Mayor Michael Victorino is proposing a nearly $829 million budget for fiscal year 2022, which starts July 1. While the proposal outlines a decrease in operating costs, it calls for about $20 million more in capital improvement projects than the current budget. Some of those projects include:

• $15 million for War Memorial Gym repairs and replacing gym flooring, bleachers and air conditioning.

• $13 million for the West Maui Recycled Water System expansion.

• $12 million to stabilize the eroding slopes in Haiku and Kahakuloa and prevent future rockfall at Kalepa Point.

• $10.5 million for the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility R-1 process expansion.

• $10 million for countywide recovery and relief efforts for COVID-19.

• $4 million for a new Lanai Youth Center and Skate Park.

• $3 million for county service improvements at Old Hana School.

• $3 million for the county’s emergency fund.

• $2 million for a Lanai Agricultural Park.

• $1.5 million for the Maui Visitors Bureau.

• $1.5 million for the Agricultural Micro Grants Program.

• $1 million for the Climate Change, Resiliency and Sustainability Office to implement recommendations from various studies and plans.

• $400,000 for the creation and implementation of a master plan and management strategy for Moku’ula and Mokuhia.

• $200,000 for Halau Ke’alaokamaile’s building fund capital campaign for an educational and community facility.

• $150,000 for the restoration of Ka’ahumanu Church.