEN BONDS AMOUNT IT'S AND CASH AMOUNTS WILL NEED TO CHANGE?

Testifier: I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN. I THINK THAT THE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD CHANGE THAT. IT'S UB UNLIKELY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN. SORT OF DICTATES HOW MUCH BOND FOUNDING WE'RE GOING TO USE EACH OTHER YE GOING FORWARD FOUNDING. ARE YOU CORRECT. IT COULD BE ADJUST AT ANY TIME. BOND FUNDINGMENT PRESUMABLY TO, PERHAPS USE MORE CASH, AND THEN INCREASE IN BONDS AIR U SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. WHEN IT'S MORE FAVORABLE. WE WILL BE EVALUATING THAT IT WILL NOT BE BY JUNE. IT WILL BE I WOULD SAY PROBABLY RIGHT BEFORE WE'RE READY TO GET TO SELL BAND R BOND ERR BOND IN THE FALL YOU FALL.

Vice Chair Dos Santos Tam: I SEE. AGENDAS BEHIND -- AGENDAS BEHIND QUESTION LAST YEAR PUSH TO UTILIZE MORE CASH TO PAY FOR THESE THINGS IN A 4% INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT IF MCALEER LOOKING 6 TO 7% INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, I THINK COMPARATIVELY ARE WAS SCHEEPER DO THIS WAY. COULD ACCESS 4% MONEY VERSUS 6 TO 7% HONEY NOW. I GUESS MONEY NOW. CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH THE BFS. AS WELL AS OUR BOND COUNCIL. Testifier: CORRECT. BOND COUNCIL GIVES GOOD ADVICE ON THAT AS WELL AS BFS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THOSE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN THE LONGTERM. HOW MUCH WE PAY OFF INTEREST.

Vice Chair Dos Santos Tam: NO SNACK YOU COUNCILMEMBER DOS SANTOS-TAM. COUNCILMEMBER TULBA. Councilmember Tulba: THANK YOU CHAIR. QUICK QUESTION DIRECTOR. REGARDING SEWER FEE INCREASE HAS THERE BEEN ANY ISSUE SINCE IT WENT INTO EFFECT IN GOTTEN ANY FEEDBACK FROM RATE PAYORS?

Testifier: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. WE HAVE SEWER FEE, FIRST TO SEE INCREASE 6% WENT INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1. SO WE HAVE VERY LITTLE DATA AS OF THIS TIME. THE REASON IS YOUR BILL FOR THE PRIOR MONTH, EVERYBODY GHI BILL ON DIFFERENT DAY, GUITAR IT'S A BILL JANUARY IS SORT OF ROW RATED MONTH. GETS A BILL. PARTLY DES RATE DECEMBER RATE AND JANUARY RATE. ONE FULL MONTH FEBRUARY. OVERALL, WE PAUOA I AM HAVE BEEN GETTING DIFFERENT BILLS SINCE JANUARY. WECIAL HAD VERY FEW INQUIRIES ABOUT THE BILLS. AND FROM THE ONE MONTH DATA, WE SHOW, DEPEND WAIHEE COMPARE IT TO. WHAT YOU COMPARE IT TO. HAVE SOME NUMBERS IN IF WE JUST COMPARE JANUARY, TO JANUARY. WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELEVANT. BUT JANUARY OF 2025, WE COLLECTED 38 SORRY, NOT JANUARY, FEBRUARY, JANUARY NOT RELEVANT I THINK. FEBRUARY OF 20 2-6Z, WE COLLECTED 37.9 MILLION. SEWER FEES. FEBRUARY OF 2025, THERE WAS 333.7 MILLION VARIATION IS QUITE DIRNL U DIFFERENT. QUITE A LOT MONTH-TO-MONTH. QUITE DIFFERENT FY '26ER FIRST SIX MONTHS RANGE FROM 34.8 TO 46.4. PRETTY BIG 3406ING TASCHNER GET. -- MOVING TARGET. A SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR OF DATA, ACTUALLY KNOW, WHAT REALLY HAPPENING. SUB U.

Councilmember Tulba: THANK YOU. Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER TULBA. COMNL. Vice Chair Nishimoto: THANK YOU. ONE QUICK QUESTION. WHEN WE SPOKE IN MY OFFICE WE TALKED ABOUT NEW BILLING SYSTEM YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE. THAT BIFURCATES SEWER AND WATER. ONE THING FORGOT TO ASK YOU, WHEN IS THAT GOING TO START? Testifier: WE'RE WORKING ON THIS NOW WITH BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY. PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AWAY FROM NOW. TO GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE. TO HAVE THAT DONE. SO WE THINK WE CAN PROBABLY GET IT DONE DURING FY '27. BUT NOT BEFORE, NOT DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. NEXT FISCAL YEAR WAS.

AROUND THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. Testifier: PERHAPS AROUND THIS TIME NEXT YEAR OR MAYBE SOONER P MAYBE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. THANK YOU. Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU VICE CHAIR NISHIMOTO. CHAIR WATERS. Councilmember Waters: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALOHA DIRECTOR. YOU HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT AMONGST THE BASIC CITY FUNCTIONS, SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND WASTEWATER DOS DOS DISPOSAL MOTN OUR TOP PRIORITY. RIGHT? BECAUSE, ULTIMATELY, IF EITHER ONE OF THOSE, FAIL, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN DEEP YOU KNOW WHAT? LITERALLY.

Testifier: YES. LITERALLY. FIGURE THRIVE AND LITERALLY. FIGURE TESTIFIERLY. BFS ON MONDAY SAID THAT ONLY CIP THAT IS APPROVED, IS THAT WHICH COULD BE COMPLETED TOURING THIS MAYOR'S TERM. I'M LOOKING AT YOUR CIP BOOK. @SIX YEAR PLAN. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT RULE DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU. WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? Testifier: YEAH. WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT GO THROUGH YES, THROUGH THE END OF THIS TERM. YEAH.

Councilmember Waters: IT HAS TO. RIGHT? IF THE WE'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE ABOUT SOLID WASTE, AND WASTEWATER, WE GOT TO THINK ABOUT THIS IN THE FUERTES. RIGHT? SO JUST LOOK N IN THE FUTURE, CIP BOOK AND FOLLOWING UP ON VICE CHAIR TUPOLA'S ARE QUESTIONING STARTING WITH, THE SIX YEARS CIP AND BUDGET FOR FY '20267 THROUGH 32, OAHU SAN TORR YOU LANDFILL IT SAYS THAT 21 MILLION WAS APPROPRIATED IN 2026. IN 2027, ANOTHER 30 MILLION AND 2 FOR 2027. 27 MILLION IN 2028. 57 MILLION IN 2029, 55 MILLION IN 2030. FOR A TOTAL OF 10 OF DINNER E'O -- 16 MILLION. I KNOW WE MENTIONED THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT -- 169 MILLION. CIP REQUEST. BUT ONE CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM THE OTHER. THE OTHER I PLEDGE DRIVE IS HMPLET POWER IMPROVEMENTS. BUT LAND ACT WHICH SIGNIFICANT. BUT FOR THIS ONE, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THIS ADMINISTRATION AND/OR YOU ARE NOT LOOKING INTO A R ACQUIRE LAND. FOR ANOTHER LANDFILL. BUT REGARD, SHIFTING TO EXPANDING THE CURRENT WAIMANALO SANITARY LANDFILL. IS THAT CORRECT?

Testifer: YEAH. SO THE PROCESS, IF YOU'RE A MEMBER, FOR SITING LANDFILL IS IF YOU REMEMBER, LONG AND WINDING ROAD AND IT LED TO THE CONCLUSION TO WHERE WE GOT AFTER THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THAT THE ONLY PLACE AVAILABLE IS ADJACENT TO DO THE EXISTING LANDFILL. AND SO THAT IS THE PATH IN WE ARE PURPURSUING AT THIS TIME.

Councilmember Waters: THAT GOING TO COST 30 MILLION DO YOU BELIEVE? I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO, I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS ARE WE GOING TO USE THE 30 MILLION IN IN FY '27? DID YOU USE THE 21 MILLION IT FROM LAST YEAR?

Testifier: YES. SO THEEN T ENGINE TENGE WOULD BE TO USE, LAND MONDAY THINK THERE, TEN. INTENTION BE WOULD, 10, 30 AND 25 SO TOTAL OF 65. OVER THE FY '2-6Z '27 AND '28. TO BE ABLE TO USE FOR LAND PURCHASE. THE THAT WOULD BE HOWEVER I BELIEVE THE CONTINUE. I WE MAY NOT BE EYEBALL TO USE THE TEN, NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE DHEN TENNY HAVE TO CHECK. TEN THE.

Councilmember Waters: MAY ASK WHAT PROPERTY YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO PURCHASE. Testifier: THE PROPERTY, IS CALLED MAKAIWA GULCH. A JAWA ADJACENT. Councilmember Waters: PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT WAIMANALO SANITARY LANDFILL. Testifier: YES THAT'S CORRECT.

Councilmember Waters: HE OKAY. TURNING TO I GUESS IT'S PAGE 216 ON THE BUDGET BOOK. THIS IS 31 MILLION, THIS CAREER. AND TEN MILLION NEXT YEAR. FOR SOLID WASTE TO ENERGY. HPOWER EXPANSION. YOU MENTIONED BRIEFLY. BUT THIS IS PURCHASING PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT HPOWER FACILITY. IS THAT CORRECT? Testifier: THAT'S CORRECT.

Councilmember Waters: AND YOU AUNTY PAY THE PVT CLOSING. AANTICIPATE YOU'RE GOING TO USE THIS PROJECT TO PROCESS DEMOLITION WASTE.

Testifier: CORRECT. COULD EITHER BE CITY WOULD DO THAT OR PERHAPS A CONTRACTOR, SOME KIND OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AU R OR SOMETHING. -SOME KIND OF PARTNERSHIP. MAKES LAND ADJACENT TO OUR FACILITY, THEN IT WOULD ALSO YOU ALWAYSEN CITY LAND AND COULD ALSO BE, VERY CONVENIENT FOR SOME SORT OF FUTURE EXPANSION OF M POWER ANY OTHER TIME OF RECYCLING FACILITIES WHERE RESYD DWRALS TWO HPOWER. RESIDUALS EUGENICALLY SIDE. PERFECTLY SIDED TO HAVE ANY KIND OF, WASTE FACILITIES. AT THAT LOCATION. OTHER PROPERTY BEHIND HPOWER AS WELL. UNIQUELY SITUATED. BASEYARD THERE. GOOD PLACE FOR US TO HAVE.

Councilmember Waters: WHEN IT PVT SCHEDULED TO CLOSE? Testifier: THAT THE MOVING TARGET. WE DON'T HAVE REALLY GOOD NCHTIONZ ON THAT. BUT IT INFORMATION ON THAT. COULD BE BEEN MUCH E'O WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WE'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE TRUTH IS WE DON'T KNOW. WHEN IT WILL CLOSE. BUT IT COULD CLOSE FAIRLY SOON. Councilmember Waters: AGAIN, PV IT IS WHAT CURRENTLY ACCEPTS PROCESSES CONSTRUCTION DEMOLITION WASTE? ANY TIME YOU KNOCK DOWNTOWN HONOLULU A BUILDING, KNOCK DOWN A HOUSE, GO THROUGH REUSE HAWAII, IT GOES THERE. AND IF IT DOESN'T GO THERE, WE CAN NEED TO PUT IF A LANDFILL. RIGHT? NOT BURNING THAT STUFF? RIGHT? LIKE CEMENT AND REBAR.

Testifier: THAT'S CORRECT. SOME PARTS OF IT ARE BURNABLE. AND COULD BE RECOVERED AND RECOVERY FACILITY. BUT MOST OF IT IS NOT. THERE A LOT OF RECOVER RAMBLE MATERIALS IN C AND D WASTE. WE ESTIMATE ABOUT 50% CURRENT TECHNOLOGY, CURRENT TECHNOLOGY RECOVER ABOUT 50%. OTHER 50% DOES NEED TO BE LAND FILL. AND CURRENTLY DON'T ACCEPT THAT WASTE. AT OUR LANDFILL. WAIMANALO GULCH. WE TELL PEOPLE NOW MUST GO TO PVT. Councilmember Waters: P. VT BUR IS BURIES IT. Testifier: THAT'S CORRECT.

Councilmember Waters: 31 MILLION THIS YEAR. TEN MILLION NEXT YEAR. DO WE HAVE A SALE PRICE? $41 MILLION EXPENDITURE. DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH THE FAIR MARKET VALUE IS OF THAT PROPERTY? HOW BIG IS THAT PROPERTY?

Testifier: IT'S NICE LARGE PROPERTY. 28 ACRES. P SAME SIZE AT HPOWER. LOT. THE WE PROPERTY IS NOT FOR SALE. AT THIS TIME. WE DO KNOW TAX ASSESSED VALUE IS HAVE TO CHECK. IT'S SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS. GENERALLY WE ADD 25 TO 50% BASED ON WHAT THE PROPERTY, WHAT THE TAX ASSESSED VALUE THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE. AS TARGET NUMBER FOR BUDGETING. SO WE CAN LOOK THAT UP AND FINAL OUT FOR YOU.

Councilmember Waters: OKAY. WE'RE THINKING SAME. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TAX ASSESSED VALUE WAS. AND WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD JUST CONDEMN THE PROPERTY. IF IT'S NOT FOR SALE. OKAY. MOVING ON TO PAGE 217 ON THE CIP BOOK. THIS IS SOLID WASTE TO ENERGY HPOWER EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE THIRD BOILER. THIRD BOILER IS NEWEST OF THE THREE BOILERS. MY UNDERSTANDING ISEL FIRST TWO BOILERS GO DOWN QUITE A BIT. THIS IS $7,700,000. THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ENCUMBERED. BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THREE BOILERS. INOUYE YOU MENTIONED THAT 250 MILLION YOU ANTICIPATED TO, REFURBISH. IS THAT BOILER ONE AN TWO?

Testifier: YES. BOILER ONE AND TWO. SO AS YOU KNOW, THREE BOILERS. THE TWO OF THEM ARE THE ORIGINAL BOILERS. THAT ARE 35, 36 YEARS OLD. AND THOSE NEED, ALL OF THE BOILERS HAVE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. BOILER 3 JUST OUT OF SERVICE RECENTLY. LAST MONTH. FOR 2 WEEKS. DURING ANNUAL REFURBISHMENTS P UPGRADES WE GENERALLY SPEND TEN TO $15 MILLION ON NECESSARILY PROJECTS THAT ARE PART OF THAT. THE BOILER AND SO THEN SCHEDULED OUTAGE AS FOR BOILERS 1 AND 2. EVERY YEAR. SO THE NEXT ONES ARE IN LATER IN THE FALL. FOR BOILERS 1 AND 2. AND THERE WOULD BE PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. BOILER 3 WILL BE NEXT DOWN AGAIN. IN EARLY '27 AND SO THAT IS THIS FY '27. SO THERE WOULD BE, MONEY IN THERE FOR THE VARIOUS PROJECTS. ASSOCIATED WITH THE REFURBISHMENT.

