STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1653

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 804

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 804, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Council on Revenues

G.M. No. 804

DR. CHRISTOPHER J. GRANDY, for a term to expire 6-30-2019,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal statement and resume submitted by Christopher J. Grandy and had the opportunity to discuss with Dr. Grandy his professional and educational background and goals for serving on the Council on Revenues.

     Your Committee received written testimony in support of Dr. Christopher J. Grandy from two individuals.

     Dr. Christopher J. Grandy is an associate professor in the Public Administration Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he has developed and taught courses on public budgeting and applied policy analysis and course modules in critical thinking, economics, legislative and budget processes, ethics, and futures.  Dr. Grandy previously served as an economist at the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.  He has a Doctorate in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from San Francisco State University.

     Your Committee finds that Dr. Grandy has served with distinction on the Council on Revenues for nearly four years and that his wealth of knowledge of local, national, and international economic and government affairs is a valuable asset to the Council and to the State.  Estimates prepared by the Council are considered in preparing the state budget and controlling expenditures, and Dr. Grandy's lengthy experience on the Council will help ensure that it accurately and effectively performs its critical duties of preparing revenue estimates for the State for each fiscal year of the six-year state program and financial plan.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means 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 Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair