Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXI, Number 45, 10 March 1937 — SUPERVISORS OUTLINE NEEDS AT HEARINGS Big Island Will Require Total of $270,000 More, Julian Yates Tells Group Senate Bill to Remove Fixed Limit for Counties, Other Measures Are Considered [ARTICLE]

SUPERVISORS OUTLINE NEEDS AT HEARINGS

Big Island Will Require Total of $270,000 More, Julian Yates Tells Group

Senate Bill to Remove Fixed Limit for Counties, Other Measures Are Considered

' HONOLULU, March 9 —. Three of the four countles in he territory are seekijng be51,003,902 and $1,043,902 more than they received iast year for operation of their 3Gunfcy governments in 1937. Those ' figures have "oeen rurnished memberg, .of the senate ways and means eommHiee during two conferef]iees with county officials. Eaeh bpard of supervisors was askcd to outline its request for additional funds, in or.der to assist Uie. ways. and means committee in its :tudy of important bills affccting county īinanccs. i ,The eommittee"s meccings wiLh Mavor Fred Wrir/ht and memhei - ? of the Honolulu city-county super•''.'isors' lhst !Priday. and 1 a mpctinp : u'ld latc ycst crday with represetivat)ves oi Hnwan, Maui and Kaua 1 j •:ountics, disclosed that: : I 7. The oity-roun(v rct|uires a tdtal <if si>7:J.ī»o:» more than I:ist ' year for gfovernmental operations thls year. r 2. Hawaii county needs $270,000 m«re. > S. Maui co«nty nceds betwcen 5160,00fl and 5200,000 morc than last year. 4. Kauai county ean get along w:ithout additional mouey, but, if othcr counties arc to rcceive any (inaneial boons frajn the territory, Kaiiai wan(s her share. 2 Bills Studied

The foregoing figures are pertinent to thc .\vays and aieans cpmmitīpfi st.udy of one scnntc bill whieh would rcmovc the present fixed limit set by the territory on the amount whieh couuties ean arise in rea] property tax revenue, another bill raisihg the _present limits to higher ficrures for Oahu and Hawaii. a bil": merging the personal and real property ;taxes and allocatiiig that revenue to the territory and couaties anel another bill relatjng to dis■posit:on of liquid fuel tftxes.

Juhan Yates, chairman of th( fmance committee of Uie Hawai' couuty board oi supervisors. tola ihe scnate eoiiimiuee yesterday that iniportant items going |o make uj' the additional $270.000 soūght by his county include:

Hiio hospital, an additional $30,000» Salary restorations, $32,000 Srhool budget ac!ditions for nou eonstriietidn, $30.000. Fodrral hiiīhway mainienanee. $30.000 Addtlioml f»nds for hospitials outsid* HUo, $10,000. Child \veliare, $2,000 Hilo alueL ligluuiy, $4,000. RighU of \vay, $10,000. Fire departmen.t $18.000. poliee department, $18.000 Puumaile home, $20,000. i Mr. Yates 4 said ihe Hawaii boarc i favors the increases totaling $270,- ■ ! Farrmg<on esumated. \vould i mean an increase of 25! to 30 pei hemue biU 4a provide» for ihe uix imut ou Hawmi to pru\idt the addiUonnl &270.000, or bringing tho mtal e<mntv budee( to $1.250.0tx tor 1937. liuiolU w. Kiee. ehaunian ol ilu Xii»m coumy Utxa-U, said iiiut an . 'ul Mū- -;uj U> li> neoelw o carry th.<t U.u t . !?kr Hh- tv;t) to nioei hai adfWtinn.tt wouM resu3! »r t'Noi-biUin\ rau\ lie obsorved. iioiwin oi paii 0 ; ih o |x-i>onal i«op-, rt\ Ut,\. wnn'ii uuw ).u>eiv u> ihe ierr«orSiil u V ; s mu>, buck to u le iouniy nlom: wi:h ihe uw rc\h«« M\ui, \\ould heip lu uwi ;he p)x)blem. lUmih uh\ Imuui'um for purptfee.s $770.000 At

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