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Public Information Office Communications Director
200 South High Street
Wailuku, Hawai`i 96793-2155
Phone: (808) 270-7855 Ryan Piros & Chris Sugidono
Fax: (808) 270-7870 Asst. Communications Directors
PRESS RELEASE
Mayor Michael Victorino proposed his administration’s first budget to Maui County
Council members on Monday afternoon, calling it a fiscally responsible and balanced
spending program to invest in the future of Maui County.
Mayor Victorino’s spending priorities include operational costs for health, safety and
public service; completion of ongoing projects; and fulfilling our obligations to
employees – current and retired – with health and retirement benefits.
“Much thanks to Budget Director Michele Yoshimura and her staff and to department
heads for their long hours and hard work in preparing this, my first budget,” Mayor
Victorino said. “I’m proud to present this proposed fiscal 2020 budget to Maui County
Council members.”
The proposed FY 2020 budget totals $869.5 million, which includes revolving and
special funds, transfers between funds and expected grant and other outside revenue.
Total county funds, including bonds for FY 2020, are estimated at $780.8 million, a
$22.5 million increase, or 3 percent, more than the FY 2019 council-approved budget of
$758.3 million.
Budget Highlights:
The spending plan proposes an increase of 54.5 equivalent positions, out of a total of
approximately 2,700 employees. These increased positions include investment in future
generations with the reinstatement of the Cadet Program for the Police Department;
interns for the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney and an economic specialist in the
field of technology.
With an estimated real property tax income of $337.2 million, the Victorino
administration is proposing nominal increases in four property tax classifications and a
decrease of 9.6 percent, or $1.48, for timeshare units. The increases would affect
commercial, up by 14 cents per $1,000 of valuation; industrial, up by 3 cents per
thousand; hotel and resort, up by 23 cents per thousand; and short-term rental, up by
27 cents per thousand.
• Solid waste landfill tipping fee, from $97 per ton to $103 per ton
• Biodiesel fuel tax, to 12 cents per gallon (In FY 2019, a highway improvement
fee was imposed on electric and hybrid vehicles.)
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