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*.YOSN Lincoln S.T.Ashida <br /> William P. Kenoi ti el Corporation Counsel <br /> Mayor . It•. <br /> r� Katherine A. Garson <br /> 1.,�_of ' <br /> Assistant Corporation <br /> i s <br /> Counsel <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII <br /> OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL <br /> 333 Kilauea Avenue, Second Floor • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8251 • Fax(808)961-8622 <br /> E-mail: corpcounsel @co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> March 14, 2012 <br /> Sent via email; no hard copy will follow ; <br /> Chairman Dominic Yagong and Members of the J <br /> Hawai'i County Council <br /> County of Hawai'i <br /> 25 Aupuni St. <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 9? <br /> o <br /> Dear Chairman Yagong and Council Members: Ls-, <br /> RE: Request for executive session regarding any and all claims, <br /> administrative appeals and other related legal hearings and matters <br /> (including present and subsequent litigation involving the County) <br /> pertaining to Glen Shikuma, Patricia Nakamoto, Shyla Ayau and an <br /> unnamed former employee of the County of Hawai'i: A request to <br /> hire special counsel to represent only the County of Hawaii in the <br /> aforementioned legal matters and areas; said request for special <br /> counsel is NOT for the purpose of hiring attorneys for the <br /> aforementioned former employees, or for any Council member or the <br /> County Clerk who may be sued in their individual capacities <br /> Please accept this letter as a corrected communication for placement of <br /> the above-matter on the Hawai'i County Council's meeting agenda for March 21, <br /> 2012. We respectfully request the above caption be included on the meeting <br /> agenda. <br /> At the onset, we thank and commend the Chairman of the Council and <br /> Councilwoman Brenda Ford for bringing to the Council's attention the potential <br /> Sunshine Law problem we discussed on March 9, 2012. We appreciate <br /> Chairman Yagong's willingness to self-report the possibly inadequate verbiage <br /> contained in his communication 586 that was the subject of the Council's <br /> discussion on February 15, 2012, regarding a potential Sunshine Law violation. <br /> Unfortunately, the scope of the request made by Corporation Counsel exceeded <br /> the verbiage set forth in Chairman Yagong's communication. <br /> So there is no ambiguity as to the specific request Corporation Counsel is <br /> making, with the permission of the Council, we will read the following into the <br /> record at the time the Council is called upon to vote: (oa. • <br /> Comm. No. <br /> Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider Ref. To ' <br /> Ref. Date ' • 1 I <br />