Date:

Wednesday, 01/08/2025

Start Time:

11:00 AM

Place:

Virtual Meeting and at Nā Lama Kukui 560 N. Nimitz Hwy. Honolulu, HI. 96817

Agenda

MEETING OF THE

COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE (BF)

 

DATE:    Wednesday January 8, 2025

TIME:   11:00 a.m.

                     PLACE: Remote Meeting by Interactive Conference Technology

                                    and in-person at OHA Mauli Ola Boardroom

                                                            Nā Lama Kukui

                                                         560 N. Nimitz Hwy.

                                                          Honolulu, HI. 96817

viewable at https://www.oha.org/livestream OR

                                     Listen by phone: (213) 338-8477,  Webinar ID: 880 1165 7110

 

This meeting can be viewed via livestream on OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or listened to by phone using the call-in information above. A physical meeting location, open to members of the public who would like to provide oral testimony or view the meeting, will be available at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817.

AGENDA

I.       Call to Order

II.       Approval of Minutes - None

III.       Unfinished Business - None

IV.        New Business

A.     *Informational Briefing on Hoʻākoakoa Lāhui Event Sponsorships Grant (Consolidated and Redesigned ʻAhahui Grants and Sponsorships- Legacy, BOT, Rural Community-Based)

V.        Adjournment

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact Everett Ohta at (808) 594-1988 or by email at everetto@oha.org as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats.

In the event that the livestream public broadcast is interrupted and cannot be restored, the meeting may continue as audio-only through the phone number and Webinar ID provided at the beginning of this agenda. Meeting recordings will be made available on OHA’s website https://www.oha.org/about/leadership/board-of-trustees/ as soon as practicable after the meeting.

Public Testimony will be called for each agenda item and must be limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda.  Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Chapter 92, Public Agency Meetings and Records, prohibits Board members from discussing or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting agenda.

*Document(s) associated with this agenda item are anticipated to be included in the board packet for this meeting.  The board packet will be available for the public to inspect at OHA’s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817, OHA’s neighbor island offices, and on OHA’s website https://www.oha.org/bf no later than two business days before the meeting. The 72 Hour rule, pursuant to OHA BOT Operations Manual, Section 49, shall be waived for distribution of new committee materials.

 

Persons wishing to provide written testimony on items listed on the agenda should submit testimony via email to BOTmeetings@oha.org  or via postal mail to Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Attn: Meeting Testimony, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817. Testimony is requested to be received at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled meeting to allow board members with sufficient time to review the testimony before the meeting.

Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online during the remote meeting, please use the link below:

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9C_Fxh_tQoKTKwa56RwVeQ

 

Once you have signed up, a confirmation email will be sent to you with a link to join the remote meeting, along with further instructions on how to provide oral testimony during the remote meeting.  You do not need to provide your name or other personal information other than a valid email address at which to receive the meeting link.

 

To provide oral testimony online, you will need:

(1) a computer or mobile device to connect to the virtual meeting;

(2) internet access; and

(3) a microphone to provide oral testimony.

Oral testimony by telephone/landline will not be accepted at this time. Once your oral testimony is completed, you may be asked to disconnect from the meeting. If you willfully disrupt the meeting or do not disconnect on your own, support staff will remove you from the Zoom meeting.  You can continue to view the remainder of the meeting on the livestream or by telephone, as provided at the beginning of this agenda.

 Persons wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up the day-of the meeting at the physical meeting location.

 

 Oral testimony online or at a physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes.