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<br />COST OF GOVERNMENT COMMISSION <br />c/o Office of the Corporation Counsel, 101 Aupuni Street, <br />Suite 325, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br />MINUTES AS AMENDED <br />Wednesday, June 8, 2011 – 10:00 a.m. <br />Hawai‘i County Building, Puna Conference Room <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1501 <br />Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />MS. NICHOLSON: <br /> Okay. We have a quorum. I’d like to call the meeting to order. <br />We’ll wait for Patricia to come in. She’ll be getting here eventually. It’s 10:10 a.m. <br />Present: Absent: <br />Marilyn Nicholson, Chair Patricia Provalenko <br />Gloria Wong, Vice Chair <br />Kenneth Armour <br />Glen Matsuda <br />Eileen O’Hara <br />Bill Takaba, ex-officio <br />Kathy Garson, Assistant Corporation Counsel <br />Shanell Sarsuelo <br />Sandra Arriola <br />STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: <br />MS. NICHOLSON: <br /> Okay. We do have a member of the public here. We would like to <br />now accept Statements to the public. This is Shelly Stevens Mahi. <br />MS. STEVENS MAHI <br />: My name is Shelly Stevens Mahi. I was told about this meeting. <br />And I just wanted to commend the county on their services and work that they provide <br />for the public. I’m not here to actually represent all Hawaiians or anything like that. I <br />just want to make a statement that from what I’ve been told that the county is very vital <br />for services. I just talked with Mr. Oshiro to the effect that in the preservation of <br />services, we do want to preserve the county but in a fashion that needs to be retrofitted <br />to actually start following certain laws and statutes that are already on the books so far <br />as there is actually a long list of categories of things that are not being followed. Can I <br />have that pink piece of paper. First of all, I wanted to discuss the issue of the tax <br />consolidating and tax enforcement. There’s been some things that have come about <br />that have actually violated the law. And that is forced removal of native tenants, and <br />Hawaiians, from their lands who have not paid so called taxes. I’m personally in favor <br />of taxes for services and what not. But so far as if it’s legal or illegal so far as that <br />Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br /> <br />