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<br />BOARD OF ETHICS <br />, County of Hawai‘i <br />101 Aupuni Street, Suite 325, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br />A G E N D A <br />Wednesday, February 13, 2008 – 10:00 a.m. <br />nd <br />333 Kilauea Avenue, 2 Floor <br /> (Council Chambers) <br />Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS <br />3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />Minutes of the January 9, 2008, Regular Session. <br />Minutes of the January 9, 2008, Executive Session. <br />4. COMMUNICATIONS <br />a.Communication No. 2008-11: The Board’s Informal Advisory Concerning Use of <br />County Funds for Mail-Outs Within Six Months of an Election for Public Office. <br />b.Communication No. 2008-9: January 24, 2008, email from Charles Totto, ethics <br />director and legal counsel for the Honolulu Ethics Commission, regarding 2008 <br />legislative bills affecting county ethics agencies, including House Bill 660, Senate <br />Bill 2612, and Senate Bill 2937. <br />c.Communication Nos. 2008-14 and 2008-18: January 30, 2008, email from Charles <br />Totto, ethics director and legal counsel for the Honolulu Ethics Commission, <br />regarding Senate Bill 2937, which is about ethics procedures for civil fines, and his <br />February 4, 2008, testimony before the Senate Committee on Intergovernmental and <br />Military Affairs on the matter. <br />5. NEW BUSINESS <br />Investigation/inquiry pursuant to a resolution by the Board into whether or not it is a <br />violation of the Code of Ethics (by constituting an unfair advantage) forincumbent <br />elected County officials to use County funds to pay for newspaper advertisements in <br />which their photograph is included, and prospective issuance of an advisory opinion. <br />6. <br />Proposal to amend County Code Section 2-91.1(a)(4), which defines “regulatory” <br />employees, to include supervisors of inspectors and inspectors employed by the <br />Department of Environmental Management. <br /> <br />