(BIVN) – The Waimea Community Association’s first town meeting of the new year was held on the evening of Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Big Island Video News recorded the entire discussion, which includes:

• Hawai’i County Council update from Chair Valerie Poindexter
• Waimea crime report from Kelena Hoʻokano, a South Kohala community policing officer
• Spotlighted community non-profit: North Hawai’i Hospice
• 2018 Legislative outlook from State Senator Lorraine Inouye
• 2018 Legislative outlook from State Representative Cindy Evans
• Introduction to the County of Hawaii’s legislative liaison during the 2018 session, Andy Levin
• Update from State Department of Agriculture Chair Scott Enright
• Questions from the public