Councilmember Waters: NEXT PAGE. ANOTHER 25 MILLION THIS YEAR, 40 MILLION NEXT YEAR. 15 FOLLOWED BY 19, 32 FOLLOWING YEAR. 32 FOLLOWING YEAR FOR TOTAL OF 164 MILLION. FOR FUNDING TO ALLOW FOR THE PLANNING ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTICIPATED FUTURE SUPPORT PROJECTS WHICH ARE NOT COVERED UNDER EXISTING CONTRACTS FOR THE FACILITY. IS THAT IN AN AN AIR U R ANTICIPATION OF FOURTH BOILER?

Testifier: NO. IT'S NOT. FOURTH BOILER, AGAIN, WOULD BE IF IT WAS SAME SIZE, AS THE THIRD BOILER, 900 TONS PER DAY, IT'S HALF A BILLION AND BILLION DOLLARS. SO IT'S NOT THESE ARE REFURBISHMENT PROJECTS. SO THEY'RE KIND OF SMALLER APPLES PER YEAR. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, OF FOURTH BOILER, YOU WOULD BE ONE LARGE SUM NO ONE YEAR OR PERHAPS SPLIT INTO TWO. TO BE ABLE TO PROCURE, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DOING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. WE'D HAVE TO APPROPRIATE THE WHOLE AMOUNT.

Councilmember Waters: ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT JOBS BUT LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE GOT TO START THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH SOLID WASTE. IN YOUR SLIDE DICKY, IT SAYS THAT THESE SOURCES OF FUNDING IS WB. IS THAT WHAT DOES ABOUT YOU WB STAND FOR? Testifier: ARE WB CALLED SPECIAL SOLID WASTE SPECIAL FUND. Councilmember Waters: HOW MUCH MONEY IS CURRENTLY IN THE SPECIAL SOLID WASTE SPECIAL FUND?

Testifier: WHICH CAN GET YOU THAT NUMBER HIRE IN A SECOND. HIROHERE IN A SECOND. WB, IS SOLID WASTE. SORE. Vice Chair Nishimoto: CALLED SOLID WAIST IMPROVEMENT BOND FUND. EL WB. WASTE. THANTD R THAT'S BOND FUNDS. THOSE ARE PART OF THE, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THAT THE CITY SELLS. THAT WOULD BE UNDER BFS TAKES CARE OF THOSE. TAKES CARE OF THOSE BONDS. SO THAT IS. Councilmember Waters: TO CASH IN THAT BOND?

Testifier: IT'S NOT A CASH FUND. THIS THERE IS MONEY IN IT. OR SO IS BOUND BONDS. BUDGETEDDING 106 MILLION THAT THAT, SPENDING OF THAT. IN FY '27. Councilmember Waters: DEBT SERVICE ON THAT COMES FROM GENERAL FUND? Testifier: YES. GENERAL FUND.

Councilmember Waters: I SEE. MINE, SHOULD WE BE PUTTING CASH IF WE CAN FIND SAVINGS, SMUD WE BE PUTTING CASH INTO THIS, SHOULD WE BE PUTTING CASH INTO THIS FUND FOE DEFRAY FROM THE COST? YOU JUST MENTIONED PAYING 4% INTEREST, ON THE BONDS FOR THE WASTEWATER. Testifier: SEWER BOUND R BOND. Councilmember Weyer: SEWER BOND. HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT USING CASH RATHER THAN BOND. JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, HOW CONFIDENT IT ARE YOU THAT BOILER ONE AND 2 ARE GOING TO LAST. Testifier: WELL,.

Councilmember Waters: BREAK DOWN ALL TIME. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH CAPACITY, WAIMANALO SANITARY LANDFILL IS BECAUSE THE BOILER ARE GOING DOWN AND WE HAD TO DIVERT ALL THE SOLID WASTE TO THE LANDFILL. BECAUSE WE COULDN'T BURN IT. IS THAT ACCURATE? Testifier: THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD WHEN I VISITED LANDFILL.

Counc WATERS THERE ARE DIVERSIONS TO THE LANDFILL. , PLANNED DIVERSIONS A NTSDZ UNPLANNED DIVERSIONS. CURRENT WILL YOU IN WORKING WITH OUR CONTRACTOR. OPERATE THE BY CONTRACTOR. WE ONLY OPEN MARKET THE FACILITY. OWN FACILITY BOTH FA I WILL ISES. LANDFILL AS WELL. OPERATED BY AT CONTRACTER WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON PROJECTS. SO THEY ACTUALLY BUILT THE PROJECTS WE DON'T PROCURE THE PROJECTS. IT'S DONE THROUGH THEIR CONTRACT. SAME AS LANDFILL. SO THEY DO THE CONSTRUCTION OR THEY ARRANGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. AND DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY PROCUREMENT PROJECT, PROCESS. SO WE ALLOCATE MONEY TO THEM. AND THEN THEY DO THE PROJECTS AND WE MONITOR IT. SO THERE SERIES OF PROJECTS. PLANNED. TO KEEP THE OPERATION RUNNING. TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF UP TIME. WHEN THERE IS DOWN TIME, UNANTICIPATED WE AREEL DIVERTING. IF NECESSARY, WE ARE DO THE THREE BOILERS. THE WAST WASTE STREAM 2 THOSE TO 2200-TON PER DAY. DPATS CAPACITY 2900 TONS PER DAY IS ALL THREE ARE RUNNING SO WE ACCESS DPATS CAPACITY. ONLY ONE BOIL, SR DOWN, WE HAVE A CAPACITY ABOUT 1900 TONS. SO REALLY ONLY DIVERTING PART OF WASTEWATER EXTREME WASTE STREAM ADVANTAGE OF HAVING EXTRA CAPACITY. AND SO WE SO THERE IS TIMES WHEN THERE IS DIVERSION. BUT WE DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO LIMIT THAT AND IT IS A CONSTANT CHALLENGE.

BIG FACTORY AS YOU SEEN THERE. A LOT MOVEMENT PART THE AND EQUIPMENT. IT IS PART AND EQUIPMENT. VERY DIFFICULT KIND OF, FACTORY. MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN SAY POWER PLANTER O SOMETHING. BECAUSE THERE'S TRASH AND R AND THINGS ARE GETTING BEAT UP CONSTANTLY. SO NEVER ENDING MAINTENANCE AND WE WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO TRY TO KEEP UP ON THAT. Councilmember Waters: ARE YOU LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF DISPOSING TRASH? BY THE WAY I DO WANT TO SHIFT TO WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING AS FAR AS RECYCLING IS CONCERN THE. BUT ARE YOU LOOKING AT ALTER MEANS OTHER O.E.R. THAN BURNING OR BURYING TRASH?

Testifier: YES ARER. THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO TAKE CARE OF SOLID WASTE. SOME COMMUNITIES ON MAINLAND WERE THEY HAVE TRAINS AND ROADS THAT CAN GO LONG DISTANCES. THEY SHIMABUKURO ALL THEIR WASTE SHIP THEIR WASTE TO DESERT AND BURY IT. THAT'S CHEAPER THAN BURN WILLING AND BERRYING ASH. BURNING AND AB BURYING ASH. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR BURNING TRASH. BUT PYROLYSIS AND SOME OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT EXIST AND WINNER HE WE'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING THOSERS WE'RE PLANNING ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO, ON THE AES PROPERTY IS TO PUT IT OUT RFP FOR SOMEONE TO BUILD A NEW TECHNOLOGY FACILITY AND WE WOULD GANIR-BASULIO R GUARANTEE THEM CERTAINLY AMOUNT OF WASTE TONS PER DAY. GUARANTEE THEM. HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING WE WOULDN'T PAY FOR PAY FOR THEM TO BUILD IT. SHORT ANSWER IS YES. I KNOW VICE CHAIR IS WORKING ON A GROUP TO FACILITATE THAT. REAL QUICK. SO SHIFTING TO THE CURBSIDE COLLECTION EX-OF FOOD WASTE, WHAT HAPPENS IF PEOPLE DON'T PUT THEIR GREEN WASTE OR FOOD WASTE IN GREEN BIN? I KNOW THAT CONTRACTOR TAKES GREEN WASTE, IS RAMPING UP AT GETTING READY AND PURCHASING A LOT OF EQUIPMENT. ARE WE GUARANTEEING THEM A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FOOD WASTE?

Testifier: YES. SO THE BUILT BEFORE THEY BUILT THEIR NEW FACILITY. ISSUED RFP PUT IT FOURTH COMPETITION TO PROCESS GREEN WASTE AND PLUS P FOOD WASTE AND MANUFACTURED COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS. SO THAT IS IT YOUR COMPOSTABLE CON AN PLATES AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. AND SO WE DID AWARD A CONTRACT. 20 YEAR CONTRACT. THAT INCLUDES CAPITAL RECAPITALIZATION. SO THAT IS ACTUAL PLAYING TOWN YOU U DOWN THE FACILITY. AS PART OF THE PAYING DOWN FACILITY. PART OF TONNAGE FEE FOR MATERIAL DELIVERED THERE. AS WELL AS OPERATING PART OF THE COST. AND BECAUSE ONE OF THE WAYS THAT MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE PUT IT HERE, BECAUSE JUST AS AND EXAMPLE, I LIVE ON A STREET THAT IS IT ONE WAY. SO I DON'T WANT TO GET ANY BINS. I PUT FOOD WASTE IN MY HEFTY PLABAG AND PUT IT OUT. I WOULD PUT IT IN THERE IF I HAD ONE OF THESE. BUT YOU DON'T. STILL, WE PICK THIS UP EVERY WEEK. CORRECT. GRAY CARTS. WE PICK UP THE GREEN CARTS EVERY OTHER WEEK. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. WE YOU YOU WILL A ENTER GNAT EVERY OTHER WEEK WITH THE BLUE CART. RIGHT? WE ALTERNATE.

Testifier: SCLT.

Councilmember Waters: TALK ABOUT TRASH, SEE ON YOUTUBE. EXPLAINS A LOT OF THIS STUFF. SUPER-HELPFUL WE NEED TO DO IT AGAIN. BECAUSE MAYBE I MEAN, IF YOU DUMP OUT EVERYTHING IN THIS GREEN BIN, AND YOU LOOK AT IT A LOT OF THE STUFF PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY PUTTING IN THE GRAY BIN COULD GO IN THE BLUE BIN AND ESPECIALLY THE FOOD WASTE. INTO THE GREEN BIN. JUST THE THOUGHT. WHAT IF YOU BIKI PICK UP THE GRAY BIN. PICK UP THE GRAY BIN EVERY OTHER WEEK AND PICK UP THE GREEN BIN EVERY WEEK. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, GOT TO PUT IT IN HERE. ALL THOUGH HOW STOP PEOPLE FROM DUMPING ALL KIND OF OTHER STUFF? I'VE BEEN TOLD PEOPLE PUT THEIR GAS TANKS IN HERE. BARBELLS IN HERE. ANY KIND OF STUFF. YOU DID MENTION THAT YOU HAVE INSPECTORS BUT I THINK WE GOT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUS ABOUT THAT. SAY, HEY, YOU PUT METAL IN HERE. EITHER I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PICK IT UP. OR WE FINE YOU. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WE CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? IF WE CAN DIVERT ALL OF THIS STUFF AND THIS THING IS ONLY A QUARTER FULL, AND THESE WHO ARE FULL, THAT'S GOING TO HELP SOLVE SOME OF THE WASTEWATER PROBLEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE. WASTEWATER WASTE PROBLEM. OUR GEENA THIELEN GOAL ON THE COMMUNITY A LOT OF COMMUNITIES GET A BLUE CARTED. THAT'S OUR GOAL. LARGE GREEN CART AND TINY LITTLE GRAY CART. OR YOU CAN PAY MORE AND GET A FULL SIZE GRAY CART. SO YEAH, THAT IS DEFINITELY TTHE INTENTION. WASTE RECYCLING IS VERY DIRTY CHALLENGING BUSINESS. MIXED RECYCLES BLUE CART, IT'S MIX I RAYA SAIKIABLES BY DEFINITION. MULTIPLE THINGS INSIDE THERE. MIXED RECYCLE NLS. PROCESSING FACILITY AND SORTING LAHAINA AND PEOPLE

TAKING THINGS OUT OF THERE AND PUTTING IT IN THE RIGHT BIDGES.

START TO ADD MORE THINGS IN THERE, BINS. NUMBER 3 PLASTIC, NUMBER 4 PLASTIC, NUMBER 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ALL NEED TO BE ACCEPT RATED INTO DIFFERENT BINS. SIM RATED. HOW DO YOU PAY FOR THESE PEOPLE GOING TO BE THE BIN POLICE? , RIGHT? KIND OF WHAT GOING TO COME DOWN TO. I'M TELEPHONE TESTIFIEREL YOU T THEIR GREEN WASTE IN THERE? REEL KNOW NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT GOING IN THERE 2 WEEKS. RECOGNIZE GOING TO SMELL. PUT A LITTLE CONTAINER ON SIDE. THAT YOU PUT IT IN THERE. WHEN IT DUMBMENTS NOT MIGUELING ALL THE FOOD WASTE WITH EVERYTHING. DUMP IS NOT MIXING. HARTER TO CLEAN. JUST A THOUGHT. THINKING A LOT OF TIMES. I HOPE YOU'RE WRONG E'O WRONG MUCH CONTAMINATION IS BIG BE R PROBLEM WITH ALL RECYCLING OPERATIONS. THERE IS C CONTAMINATION NOW BEFORE WE STARTED ADDING FOOD WASTE. CONCONTAMINATION GREEN CART GO T THAT TO THAT FACILITY SEE THERE IS SORTING OPERATION. SEE ALL THE, CONTAMINATION STUFF THAT THEY PULL OUT. THAT IS JUST ABOUT EDUCATION. AND HOPEFULLY GETTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. RANDY GETTING THEM TO BE AN RTD E'O APUNA BOARD RECYCLINGELLING AND PART OF THE PROGRAM. THAT IS JUST WE THINK THAT IS ACHIEVABLE. DEFINITELY. AND OTHER FOLKS DO THE SAME THING. LOTS OF PLACES IN THE MAINLAND. CART IS NOT GREENWELL. A LOT OF TIMES BROWN. SAYS ORGANIC IKS ON IT. DOESN'T SAY FOOD OR GREEN WASTE. OR BEGAN IKS AND PEOPLE KNOW, ORGANICS. EVERY SINGLE PLACE HAS PRO PROBLEMS ARE CONTAMINATION. WORK ON EDUCATION WITH RESPECT TO THAT. SO WE'VE DONE THAT. GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION. BEEN GOING OUT PROBABLY SEEN IT. AD ON TV MORE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE. DO THE RIGHT THUG. AND PUT JUST FOOD SCRAPS INTO

THEIR. SO NO PET WASTE. NO ROAD KILL. FOOD SCRAPS IS WHAT IT GOES IN THERE.

