The City's Honolulu Emergency Services Department wants to move its administration facility to Dillingham Boulevard, where the Blood Bank of Hawaii sits.
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s administration, proposing a $3.41 billion operating budget for the coming 2024 fiscal year, contends that recent City Council amendments to reduce it to 2022’s level are insufficient to keep the city running smoothly and should be abandoned.
The city’s Department of Planning and Permitting would continue to use third-party reviewers, but licensed architects and engineers would have to attest that their submitted plans comply with applicable laws under a proposed bill.
A slew of real property taxation measures that might offer tax credits, tax exemptions or other means to aid homeowners affected by the approximately 10% or greater increase in real property assessments on Oahu is under consideration by the Honolulu City Council.
Members of the Honolulu City Council's budget committee have questioned the impacts of a one-time property tax credit proposed by the Blangiardi administration. HPR's Casey Harlow has more.