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Veterans Advisory Committee <br />November 19, 2025 <br />Page 2 <br />ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES <br />Chair M Doolittle: Introduced August 27, 2025 minutes. <br />M Hanato moved to accept minutes. <br />M Brinkley seconded the motion. <br />All stated aye. Minutes accepted. <br />OLD BUSINESS <br />a. Update on information for veteran homelessness and veteran suicide in Hawaii County. <br />Not discussed <br />b. Update on proposed amendment to Section 15-61, Hawaii County Code. <br />i. Council Member Hustace, at the request of the Veterans Advisory Committee, <br />introduced the proposed Code Amendment at the October 21, 2025 Policy <br />Committee on Health, Safety, and Well-being. <br />Been through first reading, second reading November 19, 2025. <br />D Lewis: Reason proposed, to continue to make committee function better. In the past, <br />only topic was cemeteries. Also, didn't have enough for quorum because members <br />needed to be designated from specific organizations. <br />Chair M Doolittle: Had a structural problem committee was trying to fix. <br />c. Discussion on Creation of Display Case for Artifacts from Camp Tarawa to be di <br />at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole. <br />Vice -Chair M Brinkley: Committee discussed recommending to Mayor that Mayor's <br />carpenter make a display case, same as the Sister Cities display case. People at the <br />airport approved it, as long as it matches other case. Had money procured from CM <br />Evans to cover costs. Display case did not get approved with new administration. Would <br />like committee to recommend again that the case be manufactured by the Mayor's <br />carpenter. <br />