Agency on Elderly Affairs

Declaration of Purpose. This Section shall provide a more permanent status to the present organization titled "Kaua'i County Committee on Aging" established by Resolution No. 38 (1964) of the then Board of Supervisors and to separate the advisory committee and the administrative agency involved in the program for the elderly. The declaration of purpose set forth in Chapter 349, Hawai'i Revised Statutes, shall be adopted by the County as its purpose in establishing the County's program for the elderly.Organization and Administration. There shall be an administrative agency titled "Agency on Elderly Affairs" under the Mayor's office to perform the administrative duties related to all programs relating to the elderly. The office shall be headed by an executive on aging appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Advisory Council. The executive on aging may establish staff positions as may be funded by the County Council and as may be within the funds available for staffing from Federal, State, or County funds. To the extent that funding is non-County, positions based on that funding may be created without Council action.Annual Budget. The executive on aging shall prepare an annual budget for the Agency on Elderly Affairs commencing with the annual budget for fiscal year 2008-2009. The annual budget shall include an accounting of all funds to be received from all sources, including County, State and Federal funds, and for all expenditures to be made from such funds. This annual budget shall be furnished to the Director of Community Assistance, who shall in turn furnish this budget to the Director of Finance and the Mayor, who shall submit it as part of the annual budget ordinance of the County to the Council, as provided in the Kaua'i County Charter. No funds shall be expended from any accounts unless authorized by the County pursuant to the budgetary process. The use of all Federal funds proposed in the Agency on Elderly Affairs' budget shall be subject to all applicable Federal regulations, laws and restrictions.All agreements, contracts, documents and other written instruments relating to the operations of the Agency on Elderly Affairs shall be prepared by the Executive on Aging and approved by the Mayor or Director of Finance, as provided in the Kaua'i County Charter or Kaua'i County Code, 1987, Council approval shall also be obtained.Advisory Council. An advisory council titled "Elderly Affairs Advisory Council" shall be established to advise the Executive on Aging on matters relating to the programs, interests and needs of the elderly. The advisory council shall consist of not less than 15 members who shall be appointed by the Mayor. The composition of the advisory council and its regulations shall be as set forth in Chapter 349, Hawai'i Revised Statutes.