2006-08-09 Board of Ethics Minutes regular

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applications, but now the Corporation Counsel is handling this. In the transition, the whole issue of keeping track of commissioners and applicants was not addressed. A database is currently being worked on; and in the future there will be a database maintained of who is to file financial disclosures, and the filing will be followed up on. Ms. Sharpless said she does not want to get into the issue of what to do with people who do not file the disclosures. She said she would like copies of the various state and county disclosure forms to work from. She would also like to have some consideration, perhaps by another subcommittee, about the Sunshine Law class and what can be done so that all employees are aware of certain things. Ms. Leithead -Todd apologized, as she had meant to send the members the State Ethics checklist and how it was converted to be applicable to the County Code of Ethics, as well as a handout on the Ethics Code and some specific examples of what might be violations based upon cases she was familiar with. She will make sure copies get mailed to the members. She said the Board could adopt it as an official handout and make a request that when board members are taught about the Sunshine Law, it be part of that training. The Chair said this should go on the October agenda. Ms. Lum said they did not hear from Mr. Inouye on whether he wanted the current form brought into line with the State form, and he said he does. Motion and Vote: Mr. Joseph moved to accept and defer the subcommittee's report and action until the October agenda. Mr. Inouye seconded the motion, and all members voted aye. 7. EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion and Vote: Mr. Joseph moved to enter executive session, Mr. Inouye seconded the motion, and all members voted aye. The Board moved into Executive Session at 11:30 a.m. and re- entered Regular Session at 11:40 a.m., at which time the Chair announced that the Board had reviewed the financial disclosures of Mark Fujimoto, Michael Sumja, and Fred Takeo Yamashiro. Motion and Vote: Mr. Joseph moved to accept and file the financial disclosures of Mr. Fujimoto, Mr. Sumja, and Mr. Yamashiro. Mr. Inouye seconded the motion, and all members voted aye. 8. ANNOUNCEMENT The Chair announced that Ms. Sharpless will not be able to attend any meeting in September, so suggestions and discussion regarding the Sunshine Law and financial disclosures were deferred to October. The Chair again announced that a special meeting is scheduled for August 30, 2006. Ms. Leithead -Todd said that in an abundance of caution, it may be best for the Board to amend the 10