HONOLULU -- Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann on Tuesday renewed a longtime request for Oahu to get some of the state's share of uncontested traffic fines.

This time he hoped to convince state legislators to help pay for extra security costs the city incurred guarding the president-elect during his trips to Honolulu.

For decades, Honolulu mayors have asked the state for a share of traffic fines, without success.

The Honolulu Police Department issues traffic tickets for speeding and other infractions. However, the state keeps all the money from them, because state courts collect the fines.

Hannemann said he wants some of those funds for the city to help offset the cost of police protection for Barack Obama. HPD's bill alone was $200,000 for Obama's holiday trip to Hawaii.

"Of course, we didn't budget for it, because we've never had this very unique opportunity," Hannemann said.

The city also spent money to keep paramedics in city ambulances on stand-by during Obama's visits in the past year, Hannemann said. The mayor said he expects more Obama trips to the island during his presidency.

"We'd like for him to visit us as much as possible, and that's a great opportunity, but I can assure you that our public safety resources are drained," the mayor said.

"We'd like for (Obama) to visit ... but I can assure you that our public safety resources are drained." - Mayor Mufi Hannemann

The city is also asking state lawmakers to help it avoid a $1 billion plus bill to upgrade two of Oahu's largest sewage plants after the federal government denied a waiver that allowed primary sewage treatment.

Hannemann wants to force the state Department of Health to update its water quality standards, bringing them into line with federal standards, which are not as strict.

"So the federal government raises the limits on these pollutants and they issue it to all the states. DOH has not adopted that new information, new standards," said Ross Tanimoto of the city Environmental Services Department.

Hannemann also asked the Legislature to establish a loan guarantee program to provide incentives to developers along the rail transit route.

"We really feel that here's an opportunity to really reshape communities, like Waipahu and Kalihi, that are going to be along the rail route," Hannemann said.

The city is also asking the Legislature to repeal the state's administrative fee on rail transit excise tax. The fee us up to about $28 million, much more than it cost the state to administer. Hannemann wants that money to go directly toward rail transit.

Meanwhile, the state's neighbor island mayors asked lawmakers to protect Hawaii's farmers hit hard by the economic downturn. Higher costs and lower demand from the visitor industry threaten to put many farmers out of business, they said.

Among the ideas to help farmers is to give them discounted shipping rates.

All the mayors said they did not ask for long wish lists from the state for construction projects because of the down economy.

"In light of what is happening in the state, throughout the state and the counties, the county of Maui actually is not actually asking for any money items this time around," Maui Mayor Charmaine Tavares said.

The mayors are pleading with lawmakers not to further reduce the counties' share of the hotel room tax, which will already be down because of low tourism numbers.