Inside Honolulu: Dec. 1
Welcome to Inside Honolulu! City Hall is decked out for December, and Civil Beat is reporting from the inside.
12:34 a.m. Mayor’s Cabinet Takes Shape, With Notable Gaps
After announcing two new Cabinet directors yesterday — and making other directorial appointments with little fanfare — Mayor Peter Carlisle‘s Cabinet is beginning to take shape.
Two key posts as yet unfilled are Corporation Counsel and director of Budget and Fiscal Services. The latter has been vacant since the department’s top two officials resigned after Carlisle was elected. Mike Hansen is serving as acting director in the interim.
Carlisle told Civil Beat in October that he would consider hiring a state worker who leaves the Capitol after the Lingle era. Now that Team Abercrombie has a budget director in place, Carlisle could look to the pool of candidates for the job. The mayor said he has interviewed several candidates for budget director, but won’t yet give a timetable on when he’ll make up his mind.
Postions Not Yet Filled
- Director of Budget and Fiscal Services
- Corporation Counsel
- Director of Culture and the Arts Office
- Director of the Economic Development Office
- Director of the Neighborhood Commission Office
- Director of Emergency Management
- Director of Enterprise Services
- Director of Facility Maintenance
- Bandmaster, Royal Hawaiian Band
Appointed, Not Yet Confirmed
- James Ireland, Director of Emergency Services
- Collins Lam, Director of Design and Construction
- Gail Haraguchi, Director of Customer Services
- Wayne Yoshioka, Director of Transportation Services
- Sam Moku, Director of Community Services
- Gary Cabato, Director of Parks and Recreation
Appointed, Confirmed by Council
- Doug Chin, Managing Director
- David Tanoue, Director of Planning and Permitting
- Noel Ono, Director of Human Resources
- Gordon Bruce, Director of Information Technology
- Tim Steinberger, Director of Environmental Services
11:34 a.m. Rail Trackers Wait for Independent Financial Report
Gov. Linda Lingle has half a week left in the state’s top job. Those who track the city rail project are waiting to see if she will release an independent financial analysis on the rail proposal before she leaves office.
A Lingle spokesman told Civil Beat last month that he is not aware of any delays to the study’s completion.
Lingle first called for an independent financial analysis last winter, and announced the three-month study would begin in mid-September.
