2007-06-13 Board of Ethics Minutes Regular Session mc

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HAWAII COUNTY BOARD OF ETHICS MINUTES — REGULAR SESSION' Wednesday, June 13, 2007 — 10:35 a.m. Department of Liquor Control — Conference Room 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 230 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Present: Wayne Joseph, Chair Kendall Sharpless, Member John Dill, Member Lincoln S. T. Ashida, Corporation Counsel (counsel for the Board) Renee N. Schoen, Deputy Corporation Counsel (counsel for the Board) Mary E. Crosson (secretary for the Board) Others present: Jason Armstrong, Hunter Bishop, Nancy Burns, Dr. Keola Downing, Kenneth Goodenow, Gwen Kapahu, Gerard Lee Loy, Emily Nae`ole, Del Pranke, Stanley Roehrig, Amy Self (and others, names unknown) 1. CALL TO ORDER (10:35 a.m.) CHAIR: Thank you, everyone, for being patient. We'll now call the Board of Ethics to order. First item on the agenda is statements from the public, and would you like to give your statement now or when we get to that specific item on the agenda? 2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS ASHIDA: Mr. Chairman -- CHAIR: Yes -- ASHIDA: - -if I may address the public? Good morning, everyone. My name is Lincoln Ashida. I'm the Corporation Counsel, and I represent the Board of Ethics. Thank you for all being here today, it's nice to see so many people here. It would be the first time that I cover the Board of Ethics that this many people are here, it's just my luck I guess. We have two major items on the agenda today, and I surmise that maybe a majoritya number of you are here for those items. If you look at the agenda there, and number 5, petition numbers 07 -03, involving Councilmember Bob Jacobson, and the next item, 07 -04, involving Councilmember Emily Nae`ole. Both items appear on the agenda, and under our State Sunshine Law, any member of the public is free to offer ' Minutes are verbatim for agenda items 1 through 5 due to the subject matter. For the rest of the agenda, minutes are summarized.