Councilmember Waters: THANK YOU. HOPE THAT IT WORKS. BUT IT'S GOING TO CALM DOWN TO ENFORCEMENT. COME DOWN TO ENFORCEMENT REALLY BELIEVE THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD BE PUTTING SOME EFFORT INTO ENFORCEMENT. I'LL SAY FOR THE NEXT ROUND. BUT YOU GOT TO ANOTHER THING IN HERE ABOUT SLUDGE SEWAGE SLUDGE GOING TO HPOWER. BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT ROUND. THANK YOU. ROLO QUICKLY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. AND EANTSZING ALL OF ANSWERING ALL YOU EVER WHY QUESTIONS QUICK FOLLOW-UP OGBU SIGNIFICANT THINK I ASKED PROBABLY. LAST COUPLE YEARS WAS YOUR EQUIPMENT YOU DID HAVE UPDATE, IN YOUR SLIDES I THINK LOOKING AT YOUR CIP FOR THE TRUCK AND DID YOU HAVE IN HERE. 11 MILLION. IIT CAN YOU GIVE ME UPDATE ON YOUR TRUCKS I KNOW THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN. AND YOU SAID LOOKING FOR SOME LAST YIREH. EXPECTING SOME IN. CAN YOU GIVEN US UPDATE ON THAT? RECEIVE OR APPROPRIATING FOR AND WHAT IS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS?

Testifier: YEAH. HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE CAUGHT UP ON TRUCKS. WE'RE WAY BETTER PLACE THAN WE WERE A YEAR OGBU TWO AGO. VERY SHORT ON TRUCKS AND OWE CAUSINGLY LEAVING OUTSTANDING. WE VETERANS DAY BEEN HAVEN'T NEEDED TO L OUTSTANDING QUITE SOME TIME. EL SOMEWHERE AROUND 80 PLUS%, AVAILABLE ABILITY OF TRUCKS. 8 TO 90% DEPENDING WHAT TYPE OF TRUCK THERE WAS A TIME. WHEN WERE HE ONLY AT 50%. JUST COUPLE YEARS AGO. SO 50% MEANS YOU ONLY HAVE HARVEY TRUCKS SPOA TO DO HAVE. HALF THE TRUCK WE DO HAVE I BELIEVE, IN ORDER TO KEEP THE FLEET GOING, TRUCKS GET RETIRED EVERY YEAR, AGE OUT, WE NEED TO IT BUY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TRUCKS EVERY YEAR. AND IT IS ABOUT 15 TO 20. I BELIEVE. THIS IS VERY SMALL.

Chair Okimoto: 15 TO 20 INSTRUCTION TRUCKS LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE, YOU WERE YOU CAN TALKING ABOUT. 20 TRUCK. DELAY BECAUSE OF SUPPLY CHAIN GOOD TO HEAR CAUGHT UP 50% TO 80%. SOME DELAYS. IN MY DISTRICT AND OTHER PART ISLAND I KNOW THEY'RE WAITING FOR PICK UP. ER GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE IS TTHAT IMPROVEMENT. 15 TO 20 TRUCKS IS THE GOAL. OR THE -- THIS YEAR YOU HAVE I'M IFING NOT A TRUCK EXPERT. LOOKING AT THE THINKING MANY FIGURE OUT WHAT THESE TYPES OF TRUCKS ARE. I THINK THEY'RE ALL GARDNER TRUCK. OKAY. GARBAGE TRUCKS.

Testifier: ALL GARBAGE TRUCKS. 31 ON HERE THE MOST OF THEM ARE SIDE LOADERS AUTOMATED SERVICE. THERE ARE THREE ROLL OFF TRUCKS. AND FOUR FRONTLOADER TRUCKS. THOSE ARE THE ONE WAS THE FORKS PICK UP THE YARD, 3 TO 5 . AND THEN ALSO HAVE FOUR REAR LOADER TRUCKS. I BELIEVE. OR MIGHT BE SOME, BLARNLGS ON SOME THOSE. BLANKS. FEW OF THOSE THAT WERE REMOVED I BELIEVE. BUT THERE IS EACH CATEGORY. THERE'S A TRUCKS. WE HAVE KEEP UP WITH THE TRUCKS. WE NEED TO BUY TRUCKS EVERY YEAR. BECAUSE THESE TRUCKS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, THEY WON'T ARRIVE FOR 2 TO 3 YEARS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE BUILT. HAVE PROCURE ISSUE THE CONTRACTS.

Chair Okimoto: ONE WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR FROM 2 TO 3 YEARS AGO THAT WERE BUDGETED? Testifier: WHY E AR OR EVEN LONGER BECAUSE OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. SOME OF THEM THOSE ORDERS HAD TO BE CON R CANCELED PRICES WENT UP. COULDN'T DELIVER WHAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY IN THE CONTRACT. GOT SORTED OUT. Chair Okimoto: LIFE SPAN OF THE TRUCK IS AGAIN HOW MANY YEARS? ,. Testifier: SIX TO 7 YEARS. Chair Okimoto: OPTIMAL MAINTENANCE STRUGGLED WITH BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T GET ANY OFF THE FLEET, HAD TO BE USE USING THEM CONSTANTLY PUT SOME IN ROTATION HOPEFULLY?

Testifier: YES. EXACTLY. PUT QUITE A NEW INFRASTRUCTURE INTO ROTATION NOW AND NEW TRUCKS INTO ROTATE. RETIRING HE OILED ETS TRUCK. SOME OF THEM ARE. OLDER. OLDER TRUCK. THAT'S WHAT'S RESIRED.

Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE MY COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE GROW PROGRAM. THAT'S WHAT'S REQUIRED. HOPEFULLY LEARN TO GO AND CONCERN THAT CHAIR WATERS HAS, VALID CONCERN IT'S WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT AS WE, TRY TO HELP YOU WITH OUR WASTE. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING INNOVATE ISSUE WITH YOUR THINKING. MEMBERS YOU KNOW INNOVATE ISSUE. TIME HAS GONE QUICK LIMPLET IF WE HAVE SECOND ROUND QUESTIONS, COULD I REQUEST YOU REALLY PRESSING R TO HAVE EMAILED TO MY OFFICE AND WE'LL DIRECT IT TO DIRECTOR BABCOCK AND HIS OFFICE? IS THAT OKAY? WITH EVERYONE? THANK YOU SO MUCH DIRECTOR. FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM. CHAIR WATERS, HARD JOB.

Chair Waters: MEMBERS ON NEXT DEPARTMENT. DEPARTMENT OF CUSS DPER SERVICES. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE CUSTOMER. DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION 192, 20 2-6Z. WITH US TODAY, WE HAVE DIRECTOR FROM C DSD KIM HASHIRO DEPUTY DIRECTOR MEGHAN GOUGESMENT ALOHA AND GOOD AFTERNOON DIRECTOR THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BEING PATIENT. GOOD AFTERNOON.

Testifier: BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY DIRECTOR. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD.

Testifier: GOOD AFTERNOON. VASE CHAIR VICE BUDGET CHAIR NISHIMOTO, VICE CHAIR. CHAIR WATERS, OKAY. AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M KIMBERLY M. HASHIRO DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. WITH ME TODAY I HAVE MEMBERS OF THE C SD LEADERSHIP TEAM. THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE. SO FIRST, IS MEGHAN GOUGES. DEPUTY DIRECTOR. MEGAN JOHNSON. WILLIAM DMV ADMINISTRATOR. KRISTI CAM, SATELLITE CITY HALL ADMINISTRATOR. HAROLD NED ACTING PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATOR. AND N ELDA OUR ASO. SO FIRST I'M GOING TO GO OVER OUR PHYSICAL 26 TO '27 CHANGES. FISCAL. TOTAL POSITION, OF 303 FTE ARE INCREASING BY 7 FTE. OR 2.3% IN FISCAL '27. FIVE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN ABOUT ADDED. TO THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION. TO INCREASE SO STAFFING LEVELS N CALL S CENTER. MOVING BRINGING CALL CENTER IN HOUSE AND STRIVING TO IMPROVE SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC. WE ALSO LIKE TO IMPROVE RETENTION BY BUILDING CAREER PLASTIC BAGGING FOR EMPLOYEES. APARNA PATRIE FIVE POSITIONS INCLUDING ONE FULL SUPERVISOR ADVISOR. FIVE PATHS TO MANAGE CUSTOMER CARE SECOND AND FOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE IT'S, TO ANSWER CALLS FROM PUBLIC. WE'RE ALSO ADDING TWO BUDGETED CONTRACT POSITIONS. ONE RECORDS MANAGEMENT ANALYST, FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, AND ONE ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST FOR THE SATELLITE CITY HALL DIVISION. TOTAL SALARIES OF 17.2 MILLION

ARE INCREASING BY 760 THOSE $492 OR JUST UNDER 5% IN FISCAL '27. AGAIN, SALARIES FOR FIVE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS TO STAFF AND IN HOUSE CALL CENTER BEING ADDED. AND CBA INCREASES ARE ALSO REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL '27 BUDGET. I WANTED TO MECTS THAT THE FIVE POSITIONS MENTION FIVE POSITIONS ADDING DEACTIVATED POSITIONS THAT WE ARE REACTIVATING. OVER CURRENT OVERALL CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET OF 15.6 MILLION. IS DECREASING BY 8.3% COMPARED TO FISCAL '26. DECREASE IS PRIMARILY DUE TO DECREASE IN FUNDS FOR TOWING SERVICE. EXPENDITURES DECREASED IN THE DMV DIVISION BECAUSE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE HAD INCREASED FUNDING TO PAY FOR OUTSTANDING INVOICES. WE'RE NOW CAUGHT UP ON TOWING INVOICES. ALSO BEGINNING IN FISCAL '2-6Z, HPD BEEN BUDGETING FUNDS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TOES. OUR EQUIPMENT REQUEST WILL BE ZERO DOLLARS NEXT HE FISCAL YEAR AND OVERALL CD E'O SD BUDGET OF 32EL R BEEN 8 MILLION DECREASING BY 2-POINT E'O% BETWEEN FEARS. 32.8 MILLION. DON'T HAVE, BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR ANY BUDGET ER E'O ISSUE PER SE I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THREE AREAS THAT ARE DEPARTMENT IS FOCUSED ON IN THE COMING YEAR. FIRST FIRST WOULD BE TECHNOLOGY. AND PROCESSING IMPROVEMENT. WE IMPLEMENTED A VOICE AI SYSTEM FOR D MV CALLS WHICH STARTED THIS IN NOVEMBER. OF LAST YEAR. AND IT'S GOING REALLY WELL. WITH ARE NOW MOVING UPWARDS OF 70 TO 80% OF CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC AND WE RECEIVER ABOUT

800 CALLS A DAY COMING THROUGH OUR VOICE AI SYSTEM. WE KNOW THAT'S SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT SEEN AN INCREASE IN COMPLAINTS. MATT WEYER ALSO UPDATING VERY SHORTLY OUR DRIVER'S LICENSE STATE ID CARD SYSTEM. THERE WILL BE NEW HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AT ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS, AND IN FACT STATEWIDE, AND THE ESTIMATED GOAL R GO LIVE DATE WILL BE WE'RE ESTIMATING HOPING FOR APRIL. POSSIBLY MAY, BUT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. WIRE ALSO GOING TO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER,ER MOVE TOWARDS BRINGING THE DM SLVMENT CALL CENTER IN HOUSE. UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY REORGANIZING AND REPURPOSES POSITIONS. FOR FUTURE YEARS WE'RE FOCUSED ON, INCREASING DIGITAL DASHBOARD INFORMATION. SO RIGHT NOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE PROTOTYPE FOR DIGITAL DASHBOARDS FOR D MV, SATELLITE, CALL CENTER, OPERATIONS. HOWEVER, IT'S A MANUAL PROCESS. WE ACTUALLY POPULATE SPREADSHEETS UPLOAD IT INTO A DASHBOARD, BUT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS EXTRACTING DATA FROM MAINFRAME SYSTEMS, AND LOCAL QUEUE INTO THESE DIGITAL DASH BOARDS MAKING IT MUCH MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS. AND HAVING INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE TO US. LASTLY, YOU HEARD DIRECTOR MCKEE FROM DIT YESTERDAY, EXPLAIN ABOUT OUR MAINFRAME AND GETTING NEED TO GET OFF THE MAINFRAME AND BUILD OUT FRONT END. THAT IS CRITICAL FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. OUR DRIVE'S LICENSE MOTOR VEHICLE REG STRIKE AND OTHER SYSTEMS RESIDE ON THE MAIN E'O MAINMAINFRAME SYSTEM. OLD A ANTIQUATED SYSTEM. FEW STAFF THAT ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND MODIFY IT. WHAT THAT DOES FOR US

OPERATIONALLY REALLY LIMITED OUR ABILITY TO PROGRESS. WHEN WE WANT CHANGES, DONE, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT. THE STAFF DOES EVERYTHING THAT THEY CANMENT DIT TRIES TO SUPPORT US. AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THEY CAN. SYSTEM HAS A LOT OF LIMIT LIMITATIONS AND THIS IS WHY WE REALLY NEED TO, MOVE OFFICER THE SYSTEM. THIS IS OUR GOAL. MOVE OFF. REMAINDER OF THIS ADMINISTRATION. AND DIRECTOR MCKEE AND I WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO EXPLAIN AND JUSTIFY THIS CRITICAL NEED. 3406ING IMPROVING TRAINING AND RETENGE OF EMPLOYEES. GETTING TO OUR VACANCY, SLIDE RETAINING. SHORTLY, BUT THERE AREA AREA TALKED ABOUT TERMS OF REORGANIZING NEED TO UTILIZE OUR POSITION. AND OUR ORGANIZE STRUCTURE. TO REFLECT HOW WE NEED TO O&M RATED AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC. IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE COMPLETED THREE REORGS. THUS FAR. AND WE HAVE FOUR MORE GO. SO WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO COMPLETING ONE OF THEM. FOR OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. DIVISION. AND THIS WILL MOVE A LOT OF POSITIONS THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT INTO THE RIGHT SECTIONS. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A VERY EXIST EBBS TERNTION E EXTENSIVE DRIVER'S LICENSE REORG. AFFECT ALMOST 100 POSITIONS, AND IT WILL ALSO REFLECT PROPERLY CLASSIFICATIONS COMPENSATION, REPORTING STRUCTURE, IN A WAY THAT I BELIEVE WILL DEFINITELY INCREASE INTEREST IN IN HOUSE PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS MOTIVATE EMPLOYEES TO WANT TO STAY AND HAVE A VERY

