Hawaii County

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• County website: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/ (County of Hawaii, the Big Island). The site blocks some automated access, so pages were read through a public reader copy.
• Council agenda hub: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/legislative/county-council/meeting-agendas-and-actions
• Agendas and testimony are in the Clerk's Laserfiche records (records.hawaiicounty.gov), one folder per body; an older video archive is on Granicus (http://hawaiicounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1). No Legistar site was found.
• Meeting video: the County's YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJNalwg4OoK7a_7nGnEtGPA; Council meetings also air on Na Leo TV Channel 55, (808) 935-8874.
• Collected 2026-11-07 (added at Dewey's request).

Governing body

• Nine-member County Council, one member per district, two-year terms. Chair and Presiding Officer Holeka Goro Inaba (District 8); Vice Chair Dennis Onishi (District 3); Heather L. Kimball (1), Jennifer Kagiwada (2), Ashley Lehualani Kierkiewicz (4), Matt Kaneali'i-Kleinfelder (5), Michelle Galimba (6), Rebecca Villegas (7), James E. Hustace (9)
• Mayor Kimo Alameda; Managing Director Bill Brilhante; Deputy Managing Director Merrick Nishimoto. East Hawaii office: 25 Aupuni St, Hilo, (808) 961-8211
• County Clerk Jon Henricks, (808) 961-8255. The Clerk's office runs Elections, Council Services, Administrative Services, Support Services and Legislative Research. A County Auditor is also part of the legislative branch.
• Council committees: Communications, Reports and Council Oversight; Finance; Governmental Operations and External Affairs; Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions; Policy Committees on Environmental and Natural Resource Management, Health, Safety and Well-being, Planning, Land Use and Economic Development, and Public Works and Mass Transit
• County boards and commissions on the calendar (no pages yet): Board of Appeals, Board of Ethics, Cultural Resources Commission, Leeward and Windward Planning Commissions, Liquor Commission, Fire Commission, Transportation Commission, PONC Commission and Kona CDP Action Committee

Meeting pattern (uncertain)

• Inferred from 2026 video titles, not from a published schedule: committees meet the day before a regular Council meeting (a Tuesday), and the full Council meets on a Wednesday or Friday about every two weeks, alternating between Hilo and Kona. Future dates are not confirmed, so no placeholder pages exist for meetings after 2026-11-06.

Data quality notes

• Agenda documents are image-only scans; their text was not read. No minutes were located, and the "Actions" documents that would show votes were not found for this period. No decisions or votes are reported on any page.
• Only four bill numbers are known (from the 2026-10-21 testimony folder), with unverified subjects: see October 21 Council Bills Under Testimony.
• Email addresses and phone numbers for Districts 4 to 9 were not captured. One roster bio still reads "Chair for 2022-24 term"; the chairs page is treated as current.
• Meeting pages begin with 2026-09-01 and cover every meeting with a video. Three May 2026 videos (committees 5/19, Council 5/20, special Council 5/21) are not built.