KEKAHA — The next meeting in a series of meetings to discuss the Kekaha Host Community Benefit program is scheduled on Monday, a county news release states.
The meeting will be held at the Kekaha Neighborhood Center from 6 to 9 p.m.
The main topic of discussion will be the finalization of the Citizens Advisory Committee’s survey, which will be used to develop recommendations for the expenditure of the host community benefit funds for Kekaha.
The KHCB program was established last year with an appropriation of $650,000 by the County Council as a form of compensation for the upcoming expansion of the Kekaha Landfill.
At the request of the Westside community, Mayor Bernard Carvalho, Jr. recently appointed nine Kekaha residents to serve on a Citizens Advisory Committee for the KHCB program, including: Jose Bulatao, Jr.; Myra Elliott; Randall Hee; Robert Jackson; A. “Big Boy” Kupo, Jr.; Glenn Molander; Evelyn Olores; Bruce Pleas; and Walter Stocker.
The mission of the CAC, as developed by its members at their first meeting, is “to serve as a community advisory committee to recommend projects and their administrative process for the disbursement of the HCB fund(s) allocated to, and in accordance with, the general consensus of the Kekaha community”.
AEOCOM Technical Services, an O‘ahu-based consultant, has been hired by the county to facilitate the KHCB meetings and guide the Citizens Advisory Committee.
Four county employees serve as advisors and are non-voting members of the CAC including: Beth Tokioka, executive assistant to the mayor; Allison Fraley, solid waste program development coordinator; Christobel Kealoha, deputy county attorney; and Leanore Kaiaokamalie, long range planner.
In addition, Jeff Kaohi with Waste Management of Hawai’i Inc., the company that manages the Kekaha Landfill, also serves as an advisor to the CAC.
For more information, contact Beth Tokioka at 241-4900 or btokioka@kauai.gov