LONG CAREER IN OUR DEPARTMENT. AND IN THE DRIVER'S LICENSE BRANCH. IN PARTICULAR. SATELLITE CITY HALL YOU HAD YOU UNDER WENT A SMALLER REORG, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE NEED TO DO. TO ALSO SUPPORT THEIR OPERATIONS. AND NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT OUR FOCUS TO THE MISS HAWAII TEEN OR VEHICLE REGISTRATION BRANCH. NEXT YEAR WE'RE TO GO SHIFT OUR, FACILITY LEE ALI'I CAGE AND EXPANSION. WE'RE DOING THIS LEE CAIGHTS. REBUDGET FUNDS FOR CERTAINLY PROJECTS -- RELOCATION TOP KAPOLEI SIT SATELLITE CITY HALL EXPANSION FROM THIS FISCAL YEAR TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SOME DELAYS AND IN RELOCATION OF OTHER UNITS. SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND AND THEN ALSO, WAHIAWA SICK CENTER. I WILL COVER THAT ON OUR CIP SLIDE. LATER. BUT CIVIC SEN TERM. THIS WILL ENABLE US TO MOVE STAFF, FROM OUR EXISTING WAHIAWA DRIVER'S LICENSE AND SATELLITE CITY HALL LOCATION INTO A BRAND NEW BUILDING. WAHIAWA SICK CENTER. WANT TO DO MENTION ALSO CIVIC CENTER. DIRECTOR MIYASAKI TALKED ABOUT HALE GOSH THIS MORNING THAT IS SOMETHING, HAUL GOVERN, C S D IS PATY SPAIT IN IF FOR THE PILOT. REORGANIZATIONS TALKED ABOUT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE, DIRNL COMPASS CLASSIFICATION STRATEGIES. AND WE'RE GOING TO HELP, TESS THE HALE GOSH U GOVERN SYSTEM AND HOPEFULLY. BE ABLE TO MORE QUICKLY RECLASSIFY AND REALLOY CATTED POSITION. -REALLOCATE POSITION. HALE GOV POSITION. VACANT POSITION. FEBRUARY 21, WE HAD 26 VACANT POSITIONS. 21 GENERAL FUND AND FIVE HIGHWAY BIOLA UNIVERSITYFICATION FUNDS. OF WHICH THREE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN FILLED IN FEBRUARY. BEAUTIFICATION AND MARCH, HOWEVER AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE RRNLGT WE ALSO THREE POSITIONS.

VACANCY RATE STAYED THE SAME. AND ABOUT 8%. WE PLAN TO FILL 14 POSITION BEFORE JUNE 30. OF THIS YEAR. AND FILL REMAINING 12 IN FISCAL '27. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT CSD FILLED 71INGS POSITION. IN FISCAL '2026. THUS FAR. WHICH REPRESENTS 24% OF OUR PERMANENT POSITION. HOWEVER, ALSO SINCE JULY, OF LAST YEAR, TO PRINT, CSD LOST 41 POSITION. TO PRESENT. SIGNIFICANT TURNOVER AND WE'RE WORKING REALLY DILIGENTLY TO FILL POSITIONS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND ALSO, MAKE KINDS OF ORGANIZATIONS CLAIMING CITY CHANGE THAT ISTALKING ABOUT TO N EMPLOYEES. BY VERY NO VACANT POSITION THAT MAY BE ABOLISHED 11 POSITIONS HAVE BEEN DEACTIVATED IN FISCAL YEAR '27. OUR OVER TIME BUDGET SYSTEM THE 1 THOSE 612 HOURS. AND 161 THOSE. THIS IS LESS THAN 1% OF OUR $17.2 MILLION SALARY BUDGET. BREAKING IT DOWN BY DIVISION, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATION HAS A PROVISION OF $58,300. FOR OVER TIME IN CASE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE REQUIREMENT. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING NOW TO TRY AND STAFF SHELTERS THAT WILL BE OPENING. AND CSD IS PARTICIPATING IN THAT EFFORT. WE WILL BE PROVIDING STAFFING RESOURCES. DNV HAS TOTAL OF 103 THOSE DOLLARS BUDGETED. OF WHICH 20 THOSE IS ALLOCATED TO MRVEL REGISTRATION. AND WE USE U UTILIZES THIS WHEN MOVE. INMOTOR VEHICLE INCREASE TRANSACTION VOLUMES DUE TO

HIGHER DEMAND. CAN'T KEEP YOU UP AND STAY CLOSE TO OUR ACCEPTABLE TURN AROUND PERIOD. WE DO SCHEDULE OVER TIME MANY. FOR DRIVER'S LICENSE, BRANCH, 83 THOSE IS BUDGETED AN WILL BE USED TO OPEN LOCATIONS ON SATURDAYS, OR TO WORK EXTENDED HOURS DURING THE WEEK. WE DO THIS ON ROW TAKEAL BASIS TO INCREASE CUSTOMER ACCESS TO ISERI VIMPLES ROTATIONAL) ALTHOUGH SATELLITE CITY HALLS, SERVICE DOES NOT HAVE OVER TIME BUDGET THEY ARE ASSISTING, CONSISTENTLY, AND RIWHETHER HE HAILY WHENEVER D MV NEEDS SUPPORT AND NEED TO INCREASE ACCESS TO OUR MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND/OR DRIVER'S LICENSE SERVICE. ( AND READILY) FOR REVENUE DRVMENT S E'O CZ. LOW SCREBLGD TO GENERATE 228 MILLION REVENUES COMING YEAR. CSD MAJORITY REVENUES GENERATED THROUGH MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND DRIVER'S LICENSING AND PERMITS BRING IN APPROXIMATELY 218 MILLION. 5.8 MILLION IS ATTRIBUTED TO CHARGES FOR OTHER SERVICES WHICH INCLUDES SERVICE FEES FOR CHOKES. CREADICK KATE PAYMENT FEES, CHECKS. PASS PART FEES SPAY AND NEUTER FEES HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION. MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES INCLUDE MOVE INSPECTION DISABLED PLABLG AIRED TOWING SERVICE AUCTION AND SALES IMPOUNDED VEHICLES IS ESTIMATED TO BE GENERATE 3.9 MILLION. ( PLACARD) WE LIKE TO NOTE THAT, ALTHOUGH CSD REVENUES FOR FITS FISCAL '27 PRODISWREBLGD TO TO EXPEND YOU AVES 32.8. NO FEDERAL FUNDS BUDGETED IN C SD. PROJECTED JRKTS FOR OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, WE DO HAVE, TWO REPLACEMENTS VANS. DIRECTOR KAWANO EXPLAINED

EARLIER THAT BFS IS POLICY WAS SUPPLY 60 THOSE AND TEN YEAR LIFE SPAN CRITERIA ON VEHICLES. SO OUR TWO VEHICLES BEING REPLAYED ARE WELL OVER THIS THRESHOLD. REPLACED, SATELLITE CITY HALL CARGO VAN AT $78,000 IS 15 YEARS OLD. AND IT'S BEING USED TO TRANSPORT PRIMARILY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES BETWEEN OUR NINE OR ACTUALLY, TEN IF YOU INCLUDE JOINT BASE, SAL R SATELLITE LOCATIONS. THE DMV CARGO PASSENGER VAN, WHICH SEAT MORE PEOPLE IS ESTIMATED TO COST $93,000. AND THIS VAN IS 35 YEARS OLD. MOVING ON TO OUR SINGLE CIP PROJECT. THIS IS FOR THE WAHIAWA CIVIC CENTER. THIS IS STATE BUILDING. CITY HAS ENTERED INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE. TO LEASE THIS BUILDING FOR A DOLLAR. PER YEAR. STARTING WITH 35 YEARS. WITHIN OPTION TO ADD 3 ADDITIONAL TEN YEAR TERMS. SO TOTAL OF 5 YEARS. BRAND NEW BUILDING. ON CALIFORNIA AVENUE. 65 YEARS. EXISTING DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND SATELLITE STAFF WHICH ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED ANY QUESTIONS TO THE POLICE STATION, IN WAHIAWA, RELOCATE TRY TO REPURPOSE AS MUCH EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES FROM THOSE LOCATIONS. INTO THE NEW BUILD. EUPT. BUT WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING THE COUNTERS. AND EAR WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE SERVICE. TO THE COMMUNITY. IT'SES ARE VERY EXCITING FOR US BECAUSE STAFF IS DOING TO BE MOVING, FROM VERY SMALL AND CONGRESSWOMAN P E'O CRAMPED OFFICES INTO BRAND NEW FA SILL. SMALL AND CRAMPED. FOR FISCAL A 2 26 APPROPRIATED 2 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR THIS

PROJECT. THIS WAS BASED ON A CONSULTANT ESTIMATE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SURVICES, IS SUPPORTING THE CITY. THEY'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTING THIS BUILDING FOR US IN THE CITY'S REBUMP UEMURA BURSTING STATE. REIMBURSING STATE. $2 MILLION ESTIMATE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR WAS BASED ON PREVIOUS INFORMATION DISCUSSED IN CONSTRUCTION LAYOUT AND CONSULTANTEL ASSUMPTIONS. OR WHAT IS TERMED 0 COST ESTIMATE. DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, CONSULTANTS ASKED TO TAKE BEST GUESS ON THE MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL AND TELECOMMUNICATION COST. HOWEVER, SINCE THEN, WE HAVE RECEIVE UPDATED COST ESTIMATE AND NEED TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION FOR THIS BUILD-OUT? FISCAL '27. SO CURRENTLY, BUILDING IS ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT AND BUILT. WHAT THIS MONEY IS GOING TO DO, IS ENABLE US TO BUILD OUT INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. FOR OUR RESERVATIONS. -- OPERATIONS.

MOST RECENTLY, BUILDING PERMIT FOR CITY FACILITIES WAS APPROVED. AND PERMIT WAS ISSUED. CONSTRUCTION STARTED THIS PAST MONDAY SCHEDULED TO COMPLETED IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN MOVE IN THE NEW LOCATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR. OR EARLY PART OF NEXT YEAR. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU. MEMBERS FOR THIS ROUND START WITH COUNCILMEMBER DOS SANTOS-TAM.

Vice Chair Dos Santos Tam: NO QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER TULBA. VICE CHAIR NISHIMOTO. COUNCILMEMBER CORDERO. CORD QUICK QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO THANK YOU CHAIR OKIMOTO. DIRECTOR FOR HALE GOV GREAT PARTICIPATING AN OUGHT LANDSLIDESSING IT. IS DHR, ARE YOU ADDING UTILIZING HADING FUNDING FOR IT IN YOUR BUDGET OR RELYING ON D HR BUDGET FOR THAT. LIKE, ONE PURCHASE AND. USE THEM?

Testifier: ACTUALLY, WHAT WE DID IS SHARING IN THE COST THIS YEAR RIGHT-HAND WE ACTUALLY, PROVIDE PARTIAL FUNDING TO DHR, AND WE. START THIS PROGRAM AND CONTINUE TO SHARE IN THE FUNDING NEXT YEAR. NOT ASKING FOR INCREASE. WE'RE GOING TO BE OBSERVING THIS COST. IT'S NOT THAT MUCH. COMPARED TO OUR OVERALL BUDGET. BUT IT IS IT REALLY CRITICAL SYSTEM. CLASS IF YOU EDUCATION AND PAY VERY COMPLICATED. AND IT'S ALSO VERY STRUCTURED. CLASSIFICATION, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS WORK WITH DHR TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND MORE EFFICIENT WAYS OF USING CLASS IF I CAUSING AND GOVERNMENT CLASSIFICATION. IN GIN. TO START THIS SUPPOSE. CLASSIFICATION, WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED TOMORROW, BECAUSE CITY IS CLOSING NOT SURE IF THAT MEETING IS GOING TO OCCUR. BUT IF NOT, IT WILL OCCUR SOON. AND WHICH WILL GET THIS PROJECT STARTED. CORD CORE THANK YOU. I WAS WONDERING WE SAW THAT DIT WAS ABLE TO HELP UPGRADE YOUR SOME SYSTEMS BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WHAT HALE GOV DOING IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT. I DO ALSO WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE TOWING CONTRACT. I KNOW WE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE. I REALLY WANT MY COMMUNITY HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE ISSUES WITH CERTAIN VEHICLES THAT ARE OVER A CERTAIN TONNAGE. PLENTY INDUSTRIAL AREA IN MY DISTRICT. FROM AIEA TO JUST KAPALAMA. THERE IS THAT PLUS REALLY BIG BOATS. THAT WE JUST CAN'T TO TOW. UPDATE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT UNDERTOWING CONTRACT OR NOT?

Testifier: MOVING FORWARD, WITH NEW TOWING CONTRACT, WAS POSTED AT THE END OF THE YEARS. AND IS NEW STRUCTURE SEPARATING OUT ABANDON VEHICLES IN CSD AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. TOWING. IN HPD. WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS NEW. NEW CONTRACT IS NOT AWARDED BUT THE SCOPE OF SERVICES HAS BEEN AN EXAMPLE PANNED TO INCLUDE LARGE VEHICLES. SO RIGHT NOW, EXPANDED IF THAT HE O CURSE WE'RE REQUIRED TO, OBTAIN MULTIPLE QUOTES OR ATTEMPTED TO HEAVY POCKETS OF RAIN OBTAIN MULTIPLE QUOTES TAKES LONGER AND WE HAVE TO GENERATE, PPO TO PAY FOR THAT. IN NEW CONTRACT, IT WILL BE INCLUDED. AND IT WILL BE MUCH FASTER. IT STILL ADDITIONAL COST SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WE WILL BE EVALUATING WHEN THE PROPOSALS COME IN, WHAT THAT COST WILL BE. WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE BEST COST FOR THE CITY. CORD THANK YOU THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND SESSOM EPTS FOR EVERYBODY SATELLITE CITY HAUL. MAKINGEL CITY REALLY LOOK GOOD. AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU ALL AND KEEP UP GOOD WORK EVEN WITH THE TIPS ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL. THOSE ARE REALLY GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR OKAYMOTO.

Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CORDERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US DIRECTOR HASH. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THE VAN. I KNOW THAT QUESTION EARLIER IN THE WEEK WITH BFS. THANK YOUR EXPLAINING THAT. DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAD VIKINGS. BUT THAT MAKES SENSE THAT YOU GUYS NEED THEM. AND HOPEFULLY, NEW ONES WILL LAST. HOPEFULLY. I WAS GOING TO SAY MY VAN ABOUT THE SAME AGE AS YOUR VAN. NOT 35 YEAR BUT 15-YEAR-OLD. Testifier: WOW.

