CANCELLED. THIS MEETING IS CANCELLED.
(BF) MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE
DATE: Wednesday, August 6 2025
TIME(S): 9am
PLACE: Remote Meeting by Interactive Zoom
Virtual Meetings Conference Technology and
In-person Meeting 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: 88210838021
AGENDA
BF FOLDER
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-
A. May 19-23, 2025 (Budget Briefings)
B. May 26, 2025
C. May 28, 2025
III. New Business
A. Action Item BF #25-68 Approval of a Disaster Aid Grant to Hawaiian Community Assets in the amount of $410,407 in Fiscal Year 2026 and $460,407 in Fiscal Year 2027 to Respond to Disasters Designated by the OHA Board of Trustees As Negatively Impacting Native Hawaiians*
IV. 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 waved for distribution of new committee materials.
Testimony can be provided to the Board of Trustees either as: (1) written testimony or (2) live, oral testimony online or at the physical meeting location during the remote meeting.
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: Board of Trustees 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.
Please note that all written testimony will be posted on OHA’s meeting website. Please omit or redact any personal information (e.g., name, email address, phone number, home address, or materials) that you do not want to be disclosed publicly online
Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online during the remote meeting, please use the link below:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88210838021
(*if you are unable to link directly, copy and paste in search)
To provide oral testimony online, you will need: a computer or mobile device to connect to the virtual meeting; internet access; and a microphone to provide oral testimony.
Those wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up the day-of the meeting at the physical meeting location.
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.
Oral testimony online or at a physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes. Oral testimony by telephone/landline will not be accepted at this time.
