I look forward to welcoming my Maui County Council colleagues to my home district of South Maui. My goal is to ensure that the needs and concerns impacting South Maui residents are heard and adequately reflected in this year's Council adopted budget. Bring your friends, family, and neighbors and help us shape this upcoming fiscal year's budget.
Yuki Lei K. Sugimura, Chair
Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee
media@mauicounty.us
Evening budget meetings planned throughout the county next month
WAILUKU, Hawaiʻi (March 27, 2024)—The Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee will hold evening budget meetings in council residency areas April 1-16 to receive community input on the fiscal year 2025 budget, Council Vice-Chair Yuki Lei K. Sugimura announced today.
The budget is the county’s financial plan for the upcoming fiscal year, July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. It determines how each department will use funding to carry out its duties and sets estimated revenue sources for the fiscal year.
“This year’s budget session will play a critical role in meeting community needs, especially considering the post-fire impacts to Maui County,” said Sugimura, who chairs the committee. “The committee is going to all parts of the county to meet with residents and learn of their community’s priorities.”
The series of budget meetings, all starting at 6 p.m., begins Monday for the East Maui residency area at Helene Hall in Hāna.
The Makawao-Ha`ikū-Pā`ia residency area’s budget meeting is set for Tuesday at the Pāʻia Community Center.
The Upcountry Maui residency area’s budget meeting will be Wednesday at the Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center.
On April 8, the West Maui residency area’s budget meeting will be at the Lahaina Civic Center gymnasium.
The Lānaʻi residency area’s budget meeting will be April 9 at the Lānaʻi High and Elementary School cafeteria.
The South Maui residency area’s meeting is set for April 11 at the Kīhei Community Center.
On April 15, the Moloka'i residency area’s budget meeting will be at the Mitchell Pauʻole Community Center.
The council will hold a public hearing on the budget, which will also serve as the evening budget meetings for the Wailuku-Waiheʻe-Waikapū and Kahului residency areas, on April 16 at 6 p.m. in the Council Chamber.
In-person testimony will be accepted at all meetings. Sugimura said the committee will also conduct daytime meetings on the budget in the Council Chamber throughout next month.
Meeting agendas and more information are available at the committee’s website: https://www.mauicounty.us/bfed/.