The Honolulu City Council seeks to hold Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s administration more accountable over the funding appropriations it provides for the city’s use each year.

To that end, the Council is pushing Bills 64 and 65 which, if approved, would each require the city to offer a greater degree of financial reporting over lapsed, or unspent, funds from past budget cycles.

Specifically, the proposed legislation would require the city Department of Budget and Fiscal Services to provide the Council this information starting in December, ahead of the city’s public budgeting process that typically runs from March through June.

City officials, however, balk at the proposed reporting regime.

They argue potential passage of bills on unspent money will be “burdensome,” creating extra or even re

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