ROH §2-18.6
Mayor must send detailed line-item budgets to the council
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗When the mayor gives the council the budget, the mayor must also give line-by-line details for each activity in the operating budget and for large capital projects. The details must show salaries, current expenses, and equipment, with extra information for items over $50,000. The numbers must add up to the total budget.
The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Line-item budget details
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) At the same time the mayor submits the budget documents specified in Charter § 9-102.1 to the council, the mayor also shall submit related line-item budget details for each budgeted activity in the executive operating budget bill, according to salary, current expense, and equipment expenditure categories.
(1) The line-item budget for salary cost items shall include but not be limited to the class description of budgeted positions.
(2) The line-item budget for current expenses shall include but not be limited to the object description of each item. For line items exceeding $50,000, additional information shall be provided, including descriptions of the budgeted items or services, or both.
(3) The line-item budget for equipment shall include but not be limited to a listing of the type of equipment. For line items exceeding $50,000, additional information shall be provided, including description and purpose of the budgeted equipment.
(4) The amounts displayed in the details shall total to the activity appropriations of the budget.
(b) At the same time the mayor submits the budget documents specified in Charter § 9-102.1 to the council, the mayor also shall submit related line-item budget details for each miscellaneous project in the executive capital budget bill exceeding $50,000, such as ADA improvements, public building facilities improvements, rehabilitation of streets, landscape improvements, playfield lighting improvements, reconstruction of wastewater systems for various parks, renovation of recreational facilities, etc. As used in this subsection, “miscellaneous project” means a single capital project that provides a lump-sum appropriation for a number of similar projects.
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