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Notice #: 0001508638-01
Public Hearings

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the Kaua’i County Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 8:30 a.m., or soon thereafter, at the Council Chambers, 4396 Rice Street, Room 201, Historic County Building, Lihu’e, on the following:

Bill No. 2975
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT FOR BARGAINING UNIT 12 BETWEEN JULY 1, 2025 AND JUNE 30, 2029

This Bill proposes to approve the cost items in the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the State of Hawai’i Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO) Bargaining Unit 12 for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029, based on an arbitrated award and in accordance with the procedures contained in Hawai’i Revised Statutes (HRS) Section 89-11 and Kaua’i County Charter Section 19.13B.

Bill No. 2977
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. B-2025-905, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE OPERATING BUDGET OF THE COUNTY OF KAUA’I, STATE OF HAWAI’I, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2026, BY REVISING THE AMOUNTS ESTIMATED IN THE GENERAL FUND
(Wailua Golf Course Cart Path Operating Budget–$445,000.00)

This Bill proposes to transfer $445,000.00 from the Equity / Fund Balance – Assigned to the General Fund Balance – CIP for improvements to the Wailua Golf Course cart path.

Bill No. 2978
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. B-2025-906, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET OF THE COUNTY OF KAUA’I, STATE OF HAWAI’I, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2026, BY REVISING THE AMOUNTS ESTIMATED IN THE GENERAL FUND – CIP (Wailua Golf Course Cart Path General Fund – CIP–$445,000.00)

This Bill proposes to appropriate $445,000.00 from the General Fund – CIP for improvements to the Wailua Golf Course cart path.

Any person may testify at the public hearing, and at any Council and Committee Meeting (at which time any Bill may be amended). Meeting notices and full-text Bills are available at least six (6) days in advance at the Office of the County Clerk, Council Services Division and kauai.gov/Government/ Council/Webcast-Meetings. Written testimony may be submitted via counciltestimony@kauai.gov, mail, or fax. For further information, please call (808) 241-4188.

CERTIFICATE OF THE COUNTY CLERK

I hereby certify that the Kaua’i County Council passed on first reading and ordered to print Bill No. 2975, Bill No. 2977, and Bill No. 2978 during the October 15, 2025 Council Meeting, by the following vote:

AYES: Bulosan, Carvalho, Cowden, Holland, Kuali’i, Rapozo TOTAL – 6,
NOES: None TOTAL – 0,
EXCUSED & NOT VOTING: Kaneshiro TOTAL – 1,
RECUSED & NOT VOTING: None TOTAL – 0.

Lihu’e, Hawai’i /s/ Jade K. Fountain-Tanigawa
October 15, 2025 County Clerk, County of Kaua’i

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(TGI1508638 10/22/25)