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, April 22, 2026, at 8:30 a.m., or soon thereafter, at the Council Chambers, 4396 Rice Street, Room 201, and Meeting Room 106, Historic County Building, Lihu’e, on the following:

Bill No. 2990
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND 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 (Hawai’i Fire Fighters’ Association, IAFF Local 1463 (HFFA), Bargaining Unit (BU) 11 Temporary Hazard Pay)

This Bill proposes to fund the Agreement of Resolution with the Hawai’i Fire Fighters’ Association, IAFF Local 1463 (HFFA), Bargaining Unit (BU) 11, for Temporary Hazard Pay (THP) for exposure to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for those BU members employed during the period of March 4, 2020 to March 25, 2022, including portions thereof, and to resolve the THP class grievance submitted by HFFA. In total, this Bill appropriates $3,790,769 to fund the Agreement of Resolution for the HFFA BU employees.

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. 2990 during the March 25, 2026 Council Meeting, by the following vote:

AYES: Bulosan, Carvalho, Cowden, Holland, Kaneshiro,
Kuali’i, Rapozo TOTAL – 7,
NOES: None TOTAL – 0,
EXCUSED & NOT VOTING None TOTAL – 0,
RECUSED & NOT VOTING: None TOTAL – 0.

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(TGI1524486 4/03/26)