Chair Okimoto: I WANT TO REPEAT YOU SAID I HEARD CORRECTLY LOOK AT THE BUCKET BUDGET BOOK. REVENUES WAS ABOUT 23 MILLION. PROJECTED. THIN EXPENDITURES 32 MILLION. 228 MILLION, YEAH. I LOOKED AT HISTORICALLY KIND OF HOW IT'S BEEN, YOUR EXPENSES PROJECTIONS MORE ON THAT THE ESTIMATED REVENUE. Testifier: ESTIMATED REVENUE ARE 228 MILLION PER YEAR AND EXAMPLE PUNDIT TOURS LESS -- EXPEND HE I CAN PEND TOURS 32.8 MLT. EXPENDITURES 32.8 MILLION.

Chair Okimoto: I WAS LOOKING BUDGET BEFORE U THOSE ARE TOTALS. Chair Waters: 32.842 THAT'S DIFFERENTER. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? Testifier: YES. Chair Okimoto: WHAT IS THE 23.409? Testifier: THAT'S JUST FOR DIVISION OF MOVE? JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND TRYING TO GET NUMBERS WHEN YOU SAID DIVISION OF MRCH. Testifier: 2,028,000,000 IS TOTAL REVENUES. SO THAT WOULD BE EVERYTHING THAT WE BRING IN. FOR THE DEPARTMENT. 228 MILLION. DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLE. Chair Okimoto: THIS FIRST. Testifier: YES.

Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MY LAST QUESTION. I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN. TALKED OVER THIS OVER THE LAST SEFORT SEVERAL YEARS ABOUT GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE DOING THINGS TO BE MORE AUTOMATE AND I THINK DIRECTOR MCKEE GOOD JOB. EYE E'O LOT DEALING WITH DEMOCRAT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OFS YOUR ESPECIALLY WITH DEPARTMENT IT'S. ETS YOU CAN GET YOUR SO YOU CAN GET YOUR, I SHOULD SAY OMPS BUT THE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ALL OF YOUR -- DMV REMOTE OR POOL AREA WORKING SO WE CAN HAVE LESS FRUSTRATION O U IF OUR CONSTITUENTS. THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE FOCUS OF YOURS AS WELL. WE'RE TRY ERR REALLY TRYING TO MOCIALG THINGS ONLINE MOVE THING ON LYNN GET CLOSER WE'RE ALREADY CLOSE BUT AS WE GET ISLAND EVEN CLOSER GO LIVE FOR NEW CARD SYSTEM YOU WILL SEE INCREASES IN SEED SPEED AND DELIVERY OF THE CARDS. AND REEL RELIABILITY IN TERMS OF WHEN CUSTOMERS DOM OUR LOCATION, SPEED IN WHICH THEY'RE SERVICES WILL BE UNCRIELTD. INACA HE HAD. DON'T WONTED HAVE MILL URBAN SEARCH MULTIPLE LINE. FEP SEPARATE PHOTO BOOTH. EACH WINDOW WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE TRANSPLANT HE TRANSACTIONS START TO FINISH. TRANSACTIONS. INCREASE OUR CAPACITY. CUT DOWN ON WAIT TIMES. TECHNOLOGY IN ITSELF ABLE TO, MORE QUICKLY TAKE PICTURES, FORMAT PICTURES, AND, IDENTIFY DOCUMENTS. THAT CUSTOMERS HAVE TO BRING IN. SO IT REALLY IS GOING TO BE VAST IMPROVEMENT. AND WORKING SO HARD DIT, OTHER COUNTIES, STATE, EVERYONE IS WORKING TO MAKE THIS PROJECT A SUCCESS. WORKING ON ON IT NOW SINCE LAST FEBRUARY. IT'S BEEN JUST OVER A YEAR. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE ARE TESTING. AND WE'RE GOING TO START DATA MIGRATION. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL FOR US WAS THE BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE

THAT ALL OF THE RECORDS COME OVER FROM OUR OLD SYSTEM TO OUR NEW SYSTEM. Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU FOR EBBS EXPENDITURE LANING THAT. QUICK QUESTION. EXAMPLE PLAGIARISMING THAT. THINGS OUGHT GREATED. -- AT MATED. EXPLAINING THAT. HOW WILL THIS IMPACT LABOR FORCE? ER EMPLOYEES NOT CUTTING THEIR POSITION, JUST PROCESS WILL BE QUICKER AND THEN WON'T BE AS MUCH BACKLOG? NOT GOING TO BE REPLACED?

Testifier: YES. THAT IS DEFINITELY THE CASE. IN FACT, IN MANY OF OUR AREAS, A LOT OF TIME IS SPENT ON DATA ENTRY. INTAKING PAPER. AND WE'RE DATA ENTRY R ENTERING UPLOADING, STAMP STAND SCANNING FIEND UP LEAD LOADING. PHONE. YOU WILL ELOPED. PLAN BAY POLICIES ASSESS. EVEN WITH TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS WE STILL NEED EMPLOYEES TO REVIEW AND VERIFY INFORMATION. AND VALIDATE BEFORE TRANSACTIONS ARE COMPLETED. THAT IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. THERE ARE ALSO OTHER KINDS OF SERVICES OR WORK THAT WHICH WANT TO SHIFT OUR EMPLOYEES FOCUS AND ATTENTION TOWARDS. THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN A ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES. SO I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT EVEN WITH THE TECHNOLOGY, AND.

Vice Chair Nishimoto: E'O IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND IP PROMPLES, STAFF, THEIR VALUE AND THEIR WORK DEPARTMENT AND NEED FOR THEM, WILL CONTINUE. IT'S JUST GOING TO CHANGE. Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE DECLINE OF WE CAN GET RID OF VACANCIES WON'T NEED NEW POSITION. BECAUSE EVENTUALLY, GOAL IS TO GET THINGS MORE EFFICIENT. SO NOT TRYING TO REMOVE THOSE ALREADY N HOPE WE WOULDN'T NEED TO HAVE MORE POSITIONS GET RID OF SOME VACANCY.

Testifier: WE'RE REALLY TRYING HARD NOT TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. WE ARE TRUE TO GO RAYA PURPOSE THE EXISTING DEACTIVATED POSITION THAT WE HAVE. SO WE'RE NOT INCREASE OUR TOTAL POSITION COUNT. REPURPOSE. WE DO HAVE POSITIONS IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT WE JUST DON'T NEED. THE CURRENT CLASSIFICATION AND FORMAT. BUT AS WE LOOK TOWARDS EXPANDING AND PROVIEWEDDING ADDITIONAL SERVICES, EVEN IF A LOT OF THEM ARE ONLINE, THERE WILL BE NEW STAFFING REQUIREMENTS. AND THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO SHIFT TOWARDS. AND MOVE TOWARDS. WHEN WE DO THAT ALSO, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE CERTAIN POSITIONS BE AT AN HIGHER LEVEL BECAUSE NOW, IT IS NOT DATA ENTRY. AND AS MUCH PROCESSING. BUT IT IS IT ACTUALLY FOCUSED MORE ON REVIEW AND VALIDATION AND TRYING TO GENERATE INFORMATION AND COME UP WITH STRATEGIES SO WE CAN PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE.

Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. MEMBERS ANY SECOND ROUND QUESTIONS? BEFORE WE MOVE ON? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WITH US. Testifier: THANK YOU.

Chair Okimoto: HOPPLE FIRE DEPARTMENT. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THIS PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AS DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS 193, 2026. THIS IS LITTLE OUT OF ORDER. I KNOW CHIEF TRAVELING FOR WORK. THAT'S WHY NOT HERE ON THE DAY WE HAD OTHER FIRST RESPONDER DEPARTMENTS COME BEFORE US. HONOLULU FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. KALANI HOW AND DEPUTY FIRE CHEEMP. IF WANT TO INDUCE YOURSELF TEAM. ONLY THING I ASK ANY OF YOUR MEMBERS COME UP AGENCY A QUESTION FOR ANY OF US STATE THEIR NAME FOR THE RECORD. INTRODUCE YOURSELF R THANK YOU. GACHTD CHAIR COMMERCIAL KALANI HOW FIRE CHIEF HONOLULU FIRE DEPARTMENT. LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER OKIMOTO FOR OUR ACCOMMODATING MY REQUEST TO ADJUST OUR SCHEDULE. WARRANT TO DO SHARE WITH YOU FOLKS THAT I WAS OFF IN ORLANDO TO GET SEEK REDREAD CREADICK DAIGHTS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. PROUD TO PRESENT -- RECREADICK EDUCATION YOU WE WERE AWARDED OUR REACCREDITATION FOR OUR SUGGEST E'O SICKTH TIME. SINCE YEAR 2000.

Chair Okimoto: CONGRATULATIONS.

Testifier: REFLECTION HARD WORK AND EFFORTS ALL OF OUR STAFF THERE. THANK YOU AGAIN. SIXTH TIME. JOINING ME TODAY IS ACE IS ATTENDANT CHIEF, BATTALION CHIEF T KELLY, ASSISTANT CHIEF SORRY, KEVIN MOKULEHUA. BATTALION CHIEF CRAIG SOUZA. COULD GO TO THE SECOND SLIDE PLEASE. THIS SLIDE HOE SHOW IT'S OVERALL INCREASE OF 1.5%. IF WE LOOK AT ACROSS THE BOARD SALARIES, RELATIVELY FLAT FOR CHANGE OF $332,000 REPRESENTING ONLY A .2% INCREASE. AN THAT IS MAINLY ATTRIBUTED TO ADDITION OF TWO POSITIONS. ONE OF FIREFIGHTER 3 AND FIRE DISPATCH CENTER. AND ALSO, A GUMS OF FOR COMMUNITY RERIELINGSES ELSE HE SPECIALIST FUNDED FROM SPECIAL FUND. ADJUSTMENT RELATIONS SPECIALIST. TRANSFERRED OVERMENT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR NONUNIFORM STAFF. CURRENT EXPENSE IT'S, WHERE THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE INCREASE $1.4 MILLION. OR 7.8%. OTHER THE PREVIOUS CURRENT EXPENSES. AND THAT IS MAINLY DUE TO THE INCREASE IN GOOD AND SERVICE. SOME TRANSITION FROM C MONDAY SEED MONEYS TO B MONIES BECAUSE OF THRESHOLD WITH FIX MEMO ASSET ADJUSTED FROM 5 THOSE TO 10 THOSE. THOSE APPROXIMATELY 2 THOSE, $200,000 ADJUSTMENT. ALSO, THE LARGEST INCREASE FOR THAT CURRENT EXPENSE HAS TO DO WITH JUST OVERALL COST OF OUR PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. OUR NEW CONTRACT, 40% INCREASE ACTUALLY OUR TURNOUTS. SO THAT WAS ABOUT $400,000 INCREASE.

AND THE OTHER INCREASES MAINLY DUE TO UPGRADING SOFTWARE SYSTEMS. OUR NATIONAL FIRE REPORTING SYSTEM. NEED TO BE UPGRADED BY JANUARY 1. WE'RE STARTING TO IFNLT GREAT ALL YOU HAVE THIS NEW SYSTEMS TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT CRITERIA. INTEGRATE) AND EQUIPMENT THAT INCREASES MAYBE ATTRIBUTED TO HAVING TO REPLACE OUR RADIO SYSTEMS TO GET UPGRADED RADIOS. NEXT SLIDE. THERE YOU CAN SEE THE ADJUST MANY AND INCREASES BY ACT AT THIS TIME. ACTIVITY. YOU CAN SEE OUR RADIO SHOP, HAD LARGEST INCREASE OF 226%, THAT BASS WAS TO MUCH PRESIDENT APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION IN RADIOS. PURCHASE OUR RADIOS. WE GET UPGRADED. SOURCE OF FUNDING. BULK BUDGET COMING ALL FROM THE G GENERAL FUND. SEE REDUCTION IN OUR SPECIAL FUND WAS ACTUALLY CHANGE IN THAT POSITION. MOVING FROM SPECIAL FUND COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPE SPECIALT SECOND SLIDE. FUND WITH SPECIAL FUND OPERATING FUND. BUDGET ISSUES THAT WE PUT IN FOR THIS YEAR, GOT AGAIN REFERENCING AS FIREFIGHTER 3 POSITION, IN OUR FIRE DISPATCH, AND MENTIONED EARLIER, ALSO WITH THAT SOFTWARE UPGRADE, WERE NEEDED TO OUR SYSTEMS. POSITION COUNTS. THERE WAS A 1.8% INCREASE. ADDING 21 POSITIONS. BEGIN. RETURNING THAT FIREFIGHTER 3 POSITION IN DISPAMPLE -- RETURNING AND 20 POSITIONS IS

ACTUALLY REQUESTED FOR UNFUNDED POSITIONS FOR TO CREATE RECRUIT POOL -- REFERENCING) CERTAIN TIMES OF YEAR HAVE TO MAKE, DECISION ON RECRUIT CLASS SIZES AND HAVING THAT POOL OF RECRUIT POSITIONS ALLOWS ME TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE IN BEING ABLE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS. WITHOUT GOING OVER THE ORDINANCE IF OUR FTEs. TAKES 8-AND-A-HALF MONTH FOR US TO PROCESS RECRUIT TO GO THROUGH TRAINING. SO HAVING THIS POOL OF UNFUNNELLED POSITIONS IS ALLOW US TO UNDERFUNDED A POSITION ALLOWS US TO BE AGRESS ININ OUR RECRUITMENT. AGGRESSIVE IN OUR RECRUITMENT. NONUNIFORM POSITIONS, VACANCIES. CURRENT SNAPSHOT AS OF JANUARY . AND WE PLAN TO FILL 7. BY END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. AND THREE OF THOSE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT WE LOOK TO FILL IN FISCAL YEAR '27 WE'RE GOING LOCK TO REALLOCATEING THOSE POSITION. TAKE SOME TIME TO WORK ON REALLOCATING THOSE POSITIONS. CURRENTLY AS VACANCIES SNAPSHOT FOR A UNIFORM POSITION, AS OF DECEMBER EXCUSE ME, JANUARY 31, 1 3-6Z. THAT CAN BE LITTLE DECEIVING BECAUSE A OUR RECRUITS AFTER WE HIRE THEN, ACTUALLY GHOST POSITION. SO RIGHT NOW. OUR CURRENTLY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 5 RECRUITS. 935 RECRUITS HIRED. BUT THEY'RE AGAIN SITTING IN, RECRUIT POSITION. 95Y ACTUAL FISCAL VACANCIES IS APPROXIMATELY 41 AND TVRs DUE TO ALSO RECENT RETIREES THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. IT WAS DUE TO) AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE RECRUIT CLASS SCHEDULED FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 JULY. SO WE'RE KIND OF ON TRACK FILLING OUR VOLCAN VO VACANCIES.

LOOK AT OVER TIME,, THERE'S A ONLY GOING TO BE INCREASE OF 124 THOSE IN OUR OVER TIME. WE HAVE BROKEN IT DOWN IT NONHOLIDAY OVER TIME, HOLIDAY OVER TIME AND ARR RANK FOR RANK OVER TIME. OBJECT CODE. AGAIN, OPEN INCREASES WITH OUR NONHOLIDAY OVER TIME AND IT'S MORE TRIBUTED TO OUR GO OVER IT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. BREAKDOWN ON DIFFERENT VARIOUS SSIX SECTION INSCIENT INCREASE IS 24 THOSE INCREASE AND 50 THOSE IS FOR OUR, DISPATCH SIN ENTER. OUR STAFFING. WE HAVE TO USE CRITICAL FOR TO US HAVE ENOUGH CENTER. CENTER THAT 50 THOSE WILL ALLOW THEM TO STAFF APPROPRIATELY. 20 THOSE IN FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU. OUR PIOS. USING FIELD PEOPLE TO COME IN AND HELM OUT WITH THE OVERFLOW. NOW WE'RE ADJUSTING AND NOW OVER TIME IS GOING TO BE NEEDED IN OUR PREVENTION STAFF. MECHANIC SHOP, ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL 50 THOSE. TO JUST HELP MAINTAIN ALL OF THE DIRNL AGING FLEET. A LOT OF TIMES HAVE COME ON THE WEEKENDS. VALUE 24-7 OPERATION APPARATUS GTS DOWN. HAVE TO CALL IN OUR MECHANICS COME IN AND REPAIR VEHICLES. ALSO, INCREASE OF $4,000 WITH RADIO SHOP, AS YOU GUYS SEE WITH ALL RECENT WEATHER EVENTS, HAVING, RADIO SHOP PERSON COME OUT AND HELP DEPLOY TIMES WHEN OUR RADIO SYSTEMS GO DOWN AND SO WE TRY TO PUT REDUNDANT SYSTEMS REACH RELY ON TECHNICAL GO OUT DEPLOY SYSTEM IT IS TAKE THE PLACE OF RADIO TOWERS THAT MAY HAVE GONE DOWN.

REVENUE SUMMARY, LICENSES AND PERMITS, THAT ATTRIBUTED TO FIRECRACKERS. PERMITS WE HAVE. SO WE DON'T, DON'T ESTIMATE ANYONE KURISU IN THAT. FURFIFIREWORKS. INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE MONEY STATE FOP R FOUR E'O FOOD YOU ARE COUNCIL REIMBURSE NL FLAT ACROSS THE BOARD. PLANS REVIEW FEE, FORESEE 1.5% INCREASE. JUST FOR SOME HISTORY, IF YOU LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR '25, LA RS YEAR, REDUCTION, WAS IT DO WITH DEMOCRAT SYSTEM. DID P SYSTEM. NOW WE'RE, KIND OF IN CONJUNCTION FORESEEING THAT INCREASE ONCE THEY GET MORE FIRNTD AND MORE THAN PLEAS ARE COMING THROUGH. FORESEE SLIGHT INCREASE. MORE EFFICIENT, FITS '27 REVENUE. FISCAL YEAR '27 REVENUES. DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BUDGET THE FOR FISCAL YEAR ' 27. AS FAR AS FEDERAL FUNDING. WE DID PUT IN FOR CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SUSPENDED FUNDS. APPROXIMATELY 19.9 MOLNAR. BULK OF IS COMING REQUEST ANOTHER TWIN NG HELICOPTER AND APPLICATION IS IN. ETHIOPA HEAR BY OCTOBER IF WE WE'RE GOING TO GET AWARDED. ENGINE. $19 MILLION WE HAVE GOING TO REQUEST TWEEN ENGINE HELICOPTER, AVIATION FUEL TENDER, HOIST SIM LAY LATER PROBABLY TOUCH ON THAT LIT LITTLE MORE. SIMULATOR FOR OUR TWIN ENGINE HELICOPTER. OVER OUR SINGLE ENGINE HELMETS. WE HAVE HOIST KIHAPAI ABILITIES BUT THEY CAPABILITIES BUT THEY HAVE WORK HOUR LIFE SPAN ON ITER ARE. SOMETHING A LOOK FOR A HOIST SIMULATOR WE CAN CONDUCT TRAINING WITHOUT USING UP THE WORKABLE HOURS ON OUR HOIST.

ALSO ASKING FOR SOME GENERATORS, AND AGAIN, FOR OUR SOME RADIO PLEASE REPLACEMENT. WITH THAT, GRANT FUND WE'RE ASKING FOR 19 MILLION. THERE IS OTHER FEMA GRANTS THAT WE HAVE THINGS PIPELINE WAIT FOR THE UNCERTAINTY BECAUSE OF THE FEMA GRANTS. WITH ALSO HAVE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. WE WERE WAITING FOR THE APPLICATION PERIOD AND ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE DEFENSE GRANTS. NONE OF THAT IS MONIES GIVEN TO US YES. ALL HAVING THAT IN THE PIPELINE JUST WAITING. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. WE HAVE FOR BULK FUN TO TAKE CARE OF OUR AGING STATION. 4.5 MILLION. FOLLOWING SLIDE. 3 SLIDES SHOW THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE PROJECTS. FIRST FIVE PROJECTS WE HAVE IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE. DRIVEWAY RECONSTRUCTION. AND MD. ES UPGRADES I AM PROFERLTS FOR $600,000. IMPROVEMENTS VR WE HAVE SOME DESIGN PHASE FOR MOANALUA FIRE STATION, ENTIRE YEAR RECONSTRUCTION. SOME OVERHEAD CHARGING FOR VARIOUS STATIONS. LINE ITEM 41 WAIKIKI FIRE STATION UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK. FUEL TARNLGS AND KAHUKU FIRE STATION EMERGENCY GENERATOR IMPROVEMENTS. FUEL TANKERS, OTHER PROJECTS WITHIN THE BULK FUND WE SUNSET FIRE STATION AGAIN WITH FUEL TANKERS. CONVERSIONMENT MOKULEIA FIRE STATION EMERGENCY G GENERATOR LIGHT THESE SEE HAS TO DO MORE RESILIENCY. MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR FACILITIES ARE HARDENED. AND REALLY IMPORTANT WHAT WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE GENERATORS. KAHALUU FIRE STATION ALSO. PLANNING TO GET A GENERATEDDER FOR THERE ALSO.

CENTRAL FIRE STATION. CONVERSION OF FUEL SYSTEM, AND KITCHEN RENOVATION EXHAUST IN VARIOUS FIRE STATIONS. AND ITEM 11, RESCUES FOR ANY UNANTICIPATED REPAIRS NEEDED IN OUR 50 FACILITIES. LINE ITEMS, WE HAVE $5,800,000 FOR DESIGN PHASE FOR OUR PEARL CITY FIRE STATION. ALSO, 250 THOSE FOR WAIALUA FIRE STATION. AND FOR WAIKIKI FIRE STATION, RECONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE PLANNING AND DESIGN 1 MILLION. GOING BACK TO OUR PEARL CITY AND WAIALUA, STATION, WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PHASE OF TRYING TO ACQUIRE THE LAND. IS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HAVING, DPP AND HLM HELPING US REQUIRE GET THOSE FINALIZED. DDC WAIALUA FIRE STATION. SUBDIVISION WAS DONE WAITING ON BOTH PROJECTS FOR ACTUAL PROPERTY OWNER TO FILE. SOME USE PURMTS TO BE COMPLETE BEFORE WE CAN FINALIZE THOSE PURCHASES. HOME IS TO GET IT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. NEXT SLIDE. FOR EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE 12,000,682. THAT IS FOR FOUR ENGINES, ONE AREA APPARATUS, TWO TANKERS, AUCTION VEHICLES, AUXILIARY, MID SIDES SPORT UTILITY AND UTV. BEEN VERY CHALLENGING. MID SIDES SCRRKS GETTING APPARATUS POST-COVID. SO THE, WE'VE BEEN CATCH UP PHASE, RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, THESE SCOTT ATLAS OF APP PT THE RAY US FISCAL YEAR '25.

AWARDED P. ALL OF OF AWARDED MOVING FORWA. '26 FOUR 8 APP RAT YOU AND FOUR ALREADY EXECUTED ALREADY. APPARATUS, STILL WORK ON OTHER EQUIPMENT. NEXT SLIDE. ACTUALLY COLIN CLOUDS OUR PRESENTATION. CONCLUDE MANY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU CHIEF HOWELL. WHILE BE STARTING THIS ROUND OF QUESTIONS WITH COUNCILMEMBER TULBA. TUBE COMMIT A VIEWS CHAIR NISHIMOTO. CHAIR WATERS. NO QUESTIONS? I KNOW OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER DOS SANTOS-TAM. CAN I THINK COUNCILMEMBER CORDERO WILL COME BACK. SHE'S COMING BACKING. PASS ON TO YOU.

Vice Chair Dos Santos Tam: THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, COMPLEMENT I GUYS. LAST YEAR, YOU PRESENTED 152 VACATION E'O VOIBLTIONS 14 PHS. THIS YEAR. APPRECIATE NUMBER OF VACANCY GOING DOWN. I WANT TO ASK WHAT WAS THE 1.5 FTE ON, OR 1.5 FTE CONTRACT EMPLOYEE? Testifier: ONE IS CONTRACT POSITION. 1.0 IN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE. AND OUR .5 IS WITH FIRE COMMISSION.

Vice Chair Dos Santos Tam: OKAY WHY ARE THOSE ON YOU GUESS WHY IS THAT 1.0 POSITION ON CONTRACT AND NOT PERMANENT POSITION? Testifier: 1.0? KEPT IT CARROT. OVER YEARS. Vice Chair Dos Santos Tam: OKAY. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER CORDERO. BACK. SO HAS ANY QUESTIONS. CERTAINLY. Chair Okimoto: YOU CAN CONTINUE. COME BACK TO HER.

Vice Chair Dos Santos Tam: I RECALL THAT LAST YEAR, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT STUDY ABOUT WHETHER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMS SHOULD AND MERGED. BHAFERLS THE OUTCOME OF THAT EXERCISE -- WHAT WAS.

Testifier: MY UNDERSTANDING WORK GROUP IS STILL MEETING TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. AGAIN, FROM MY STANDPOINT, I HEDGED IT BEFORE, I HAVE MENTIONED IT OF ABOUT, STILL HAVE MY EARN CONCERNS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE, OUR PRIORITIES I WANT TO HAGI SURE WE CAN TAKE CARE OF. SAFETY AND WOMEN BEING MY PERSONNEL IS NUMBER ONE. WELL BEING. LAST YEAR WE HAD FIRST LINE OF DUTY DEATH AND I THINK WE NOT ONLY COMES DOWN TO SO MUCH TIME AND MONEY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE FOCUS ON OUR TRAINING AND MAKING SURE WE GET FIREFIGHTER IN OUR LANE TO MAKE SURE WE DOT OUR IMPLETE AS CHRISTIAN CENTER OUR TS' TO KEEP OUR PERSONAL SAY SAFE. DOT OUR IS AND CROSS OUR T'S PROVIDE SERVICE IT COMMUNITY. NEED THAT THE COMMUNITY AS R HATS LIKE I SAID, NOT GOING TO PUT THAT OVER THE SAFETY OF OUR WELL-BEING OF OUR PERSONNEL.

Vice Chair Dos Santos Tam: THANK YOU. Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER DOS SANTOS-TAM. COUNCILMEMBER CORDERO. Councilmember Cordero: THANK YOU CHAIR. CHINATOWN FESTIVAL I HAVE A -- CHIEF VERY QUELT IF WE GET $19 MILLION FOR TWIN ENGINE LOOKING FOR YAIFER ASIAN FUEL WHAT IS THAT SURF R TO YOU ARE? Testifier: TENDER. AVIATION FUEL. Councilmember Cordero: WILL THAT THEN BE HOUSED IN THE KALAELOA AREA? OR WILL THIS BE ABLE TO BE HOUSED OR CAPACITY TO HOUSE THAT EVEN? Testifier: WELL. GO BACK. CURRENTLY LEASING OUT IN KALAELOA. TO THE WORRY CONSTRUCTION OF OUR HONOLULU SITE. RECONSTRUCTION.

Councilmember Cordero: WE HAVE CAPACITY IF THE 19 MILLION IS GRANTED FOR THE,. Testifier: THAT'S CORRECT. Councilmember Cordero: GOOD TO KNOW. LAST QUESTION. IS I WANT CLARIFICATION WHEN YOU MESSAGED THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO YOU MENTIONED, TRATRANSFER OVER BUF MEALINGED O IFFEDERAL FUND. ABOUT POSITION. POSITIONS FOR CARRYING R CARRY OVER. IS THAT WHAT YOU MENTIONED? OR AM I GETTING THAT INCORRECT? IS. Testifier: RECRUIT POSITIONS. CORD CORD YES. RECRUIT POSITION.

Testifier: WHEN I NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TO, PROJECT HOW MANY RECRUITS I'M GOING TO HAVE IN AWE RECRUIT CLASS I HAVE TO KIND OF LOOK AHEAD AND SOMETIMES, I DIFFERENT YOU EXAMPLE. I HAVE TO YOU CAN MAY DECISION FOR RECRUIT CLASS IN JUNIOR AND JULY. SIX MONTHS APART. MAKE A DECISION RR RIGHT AROUND SECHT I HAVE LOOK AT HAUPU FISCAL VACANCIES WE HAVE. PAST SETTLEMENT, I 431. BUT WANTED EX-KNEW I WANTED TO HAVE A CLASS OF 40. SO I HAVE TO RELY ON AN ITS PAY THED VACANCIES. I NEEDED THIS LITTLE CUSHION OF HAVING THIS EXTRA FTE. IN PLACE. IF I ASK FOR 40, RECRUIT CLASSES, RERECRUITS, NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE RETIRE, I'LL BE GOING OVER THE ORDINANCE. IN THE FTE. HAVING THESE UNFUNDED POSITION DIDN'T NEED FUNDING.

IT'S JUST NEEDED THAT CUSHION BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING SO CLOSE TO MINIMIZING OUR VACANCY. HAVING THAT MECHANISM IN PLACE A ALLOW US TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN OUR RECRUITMENT. Councilmember Cordero: THANK MY ONLY TWO QUESTION. Chair Waters: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CORDERO. GOOD AFTERNOON. AGAIN, CHIEF. I HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS AS WELL. GOING BACK TO YOUR SHREWD, YOU DID MENTION SORRY, GET CONFUSED WHICH IS THE FIRST PAGE. TWO POSITIONS. THE FIREFIGHTER 3 AND THEN YOU HAD THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPECIALIST OPERATING FUNS TO GENERAL FUND.

