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Smith: Okay, any other comments? <br />There were no further comments from Commissioners. <br />Smith: If not, moving right along. <br />Item No. 3: Has your board/commission retained its value to the community and <br />achieved positive results? <br />Any feedback? I think it does, I agree with Dawn. <br />Nishimoto: I do too. <br />Smith: Item No. 4: Is your meeting frequency optimized? <br />Nishimoto: I believe it is. There are manageable items on the agenda each month, I <br />think it's optimized. <br />Smith: Yes, okay. I think the other part too is we need to be responsive to the <br />community, and to hold an applicant hostage by us not having a meeting impacts them, <br />so I agree that monthly is good. And, I think the other thing that the Department does <br />that's really good is that Gerald and Brandon are willing to approve things that we ratify <br />later, and not hold up an applicant when in their mind, we're compliant with the intent of <br />the rules, so I think that's very good. <br />Item No. 5: Has lack of quorums been a problem and affected effectiveness? <br />Thomas: Not since I've been here. <br />Smith: So far, no, but today was close. Just so it's clear to everybody, we need to <br />have unanimity when we vote today, otherwise we can't decide on an item, so typically <br />not, but today we were close. <br />Ibarra: Let me comment, I take it that we could have had this meeting as a hybrid, with <br />some of the Commissioners will appear by Zoom. <br />Takase: You know, we're kind of in a funny position right now because Zoom meetings <br />were allowed because of COVID (coronavirus disease), I'm not really sure, I don't know. <br />Cody might know, I'm not sure if we're still under any of the Governor's mandates? <br />Ibarra: Because I'm on the Governor's Prison Oversight Commission, and we do have <br />a hybrid type of meeting because most of the Commissioners are in Honolulu. <br />Takase: So, one of the Governor's things was that you could meet by Zoom, or you <br />could meet in person, but you had to choose one or the other. So, if you met in person, <br />the whole Board had to be there, so that's kind of what we've been operating under. <br />Now, it was going to get crucial today if you weren't able to make it, and I was just going <br />MINUTES - LIQUOR COMMISSION MEETING - THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2022 - KONA PAGE 21 OF 31 <br />