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UPDATED: Honolulu City Council chairman breaks out Kleenex to mock mayor’s plea for cooperation in housing proposal.

The extra tax money will go toward paying for cost overruns and revenue shortfalls on the $6.6 billion project.

The Honolulu City Council Budget Committee placed a $1.1 billion cap on spending, although it allowed for some leeway should those funds not be enough.

Honolulu’s City Council will keep debating whether to cap how much money from a five-year GET extension should go to its cash-hungry rail project.

Mayor, City Council Chairman agree they want more accountability on rail project — but differ on how hard a line to draw.

Resolutions also urged tougher enforcement of the sidewalk-nuisance law, an audit of the Section 8 rental-subsidies and faster roll-out of Housing First.

The rail agency needs to issue debt to help with an impending cash flow problem, but there’s still a quandary surrounding several rail votes that were made under questionable circumstances.

A diverse group of more than 40 elected officials wants more options on the table as the merger deal between NextEra and Hawaiian Electric is being considered.

UPDATED Each Honolulu City Council member gets $20,000 a year to cover costs related to official city business.

Despite legal opinions that expansion of the controversial ban is illegal, council members say they must provide relief to other urban areas where homeless people are congregating.