The Hawaiʻi Ledger Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026

Maui County · County of Maui

Maui County

One county governs three inhabited islands: Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi. It has no neighborhood board system. The county plans by community plan area, and three planning commissions, one for each island, publish the agendas where projects appear.

Kahoʻolawe: uninhabitedWest Maui Kīhei-Mākena Wailuku-Kahului Makawao-Pukalani-Kula Pāʻia-Haʻikū Hāna Molokaʻi Lānaʻi West MauiKīhei-MākenaWailuku-KahuluiMakawao-Pukalani-KulaPāʻia-HaʻikūHānaMolokaʻiLānaʻi

Boundaries: Maui County Community Plan Boundaries, State of Hawaiʻi GIS. Kahoʻolawe (dashed) is uninhabited. A locator map, not for measurement.

The eight areas

Community plan areaIslandZIP codes it overlapsAgendas matched to it
West MauiMaui96761Maui Planning Commission
Kīhei-MākenaMaui96753, 96790, 96793South Maui Advisory Committee; Maui Planning Commission
Wailuku-KahuluiMaui96732, 96779, 96793Maui Planning Commission
Makawao-Pukalani-KulaMaui96768, 96790Maui Planning Commission
Pāʻia-HaʻikūMaui96708, 96768, 96779Maui Planning Commission
HānaMaui96708, 96713, 96790Hāna Advisory Committee; Maui Planning Commission
MolokaʻiMolokaʻi96729, 96748, 96757, 96770Molokaʻi Planning Commission
LānaʻiLānaʻi96763Lānaʻi Planning Commission

Areas: Maui County Community Plan Boundaries, State of Hawaiʻi GIS (the layer spells names without ʻokina or kahakō; the spellings here are the Ledger's). ZIP codes: Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas that overlap each area. Bodies are matched to areas by name. Which body decides each kind of application was verified Sept. 19, 2026 from the county code and the commissions' rules: who decides what.

Land use: items on file

Maui County land use

From the planning commissions' agendas, read Sept. 19, 2026, in the county's words. 4 agendas have been read for items so far.

Latest board and commission agendas

All meetings
Board of Water Supply
Board of Water Supply
Molokaʻi Planning Commission

From the county's Agenda Center feeds, read Sept. 19, 2026. Titles are the county's. The Ledger lists agendas; it has not summarized them.

Who holds county office

County of Maui Mayor

JurisdictionIncumbentNext election
County of MauiRichard Bissen2026

4 year term beginning noon on second day of January following election. Maximum of 2 consecutive full terms.

County of Maui Councilmembers

JurisdictionIncumbentNext election
East MauiShane Sinenci2026
West MauiTamara Paltin2026
Wailuku-Waihee-WaikapuAlice Lee2026
KahuluiKauanoe Batangan2026
South MauiTom Cook2026
Makawao-Haiku-PaiaNohe Uu-Hodgins2026
UpcountryYuki Lei Sugimura2026
LanaiGabe Johnson2026
MolokaiKeani Rawlins-Fernandez2026

2 year term beginning noon on second day of January following election. Maximum of 5 consecutive full terms. On December 16, 2025, Councilmember Kauanoe Batangan was appointed by Mayor Richard Bissen to fill the vacancy created upon the passing of Tasha Kama.

From the State of Hawaiʻi Office of Elections' Elected Officials page, read Sept. 19, 2026, names and terms as the office prints them. Other county pages and agendas print some names differently; each page prints its own source's form.