The Honolulu City Council Committee on Budget convened on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at 10:04 a.m. to consider ten agenda items, including one appointment confirmation and nine resolutions authorizing fund transfers across multiple city departments. All items were approved or reported out for adoption, with several amended via hand-carried CD1 documents. The meeting addressed funding needs related to increased fuel costs, disaster debris from the March 2026 Kona Low storms, salary adjustments, and operational shortfalls.
Aloha and good morning, everyone. It is Tuesday, May 19th, 2026, and the time is ten oh four AM with the committee on budget. Please come to order. Members of the public will be allowed to provide oral testimony on all items on the agenda in two ways. In person in the council chamber and remotely via video conference or phone. Remote and in-person oral testimony will be allowed when each agenda item is taken up. Before testifying, each person shall state their name. As both English and Hawaiian are official languages of the state of Hawaii, pursuant to Article 15, Section 4 of the Hawaii State Constitution and Section 1-13 of the Hawaii revised statutes. Members of the public may testify in either language. For oral testimonies offered in Olalo Hawai'i, additional time as may be necessary will be allowed for the testifier to provide an English translation of their testimony. All persons who have registered to testify in person will be called upon first. When your name is called, please come up to the testifier podium. Persons who have not registered will be given an opportunity to testify following the registered testifiers. After in-person testimony has concluded, I will proceed to remote testimony via video conference or phone. When I call your name, please monitor. Please monitor your screen and follow the prompt to unmute. For those who are joining us by telephone only, please press star nine if you wish to testify, and I will identify you by the last three digits of your phone number. When your number is called, please listen for the prompt to unmute and press star six. Some friendly reminders and tips. Video conference from a quiet location if possible. If you're also watching the proceedings on Olelo, please mute your television at the time you're called to testify. When the timer on screen reaches zero, please conclude your remarks promptly. Written testimonies, including the testifier's address, email address, and phone number will be available to the public as described on the posted agenda. As a courtesy, please turn off or silence all cell phones for the duration of this meeting. Agenda item number one for action. Resolution 2698 confirms the appointment of Dr. Peter Young to serve on the Board of Review 3 for real property tax appeals of the city and county of Honolulu for a term to expire on June 30, 2031. Members, we have distributed a hand carry proposed CD1 OCS 2026-0334 slash 5 slash 18 slash 2026 at 1107 a.m. Submitted by myself. The CD1 makes the following amendments. A amends the title of the resolution to read confirming the appointment of Peter Young to serve on the Board of Review 3 for real property tax appeals of the city and county of Honolulu. B, throughout the resolution corrects references to the appointee's name in accordance with the mayor's message 70 2026. C makes miscellaneous technical and non-substantive amendments before we call up the administration. And before actually, I'll take testimony first and then I'll then I'll um come to you, Mr. Young, if that's okay. Members, we will proceed first with in-person oral testimony in the council chamber. Clerks, do we have any in-person testifiers for this item? Chair there and then. Thank you. Proceeding now with remote testimony, clerks. Do we have any remote testifiers for this item? Chair there and then. Thank you. Now I would like to welcome with us joining us today is Mr. Peter Young. Aloha, good morning, Mr. Young. Aloha. If you could just state your name for the record, and if you want to share anything with the members, you're free to do so at this time. Thank you.