2008-03-12 Board of Ethics Agenda

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BOARD OF ETHICS , County of Hawai‘i 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 325, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 A G E N D A Wednesday, March 12, 2008 – 10:00 a.m. 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 230 (Conference Room) Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the February 12, 2008, Regular Session. Minutes of the February 12, 2008, Executive Session. 4. COMMUNICATIONS a.Communication No. 2008-21:The High Road publication of the Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission, Issue No. 2008-1. b.Communication No. 2008-22: Diane Noda 2/7/08 email to Lincoln Ashida regarding theEthics Guide, p. 3, Fair Treatment. c.Communication Nos. 2008-26 and 2008-27: Email strings from Charles Totto, ethics director and legal counsel for the Honolulu Ethics Commission, regarding Senate Bill 2937 and House Bill 3012 (proposing administrative fines for ethics violations) and House Bill 660 (on impeachment proceedings). d.Informal Advisory Opinion, John Dill’s Concurring Opinion, and Chair Joseph’s Dissenting Opinion pursuant to the Board’s 2/13/08 inquiry and discussion on whether or not it is a violation of the Code of Ethics (by constituting an unfair advantage) for incumbent elected County officials to use County funds to pay for newspaper advertisements in which their photograph is included. 5. NEW BUSINESS a.Petition Nos. 2008-1 and 2008-2: From Elizabeth Hultman-Salfen, regarding: (1) whether there is any ethics violation if she is both a Council Aide for Council Member Bob Jacobson and a member of the County’s Transportation Commission; and (2) whether there is any ethics violation if she is both a Council Aide for Council Member Bob Jacobson and under contract with the Hawai‘i County Resource Center as a Community Liaison, providing facilitation services for community meetings.