On March 21, 2025, the Maui County Council approved on first reading a package of budget amendments and related committee recommendations intended in part to support wildfire recovery and county services, and acted on two separate resolutions involving county property and an appointment.

By unanimous voice (9–0), the council approved Committee Reports CR25-9 through CR25-15, which forwarded several bills for first reading. The measures include:
- Bill 22 (FY2025 amendment): Increase funding by $40,000 for Akaku Community Television to continue broadcast coverage of boards and commissions.
- Bill 24 (FY2025 amendment): Add $300,000 to the Department of Fire and Public Safety for firefighting costs associated with a July 24 Crater Road fire (as described in committee report).
- Bill 32 (FY2025 amendment): Add a Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) appropriation; committee and vice-chair commentary recorded a large figure and some numerical confusion in the meeting record (committee text references "1,639,381,000" and vice chair described it as roughly $1,640,000,000 to HUD for recovery projects). The committee report also adds conditional language to allow disbursement for up to 56 limited-term positions and requires quarterly HUD reports be submitted to the council.
- Bill 34 (FY2025 amendment): Rename a Maui Film Festival appropriation to the Maui Economic Development Board Inc. for the Wailuku Film Festival.
- Bill 35 (FY2025 amendment): Reallocate $8,000,000 in the general excise tax (GET) fund from operations/maintenance to construction for the wildfire permanent disposal site (raising the construction appropriation from $16,000,000 to $24,000,000 and decreasing operations accordingly).
- Bill 36 (FY2025 amendment): Authorize up to $100,000 from the managed retreat revolving fund for removal of structures, tree stumps and other debris at Baldwin Beach Park impacted by shoreline erosion.
- Bill 37 (FY2025 amendment): Transfer $25,000,000 from the GET fund to the Water Fund restricted for wildfire recovery water projects (committee text allocates $10,000,000 for water-supply repairs, $10,000,000 for integration of public and private water systems, and $5,000,000 for a Kamole water treatment plant replacement).
- Bill 38 (code amendment): Amend Maui County Code chapter 3.1 to clarify GET surcharge deposit splits and authorize transfers to the Department of Water Supply for water-related projects while a project is active.

Vice Chair Yukine Sugimura thanked the Office of Council Services staff and noted the administration provided last-minute budget amendments; she asked members to support the package in the interest of wildfire recovery and continuity of services. The council then moved and passed the set of bills on first reading by a 9–0 vote.

Separately, the Water and Infrastructure Committee's recommendation on a property acquisition carried. Resolution 25-21 CD1 authorizes the county to acquire 1.811 acres in Omopio, Kula (tax map key cited in the committee report) and to accept waterline and access easements; the committee inserted appraised values of the easement ($1,561) and the 1.811 acres ($450,000) and recommended adoption. The committee reported a 7–0 recommendation; the council adopted the resolution by roll call (motion carried, recorded as 9 ayes, 0 nos). The purchase price recorded in the committee report is $451,561 to formally accept the land on which the Omopio water tank sits and secure easements for a critical water line.

The council also considered Resolution 25-50 CD1 to approve the appointment of Jonathan Nikkei Shoyer (listed in the meeting record) as the Hawaiian Homes Commission's representative to the East Maui Regional Community Board. The Water Authority, Social Services and Parks Committee recommended adoption and noted the appointee is not a Maui County resident; because the appointee is nonresident the council must waive the county residency requirement under Maui County Code section 2.60.040. After discussion and a roll-call vote, the council approved the appointment, recorded as 7 ayes and 2 noes; the committee had reported a 6–2 recommendation.

Clarifying detail: committee text and council remarks contained a numerical discrepancy on the CDBG-DR figure; the committee report read a multi-billion figure aloud and then the vice chair described an intended $1.64 billion amount to HUD for disaster recovery projects. The meeting record shows the council intended to move forward with required reporting and oversight for the CDBG-DR funds.

All first-reading bills called in the package will return to committee and to the council for additional readings and appropriation votes as required by county budget rules.