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Three weeks until the city budget is due, while the City Council proposes a slew of new resolutions. The mess at the Waimanalo Gulch landfill is still getting cleaned up, and transit officials cross their fingers for good news on rail funding. Civil Beat is tracking all of it, and reporting from the inside.

Opala Field Trip

Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle‘s advisory committee on landfill site-selection meets today for the second time. The state Land Use Commission required the city to form the group as part of a permit extension for continued use of Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill for municipal solid waste disposal.

Inside Honolulu is joining the 12-member group on an all-day field trip to PVT Landfill, Waimanalo Gulch, H-POWER, Schnitzer Steel and RRR Recycling.

The members of the advisory committee are as follows:

Bruce Anderson

David Arakawa
Thomas Arizumi
David Cooper
John DeSoto
John Goody
Joe Lapilio
Tesha Mālama
Janice Marsters
Richard Poirier
Chuck Prentiss
George West

Check back for complete coverage of that field trip in coming days.

Catch Up on Inside Honolulu

Feb. 9, 2011: Rail critics turn out for Wayne Yoshioka nomination hearing; Mayor Peter Carlisle pushes back his inaugural ball to April.

Feb. 8, 2011: Council committee moves forward Gary Cabato and Sam Moku nominations; Bill to ban Segways from city parks put on hold; Oahu residents could see water bills spike.

Feb. 7, 2011: Council clashes over response to Rush Limbaugh comment; Bryan Mick withdraws nomination to Neighborhood Commission; Carrie Okinaga says mayor has “phenomenal” pick for city’s next top lawyer.

Feb. 4, 2011: City zoo could get giant bats; State wants city’s rail funds; Homeless assistance programs get a boost from the feds.

Feb. 3, 2011: Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa ratchets up fight against landfill; FTA to announce New Starts funding any day.

Feb. 2, 2011: Landfill hearing gets heated; Tom Berg wants to meet fellow tea partier Michele Bachmann; City Council asks Rush Limbaugh to apologize; Rail lawsuits start trickling in.

Feb. 1, 2011: Bulky item pick-up to start again; Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz introduces bill that would create development exceptions for rail; Tom Berg invites anti-rail groups into his office to discuss next steps in rail opposition.