Testifier: YESMENT FUND. EL CORD TOWARD SIMILAR TO WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THAT, THIS COMING YEAR, SPECIALIST. NOT A FIREFIGHTER. Testifier: NO. CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE. Chair Okimoto: REASON FOR 3406ING MOVING IT SPEG OPERATING FUND IT GENERAL FUND. Testifier: HAD HAD A POSITION UNDER CONTRACT PLANS REVIEW. SPEG FUND. PART OF BUDGET ISSUE PREFER YEARS WAS WEnd AT TO MAKE POSITION PERMANENT. PREFER IRS. SPECIAL FUND. FUND LAST YIREH, THE SPECIAL FUND STILL FUNDED IT. THIS YEAR WAS NOW AFTER WE WERE GIVEN POSITION, ACTUALLY NOW MOVING FUNDING TO THE OPERATIONAL SIDE.

Chair Okimoto: OKAY. I MAY HAVE FOLLOW-UPS ON THAT. I'LL CONTACT YOU IF I DO. YOU DID EXPLAINMENT THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT IN OUR MEETING AND HERE IN THE HEARING. ABOUT THE 21 POSITIONS. HOW OFTEN WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME HAD TO THAT? LOOK AT YOUR VACANCIES AND LOOKING TO SEE POSSIBILITY OF CERTAIN NUMBER OF RETIRING HOW THAT WOULD I WILL PAGEANT. HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU HAD TO DO, DEPARTMENT? I KNOW THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THIS POSITION. FOREVER. HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAPPEN AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT DEPARTMENT ASKED FOR A SOME OF THESE POSITIONS?

Testifier: FIRST TIME. BECAUSE BEGIN, AT THIS POSITION, GETTING CLOSE TO NOT MANY FISCAL VACANCYINGS. AVAILABLE. AND BECOMES MORE OF A PROBLEM IN DECIDING MY JULY CLASS. PREDOMINANTLY THROUGHOUT DALED YEAR CALENDAR YEAR, FIRST SIX MONTHS ONLY 20 -- 17 TO 25% TIER RETIRE. MAKE A DAVID IGE DECISION CEMENTED AND MARCH TWO CLASSES IN JULY URBAN SEARCH JRND JANUARYADD JULY. WHEN I HAVE TO MAKE A TEE SIGNALS. HAVING THIS MECHANISM IN PLACE A ALLOW US TO A LITTLE MORE CONGRESS ISSUE. HOW MANY PEOPLE WE WANT TO MORE AGGRESSIVE? NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE URKTS NO. SOMETHING NEW WITH WORK WITH BFLTS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ANY KIND OF MECHANISM WE CAN RAISE OUR FTEs TO AGAIN TO ALLOW US TO, FILL OUR VACANCIES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AGAIN EX-TAKES 8-AND-A-HALF MONTHS FOR US TO RECRUIT CLASS. SO GET AS MUCH PEOPLE IN THE DOOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,.

Chair Okimoto: THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED. I'M ASSUMING WE WON'T HAVE TO SEE THIS OFTEN. Testifier: NO. Chair Okimoto: ANTICIPATING NUMBER OF RECRUITS. RETIRE RETIREMENTS NUMBER RIGHTS RETIREMENTS WHOLE DEPARTMENT EXAMPLE ESSENCE.

Testifier: MADE TO DEAL WITH, IF I CAN GO BACK 25 YEARS AGO. EXIST TENTS 199 HAD A LARGE GROUP R USUAL HIGHER ANYWHERE 40 TO 50 A YEAR. 199 199 THE 9 HIRED 80 INDIVIDUALS. 70, 001110. SAYING THIS PEOPLE REACHING RETIREMENT. 01. 5 YEARS. NEED TO HAVE THIS MECHANISM PLACE, WAVE OR SWELL COMES IN, THE HOPE IS THAT WE CAN KIND GET AHEAD OF DID NOT, LESS LEFT A LOT OF PEOPLE RETIRE AND NOT TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF IT. Chair Okimoto: ON AVERAGE HOW MANY RETOUR A YEAR? ,.

Testifier: MORE RECENTLY, EVERY YEAR NEARING 50. SINCE 1999, DATA THAT WE HAVE, ARNOLD WAS 40. AS WE MOVE INTO THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SO TEN YEARS, MOVING UP TOWARD 50. DETERMINING FACTOR WHEN PEOPLE RETIRE A LOT DO WITH, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. AND RIGHT NOW, KIND OF IN THE LIMB BOW. BEEN OUT OF CONTRACT SINGLES JULY 1. AND RIGHT NOW, SINCE. CONTRACT IS IN ARBITRATION. , YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PREDICT WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RETIRE, WEIRD FLATS WE'RE MAKING IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT FORCE YOU ARE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE CONTRACT WOULD LOOK LIKE. WEIRD IN A WEIRD PLATES.

Chair Okimoto: YOU MENTIONED, I THINK SLIDE TEN AT THE TIME, WEIRD PLATES Y FOR OVERTIME MUCH -- WEIRD PLATES RIGHT NOW FIGHT FIELD PEOPLE FROM THE FIELD COMING IN COVER FOR THE PI OMPLET FOR OVER TIME.

Testifier: YES. PIO) SOMETHING THAT I THINK, COMMUNICATIONS IS CHANGED A LOT. I MEAN, NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT. SO TO HAVE PIO, WE HAVE ONLY ONE POSITION. WE DON'T HAVE STAFF TO KIND OF HELP HIM WITH 24-7. AND BEING AN STAND BY. WE HAD CREATE THIS TEAM OF PERSONNEL TO FROM OPERATIONS TO BRING THEM ON OVER TIME. AS NEEDED. BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS SHIFERLTED IN MORE TOWARDS 40 HOUR REALM. FOUND WAYS TO INSTEAD OF USING OUR AFTER HOUR UNIFORM MEMBERS. 56Z HOUR. FOUND ROTATING TEAM WITHIN PREVENTION BUREAU. 56Z HOUR. ADJUSTING. Chair Okimoto: NOT PEOPLE, WHERE HELP COMES. Chair Okimoto: STATION IN THE BUILDING ICIALG YES.

Chair Okimoto: HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU CENTERED AROUND THE PIO POSITION UMPLET AT ANY TIMANT WHAT TO MAKE THE POOL TOO BIG. ROTATING TWINE E'O BETWEEN THREE DEEP TO ASSIST THE PIO. Chair Okimoto: HOW MUCH IN OVERTIME DO THEY, ARE WE SPENDING ON THAT OR EXPENDED ON THIS HE. Testifier: OVERTIME ON STANDBY, ONLY ONE PIO ON STAND BY. IF CALL COMES IN, KIND OF HARD TO -- Chair Okimoto: HARD ESPECIALLY WITH THE CALLS THAT COME 24-7 WITH YOU GUYS. AND HAVING THE -- Testifier: CALLS COME IN. LAST SEVERAL WEEKS WILL BE HAVING A LOT PHS-BEEN HAVING A LOT OF FIRES. Chair Okimoto: THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE ANTICIPATING FOR THIS YEAR. HAPPENING IN THE PAST U THAT'S CORRECT.

Chair Okimoto: SO SHALL YOU. GET MY POSE IT NOTES. YOU CAN MENTION ON THE GRANTS, FEDERAL GRANTS, FUNDING FOR THAT, NO BUDGETED, NOTHING BUGGED FOR THIS YEAR, BECAUSE EVERYTHING KIND OF -- Testifier: STILL WAITING. FOR THAT APPLICATION PERIOD TO OPEN. BUT LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, I THINK CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING FUNDS, THAT HAVE APPLICATION ALREADY WENT IN AND WE HOPE TO HEAR BY OCTOBER. FEMA, F AFTER FG GRANT, HOMELAND SECURITY, FEMA FIRE PREVENTION IS SAFETY DPRANLTD,. Chair Okimoto: HAVE RE BEEN RECIPIENTS OF THESE GRANTS IN PAST. Testifier: YES. Chair Okimoto: HOW MUCH? EVERY YEAR THAT WE CAN KIND OF KIND OF AN PACE AT THIS TIME IT.

Testifier: PUT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AN DAY PATY. Chair Okimoto: DO WE GET IT. Testifier: HOPEFULLY YES. Chair Okimoto: HOPE IS THIS WILL CHANGE EVEN KNOW LIGHT RIGHT NOW. CON GREGAL SPENDING ASKING FOR A LOT. SO WE MAY NOT GET THAT AMOUNT. USUALLY WE ARE AWARDED. Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU. Testifier: EACH OF THOSE. Chair Okimoto: CUSS COUPLE MORE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES ON TRUCKMENT I DID ASK THIS. I THINK ASKED YOU AND E&V PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR. STATUS YOU DID HAVE UPDATE. LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, RIGHT NOW, ALL OF YOUR TRUCKS OPERATION. BUT DO YOU HAVE LIFE SPAN AND YOU DO HAVE WHAT'S COMING IN. ISSUES SUPPLY CHAIN ARE ADDRESSED ETHICS COMMISSION FOR THE MOST PART.

Testifier: IS IT E'O ISSUES WITH SUPPLY KAHANAMENT LIKE I SAID BEFORE ARE CAN BILL TIMES WENT FROM 365 TIES DAYS TO OVER A THOSE. SO THERE IS IT-DAYS A EASER AD THOSE. RELY ON MECHANIC TO HELP KEEP CURRENT FLEET UP AND RUNNING. WE JUST HAVE KIND OF WAIT AND SEE. Chair Okimoto: IS THERE JUSTIN LIKE ONE, NOT A FIRE TRUCK EXPERT. I DON'T KNOW. ONE SOURCE THAT WE GO TO OTHER HE IS? Testifier: VERY FEW MANUFACTURERS OR VENDERS WITHIN OUR STATE THAT ACTUALLY ARE IN HERE. MAYBE THREE DIFFERENT TYPE MANUFACTURE YOU EVERS MAYBE AND USUALLY WHETHER I PUT ON SOLICITATION, WE'LL BE LUCKY IF WE HAVE THREE DEVELOPMENTERS THAT COME IN AND BID. Chair Okimoto: DO WE GET IT ALL FROM THE SAME SOURCE. Testifier: DIFFERENT SOURCE.

Chair Okimoto: OKAY. THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HOUR UMP MORE UPDATES. FOLLOWINGING COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE DID HAVE THAT FOR THE MERGER, AND I WOULD LIKE IT HEAR UPDATES HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT IN A WHILE. FEEL GONE DEAD. I THOUGHT I COULD BE WRONG, YOU THOUGHT AT THAT POINT, DEPARTMENT UNION WAS IN FAVOR OF IT. NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S NOT THE CASE. I LIKE.

Testifier: SAY I HAVE MY CONCERNS. WHEN I LOOK AT, STATISTICS. WE DON'T HAVE THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS ISSUES WITH VACANCIES AS EMS. LOOK AT, JUST LIKE BASIC NUMBERS, RESPOND TO APPROXIMATELY 110 THOSE CALLS PER YEAR. WE HAVE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT THAT WE CORESPOND WITH THEM AND OF THOSE, 110 THOSE WE RESPOND TO 40 THOSE OF THOSE CALLS.

AGAIN, MY CONCERN WOULD BE IF OUR STAFF OR OUR APPARATUS IS GOING TO PLAY IN THE GAME A LITTLE MORE, UTILIZATION RATE IS GO GOING TO GO UP AS WELL. SO IN OURER DURING EVERY SHIFT THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE RESPOND TO, WE ARM ALARMS RESPOND TO. MAINTENANCE MAINTAIN OUR EQUIPMENT MAINTAIN STAIGHTSZ AND TRAINING. LOOK AT REQUIRED AS FAR AS TIME TO HELP PERSONNEL MAINTAIN THIS LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY WE'RE THE ONLY FAME IN TOWN FOR ALL HAZARD RTD. ONLINE GAME, I FEEL ALL HAZARD.

MORE TIME AND EFFORT IS GOING TO SPEND RESPONDING TO MORE ALARM IT'S GOING TO TALK AWAY FROM ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR. AND ALL OF THOSE HAZARDs. ALWAYS SAY THAT I HAVE MY CONCERNS BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE AGAIN, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF PERSONNEL AND NEEDS TO BE A BALANCE.

Chair Okimoto: UNDERSTANDABLE. I WILL SAY THAT WHEN THE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION YEARS AGO. WASN'T IN COUNCIL YET. BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. IT WAS ACTUALLY NOT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF MY PASSIONINGS ALSO FOR PERSONAL IN YOUR DEPARTMENT CONCERNS WERE AMBULANCE FIRES, AND HOW IMPACTING YOUR DEPARTMENT. AND YOUR PERSONNEL. HOPING MAYBE I'LL HAVE TO CONTACT MERRIE MONARCH FESTIVAL DO OFFICE TO GET MD. O UPDATE NMTO STATUS OF IT I FEEL LIKE JUST KIND OF FLAT. VALUE EVERYBODY'S OPINION, JUST I KNOW THAT MY PASSION ALWAYS BEEN TO ENSURE THAT SAFETY OF PUBLIC WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, PEP HELPING EACH DEPARTMENT. I THINK CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP DURING THAT TIME SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DECADES STANDING, I DON'T KNOW IF THEN BEEN ANSWERED YET. SO TO STATUS QUO. DON'T DON'T KNOW IF GO BE BENEFICIAL IN THE LONG RUN. I APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS BEING WILLING AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. I THINK THAT IS ALL.

Testifier: TOPIC IS WHEN I GO BAY URBAN SEARCH BACK AND SPEAK TO PREVIOUS -- GO BACK AND PREVIOUS FIRE CHIEFS DIFFERENT UPON EUR OPINIONS ON WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. Chair Okimoto: PROBABLY EVERYTHING. Testifier: STUDIES THAT HAS HAPPENED. SO.

Chair Okimoto: HOPEFULLY AGAIN, WE CAN MY FOCUS HAS BEEN TO MAKE SURE THAT'S PUBLIC IS SAFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEMBERS ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS, FOR CHINATOWN FESTIVAL, THANK YOU YOU GUYS. CHIEF. LIKE WITH WHEN YOU COME DRESSED UP THANK YOU FOR BE PATIENT US. WENT THROUGH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TODAY. THANK YOU. WE CAN MOVE ON TO DISWREND ITEM NUMBER 2. LEGISLATIVE BUDGET. REVIEW. AGENDA ITEM. THIS IS THE ONE TIME WE CAN SEE KENNELY IN A SUIT. IN ANY OPINION TESTIFIERS FOR THIS ITEM. Council Clerk: CHAIR, THERE ARE NONE.

Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU PROCEEDING WITH REMOTE TESTIMONY. ANY REMOTE TESTIFIERS FOR THIS ITEM? Council Clerk: CHAIR, CHAIR THERE ARE NONE.

Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU. NOW PROCEED WITH ON WITH LEGISLATIVE BUDGET REVIEW. FIRST WE HAVE A BELIEVE WE HAVE CITY AUDITOR. IS THAT CORRECT? INTO? YOU? OKAY. NO. SCRATCH THAT MOVE ONLINE. BEFORE US FROM THECY COULD YOU, -- CITY COUNCIL, ARER FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THIS PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AS COUNCILMEMBER U KUNIA COMMUNICATION 40. 0 2-6Z. JOINING US WE DO HAVE WITH US CHAMBER, COUNCIL CHAIR WATERS BUT HERE PRESENTING WILL BE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OFFICER, KENNY AMAZAKI, GOOD AFTERNOON ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE OFFICER. FOR THE COUNCIL. ER TWHRECT OFFICE OF COUNCIL SERVICES PARK. DEPUTY DIRECTOR PITCHER PITCHES AND SO PUMPS OFFICE OF COUNCIL SERVICERS MARISA YOSHIOKA OKAY A PUMPS CITY CLERK JAYNE PITCHER AND CHAD, AUDITOR CHOICE, TROY SHIMASAKI AND JORDAN ALASO, GIVING LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OVERVIEW OF. GOING INTO THE CITY COUNCIL OVER VIEW. AND ALSO BRIEF THE COUNCIL OFFICE ISERI R COUNCIL SERVICE BUDGET. TURN TURNOVER CITY CLERK AND CITY AUDITOR. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.

REQUEST IS 33,000,003 OF $7.332. 373 YOU INCREASING ABOUT 2.7 OR MANY WILL $2.8 MILLION. OR 9.1%. FROM CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 2026. YOU'LL SEE THE MAJORITY OF THAT INCREASE IS OUT OF CLERK'S OFFICE. GLENN WILL EXPOUND MORE ON THAT PARTICULAR INCREASE BUT FOR MOST PART, $2.1 MILLION INCREASE IN THE CLERK'S BUDGET FOR THE CITY SHARE OF THE VETTING SIT SYSTEM OBLIGATION. VOTING SYSTEM OBLIGATION. BRANCHES FTEs POSITION 2340 CHANGE AT 174. NO CHANGE. SALARY FIGURES, REQUEST IS 15,000,648 THOSE 28 DOLLARS. INCREASE OF 464 THOSE EIGHTY DOLLARS OR 3.06% FROM FISCAL YEAR '26. MAINLY, INCREASE IS THE 4% SALARY ADJUSTMENTS. EXEMPT BRANCH PERSONNEL. INCLUDESES SALARIES FOR THE CHARTER COMMISSION STAFF MEMBERS. AND THAT IS ONLY FOR HALF A YEAR. THAT'S WHY IT DOESN'T UNCRIES DOESN'T INCLUDE GO UP TO 4%. INCREASE. INCLUDES SALARY ADJUSTMENTS STEP MOVEMENTS FOR CIVIL SERVICE PERSONNEL. IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. BRANCH CURRENT EXPENSES.

REQUEST IS 9,000,146 THOSE $539. INCREASE OF 2-POINT, 2,000,120 THOSE $696 OR PLUS 30.1% FROM FISCAL YEAR 26. ALSO INCLUDES OUR ACA ALLOTMENTS AS WELL AS OUR PROVISIONAL ACTIVITY. PROVISIONAL ACTIVITIES IS ALL AGAIN FITS. BEGIN, PROVISIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN CURRENT EXPENSES, BUT THE REQUEST FOR PROVISIONAL ACTIVITY IS 8,000,572 THOSE $412. INCREASE OF 207 THOSE $746. OR PLUS 2.5% FROM FISCAL YEAR '26. AGAIN, THIS INCLUDES HEALTH RETIREMENT UNEMPLOYMENT VACATION PAY AND FICA COSTER NOT BRANCH. CLAILTDED FORMULAS GIVEN TO US FROM BFS. SOME BRANCHES HIGHLIGHTS WON'T BORE YOU. CAN AGENDA READ THOSE GADE GO AHEAD AND HEAD THOSE GO CITY COUNCIL'S. OVERVIEW. COUNSELOR REQUEST IS 11 MILLION, 8 3-6Z THOSE, $687. THIS IS INCREASE OF 95 THOSE, $8,504 OR.-- 854 OR .8%. 0.8% FROM FISCAL YEAR 2-6Z. PRETTY FLAT. YEAR '26. POSITION REMAIN THE SAME.

84 FTE WHICH INCLUDES FOUR CHARTER COMMISSION POSITIONS. AS FAR AS SALARIES REQUESTED 8 MILLION, 121 THOU $204. INCREASE OF 149 THOSE $854 OR 1.99% FROM FISCAL YEAR '20 2-6Z. THIS INCLUDES 4% INCREASE FOR ALL EXEMPT PERSONNEL. DOESN'T REFLECT IN THE INCREASES BECAUSE THE CHART RT COMMISSION STAFF POSITION IS ONLY FOR HALF A YEAR. OUR CURRENT EXPENSE REQUEST IS 3 MILLION. 716 THOSE, $483. IT'S DECREASE OF $54,000. OR 1.4% FROM FI FISCAL YEAR '26. GO TO THE OFFICE OF CON SERVICES. BUDGET IS PRETTY FLAT AS WELL. COUNCIL SERVICE. BUDGET APPROPRIATION REQUEST FOR OCS $3,536,245. THIS IS INCREASE OF 164 THOSE 821 TEDS OR 4.9% FROM FY '26. POSITIONS AGAIN ARE FLAT AT 30. SALARY REQUEST IS $3,141,345. INCREASE OF $12,021 OR 4%. INCLUDES 4% INCREASE FOR ALL EXEMPT PERSONNEL. FOR CURRENT EXPENSES OCS REQUEST IS $395,000. INCREASE OF 44 THOSE R THOUSAND DOLLARS OR 12.5% FROM FY ' '0 2-6Z MAINLY FOR THE ROH

SUPPLEMENT P YOU UPDATES IT'S AS WELL AS INCREASE IN PROFESSIONAL SUBSCRIPTION COSTS. 202026 TAKE YOU GUYS QUESTION TEND. 20 2-6Z TURN IT OVER CITY CLERK.

Testifier: GOOD AFTERNOON. THANKS KENNY FOR THAT OVER OVERVIEW. I JUST WANT TO, FIRST GLENN TALK HORN A CITY CLERK. WANT TO RECOGNIZE FEW OF OUR KEY STAFF MEMBER. TALK HOCKEY WITH ME IS CHAD DEPARTMENT OF AIL STAFF CONSERVATIVE ASSISTANT. BEHIND HIM IS R REST ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR AND WAY BACK IN THE CORNER TRYING TO HIDE IS DARCY COUNCIL ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR HERE. ARE. EX WITH ME TODAY. OUR REQUEST THIS YEAR, AGENCY REQUEST IS TOTAL $7.29 MILLION. THAT BREAKS TOWN TO ROUGHLY $2.923 MILLION FOR SALARIES AND 4.286 FOR CURRENT EXPENSES. BREAKS DOWN GEORGE BUSH JCIALGHTS AS YOU ALL NOTE, CITY CLERK'S BUDGET DOES FLUCTUATE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. BREAKS DOWN AS YOU ALL NOTE) BECAUSE ELECTIONS THAT WE WILL BE ADMINISTERING IN THE EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS. EVEN IF WE DO AQUATIC COMPARISON ACROSS THE DPRABL BUDGET FROM 2 YEARS AGO, WE COMPARABLE BUDGET. INCREASE OF ROUGHLY $786,000 COMPARED TO THAT COMPARABLE BUDGET. MOST OF IT REALLY COME NOTICE AREA OF SALARIES BECAUSE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING INCREASES AND ALSO INCREASES AND ALSO BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP OUR, AMOUNT WHICH PAY TO TEMPORARY ELECTION WORKERS ALSO COMPETITIVE AS WELL. FOR DOING THE ELECTIONS. AS YOU SOME OF MA VIEW, MINIMUM WAGE ALSO INCREASED IN DESCRARN R JANUARY OF 20 2-6Z. AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW. TRYING TO, KEEP UP WITH THAT TO INSURE THAT OUR SEATS ARE FILLED AND WE HAVE STAFF THAT CAN ADMINISTER ELECTIONS. A LITTLE BIT NOTE ON STAFFING, OUR POSITION COUNT IS 47 POSITIONS, THAT INCLUDES SOME

OF THE SEASONAL CONTRACT HIRE IT'S WE USE AS OUR MID-LEVEL SUPERVISORS FOR ELECTIONS. BUT EXCLUDING THAT, WE HAVE SIX VACANCIES FOUR WITHIN THE COUNCIL. ASSISTANCE SECTION. ONE IN ELECTIONS. FOR THE YEAR-ROUND STAFF AND ANOTHER ONE, NOT MAIN ADMINISTRATION. THAT NUMBER WILL INCREASE PI TWO MORE IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS. UPON MY DEPARTURE AND SECRETARY. I WON'T TWO OVER ANY OF THE COMMENTS. HIGHLIGHTS BUT JUST HERER FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS RETAIL TOTS OUR BUDGET. JUST HERE FOR.

Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU SO MUCH. GO THROUGH EVERYONE AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS, I'LL HAVE YOU GUYS COME UP RESPECTIVELY. OAHU GOOD AFTERNOON.

Testifier: GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR ECO REMOTE AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. CHOY SCHICK URBAN SEARCH SHIMABUKURO SAKE OFFICE SYD CITY AUDIT AOTEAROA. MAILETROY SHIMASAKI OVER $2.2 MILLION. REPRESENTS, INCREASE OF P 67 THOSE $501 OR 3-POINT% 3.1%. OUR POSITION COUNT REMAINS FLAT. AT 13 FTEs. THE INCREASE REASONS, REASONS FOR INCREASE CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO TWO AREAS. ONE IS SALARY INCREASE. REPRESENT ABOUT 4%. FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR. OVER FISCAL YEAR 2026. AND CURRENT EXPENSES INCREASED ABOUT 11 THOSE $250 OR 1.5%. OVER FISCAL YEAR 2026. AND THIS CAN BE TRIBUTED TO SOFTWARE SUBDESCRIPTION INCREASES. AND OFFICE SPACE INCREASE WHICH WERE PLANNED. FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. THAT REPRESENTS OUR REQUEST AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION. MAHALO.

Chair Okimoto: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SEE WHO IS NEBLGHTS ON THE MY LIST. THANK YOU KENNY FOR BEING HERE. WHO IS NEXT. Testifier: SORRY MEMBER. WE'LL START OUR ROUND OF QUESTIONS I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY VICE CHAIR NISHIMOTO THIS ROUND. NO QUESTIONS. CHAIR WATERS. COUNCILMEMBER CORDERO. COUNCILMEMBER TULBA? TUBE BIG THANK YOU TO GLENN. WE KNOW THAT HE RETIRING AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE THE PLACE PLUS. [APPLAUSE]

Chair Okimoto: I THINK DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I WAS GOING TO ALSO THANK AGAIN. WASN'T SURE IF YOU WERE A ONS NOTHING IT HERE. HERE TILL THE FIRST SOURCE FOIRS. ANNOUNCE TECHNICAL HERE.

LAST TIME BEFORE GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD YOU AND SURE CHAIR WATERS WILL SPEAK EMPLOYER FOUND WORDS. THANK YOU AGAIN. I THINK WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THIS WILL BE FIRST. PROFOUND WORDS FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT. NO MORE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR BEING HERE WITH US. THANK YOU FOR WAITING PATIENTLY. MEMBERS, AS ANOTHER REMINDER, IF YOU HAVE ANY SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT, PLEASE PROVIDE THEM TO MY OFFICE SO WE MAY COMPILE THEM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OR MANAGING DREBILITIER'S OFFICE TO RESPOND. MAHALO. FOR ATTENDING. PARTICIPATING. TODAY. IN TODAY'S MEETING. AS WELL AS ALL MEETINGS THIS WEEK. I WILL CHAIR WATERS QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE WE ADJOURN.

Councilmember Waters: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST ISSUED THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FEW MINUTES AGO. REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR NANAWALE ESSENTIAL STAFF. TOMORROW. FRIDAY, MARCH 13. 20 2-6Z NAWFN ESSENTIAL STAFF. OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AND CONSIDERING SEVERE WEATHER IMPACTING OAHU THIS WEEK MPLED HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE TO ALL NONESSENTIAL STAFF FRIDAY MARCH 13, 20 2-6Z FORECAST INDICATING CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. AND CONDITIONS MAY REMAIN UNSAFE FOR TRAVEL. SAFETY OF OUR STAFF AND FAMILIES COMES FIRST. ALL CAN COUNCIL HEARINGS COMMISSION MEETINGS AND OPINION LICK HEARING ARE POSTPONED. IF YOU UNSURE WHETHER YOU'RE R YOUR ROLE IS CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL, PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR SLICER FOR DRF AMAZING. ESSENTIAL PERSONAL SHOULD REPORT AS DIRECTED BY THEIR SUPERVISOR ENVIROSSER FOLLOW ALL ESTABLISHED SAFETY PROTOCOLS. EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ON LEASH WITHOUT PAY, LEASH, ON A OF PRO LEAVE FOR MARCH 13, SHALL CONTINUE ON LEAVE STATUS WITHOUT ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THEIR LEAVE. RECORD AN SHALL NOT BE GRANTED EQUIVALENT TIME OFF AS A LATER DATE. EMPLOYEES HAVE AUTHORIZATION AUTHORIZATION AT CAPACITY, TO TELEWORKER DURING ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE DAY, COIRNL THEM TO CONTINUE WORKING FROM HOME IN SEVERE QUIETER. ENCOURAGE. ALL PLEASES SHOULD KEEP A BREAST OF THE WEATHER CONDITION AND ANY FUTURE DIRECT LIVER U I HAVES APPLICABLE TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH MOST CURRENT INFORMATION, OFFICIAL UPDATES RELATED TO THE STORM, PLEASE MONITOR THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SITE AND AT THE WW HO WW.HONOLULU.GOV/DEM. PLEASE TABLE THE TAPE TO STAY SAFE AND CHECK ON ONE ANOTHER. AND PREPARE AS NEEDED. FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE SHARED IF CONDITIONS CHANGE. MAHALO FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY CONTINUE COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE. ANY QUESTIONS IF MATTER PLEASE CONTACT DHEEFER OF STAFF

DUNCAN OF COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE. ED 8 8 DUNGEON AN AT HONOLULU.GOV. THANK YOU MEMBERS. DUNGEON HONOLULU.GOV. PRIOR TO US ADJOURNING LIKE TO THANK FOR BEING WITH US THIS WEEK, OUR OCS, STAFF AS WE AS THOSE FROM CLERKS AND ALL OF THE OUR STAFF BEEN HERE. JAMBA I BEEN UP HERE WITH ME I KNOW ALL OUR OFFICES HAVE HAD PEOPLE WORKING, BEHIND THE SCENES. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS WEEK SUPREME COURT SUSS FELL ONE. LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING WITH EVERYONE. AND AS WE THROUGH BUDGET PROCESS. PLEASE EVERYONE CHAIR WATERS SAID, STAY SAFER AND GET HOME SAFELY. NO FURTHER BUSINESS THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

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