Hawaii's Maui County is looking to spend $1.647 billion in its fiscal 2025 budget, down 2.9% from Mayor Richard Bissen's proposed budget of $1.697 billion.
The Maui County Council's Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee has completed its version of the budget, calling for overall spending of $1.647 billion.
The committee's version of the budget does not incorporate state funding for recovery projects, nor the bridge loan from Hawaii's Community Foundation included in the mayor's proposed budget, Committee Chair Yuki Lei Sugimura says.
Still, the committee, in working with the administration, was able to rework funding and include all of the originally proposed projects that will be vital in supporting recovery efforts, including housing and infrastructure, Sugimura says.
Included in the budget is $36 million for a loan to Ikaika 'Ohana for Kai'ulu o Kupuohi, including $3.1 million for land acquisition; a $15 million grant to Maui Oceanview LP for the Pulelehua housing development; and $3 million for the Permanently Affordable Rental Unit Strategy, per the Maui News.
The budget also includes $5 million for road and sidewalk repairs related to the August 2023 Maui wildfires, $5 million for temporary repairs for sewer pump stations damaged by the wildfires, and $8
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