STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1619

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 559, 560

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 559 and 560, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Board of Trustees of the Deferred Compensation Plan

 

G.M. No. 559

KEN KITAMURA,

for a term to expire 06-30-2021; and

 

G.M. No. 560

KEN KITAMURA,

for a term to expire 06-30-2025,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by Ken Kitamura for service on the Board of Trustees of the Deferred Compensation Plan (Board).

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination for the appointment and reappointment of Mr. Kitamura from the Deferred Compensation Plan and Department of Human Resources Development.

 

     Your Committee finds that Mr. Kitamura has been serving on the Board as an interim employee member since July 2020, and has also served as an ex-officio member from 2018 to 2019, as a designee of the Director of the Department of Budget and Finance.  Your Committee notes that Mr. Kitamura has over three decades of experience within the state government serving in various positions.  He has been serving as the Business Management Officer of the Department of Human Services, Fiscal Management Office since January 2014.  From February 2018 to January 2019, he also served as the Deputy Director of the Department of Budget and Finance.  Before that, Mr. Kitamura served as an Administrative Services Officer, Business Manager, and Program Budget Analyst of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Business Services Officer of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor; Legislative Aide in the Office of a Honolulu Councilmember; Special Projects Manager and Budget Supervisor of the Senate Ways and Means Committee; Associate Auditor of the Office of the Legislative Auditor; and Analyst of the Senate President's Office.

 

     Your Committee further notes that Mr. Kitamura earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from Chaminade University of Honolulu and a Master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

 

     Your Committee finds that Mr. Kitamura's education, extensive record in public service, deep understanding of government budgetary functions and fiscal management, and current and previous service on the Board as an employee member and ex-officio member will continue to be tremendous assets to the Board and the participants of the Deferred Compensation Plan.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair