Maui Voters Set To Vote On 11 Changes To County Government 0 If approved in the general election this fall, the reforms would restructure county agencies, improve government ethics, promote Hawaiian culture and more.
A once-a-decade process that grants citizens of Maui, Molokai and Lanai the chance to redefine the responsibilities of their local government has yielded 11 charter amendment questions slated to appear on the November ballot.
The surviving amendments would require Maui County to operate as a bilingual government, absorb Kalaupapa into its jurisdiction and increase access to council meetings and public records. The proposals have one last hurdle to cross later this month before their fate falls to voters.
Among the most consequential proposals is an amendment that would split the Department of Housing and Human Concerns into two agencies and create a Housing Development Advisory Board to advise the county housing director. The amendment also seeks to require the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, a state agency, to establish a liaison within the county Housing Department.
