Mayor’s Nominations to Boards

The Mayor's nominees are as follows (for terms expiring on March 31, 2016, unless otherwise indicated): AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ADVISORY COUNCIL 1. Lilah Inaba. BOARD OF CODE APPEALS 1. Thomas Behnke; and 2. Brandon Starr. BOARD OF ETHICS 1. Leo Caires; and 2. Sydney Kikuchi. BOARD OF VARIANCES AND APPEALS 1.

Proposed Members of Charter Committee Interviewed

Approval delayed until council able to hear from remaining nominees March 3, 2011 – By ILIMA LOOMIS, Staff Writer for the Maui News WAILUKU – Nominees for the 2011 Charter Commission were grilled about their opinions on district voting and other issues Wednesday, but a vote to approve them was

Kaiwahine Subdivision Gets Conditional Approval

Kaiwahine Village moves forward Council panel recommends conditional approval after site tour March 3, 2011 – By CLAUDINE SAN NICOLAS, Staff Writer Maui News WAILUKU – The Maui County Council Land Use Committee voted 5-2 Wednesday evening to recommend conditional approval of the proposed Kaiwahine Village in Kihei, an affordable

$250 rebate for Maui for ENERGY STAR® refrigerators

Hawaii Energy, the State’s energy conservation and efficiency program, will offer a limited time $250 rebate for ENERGY STAR® refrigerators purchased from local appliance retailers for residents of Hawaii and Maui counties beginning March 7, 2011. Hawaii Energy hopes to lessen Hawaii and Maui county households’ utility costs and reduce

Bill to Allow Instant Run-off Elections

HB638 establishes instant runoff voting for certain elections. Instant runoff is provides a way to ensure election outcomes that better reflect voter preferences and to encourage more candidates to run. Voters get to list their candidates in order of preference. A candidate has to get more than 50% of the

Bill Would Allow Projects to Avoid Permits

HB376 HD1 –  would allow development projects to get automatic approvals if under-staffed agencies fail to rule on permit requests within 60 days. The state testified that applicants often take longer than 60 days to respond to requests for comment – an easy way to game the system and allow

5 Cent Checkout Bag Fee Bill May Die

A bill to impose plastic bag fee did not get scheduled for its hearing in the finance committee, despite its widespread support. A 5 cent fee would be applied to all single-use disposable checkout bags given out at the point of purchase. Such policies have proven highly successful in places

Block Grants for Disabled, Homeless, Water Supply…

From Maui News by Claudine San Nicolas A Maui County Council committee gave unanimous support Tuesday to a proposed $1.9 million federal grant application for fiscal year 2012. The application would be filed by the county with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for funding from the Community

DIRE Testimony on Injection Wells

Testimony of Jeffrey H Schwartz On behalf of the DIRE Coalition – Don’t Inject, RE-direct Before the Infrastructure Management Committee – Maui County Council February 28, 2011 Aloha, Chair Cochran and other members of the Infrastructure Management Committee. Mahalo for the opportunity to appear today on behalf of the DIRE

Census Data: Maui County Population by Race

2010 Census Tracks: Population, Race, Units Census Data: Historical Population Trends of Maui County Communities