HCC §2-7
How the county executive branch is organized
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section lists the county's executive branch agencies and departments, and who leads each one. It shows which ones report directly to the managing director and which ones are under commissions. It is a list of offices, not a set of rules for residents.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Organization of executive branch
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The executive branch of the County is organized into the following agencies/departments: (1) Agency and agency heads under direct supervision of the managing director: AGENCY AGENCY HEAD (A) Civil defense ............................................................... Civil defense administrator (B) Office of aging ............................................................. County executive on aging (C) Office of housing and community development ............... Housing administrator (D) Mass transit ............................................................... Mass transit administrator (E) Animal control and protection ……Animal control and protection administrator (F) Office of sustainability, climate, equity, and resilience ............................................Sustainability administrator (2) Departments and heads under direct supervision of the managing director: DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT HEAD (A) Office of management .............................................................. Managing director (B) Corporation counsel ............................................................... Corporation counsel (C) Department of finance ............................................................. Director of finance (D) Planning department ................................................................. Planning director (E) Department of environmental management ........................................ Director of environmental management (F) Department of research and development ........................................... Director of research and development (G) Department of public works ........................................... Director of public works (H) Department of parks and recreation ..................... Parks and recreation director (I) Department of information technology ......... Director of information technology 2-3 SUPP. 15 (1-2024) (3) Departments and administrative heads under commissions and administrative supervision of the managing director: DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD (A) Department of human resources ............................. Director of human resources (B) Police department ........................................................................... Chief of police (C) Department of liquor control .................... Director, department of liquor control (D) Hawai‘i fire department .......................................................................... Fire chief (E) Department of water supply ............................................ Manager-chief engineer
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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