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HULTMAN- SALFEN: I would —I don't really know the answer to that, but I would <br />believe it would be County funds and grants and, you know, but they've never <br />discussed with me how they fund my— <br />DILL: Okay. As an independent contractor, so in tax season you get a 1099 from the <br />County or from the Resource Center? <br />HULTMAN- SALFEN: From the —I believe it says County of Hawai `i, Research and <br />Development. <br />DILL: Okay, so that's —the contract is with the Hawai `i County Resource Center, or <br />County of Hawai `i? I'm just trying to see who pays the bills. Your contract is just <br />solely with the Resource Center, not the County? <br />HULTMAN- SALFEN: It's the County of Hawai `i as the Resource — Research and <br />Development, because I don't think they're separate. I think that the Research and <br />Development Center is always part of the County. <br />DILL: How is the program going? What —would you say the state of the program is <br />successful? <br />HULTMAN- SALFEN.• I think we've been very successful. When I started out, it was <br />basically to get community involvement in meetings for various issues, mostly with <br />the Community Development Plan. And we've had —doing small group meetings, and <br />we hosted over 130 small group meetings, and so really to bring the community in to <br />know what's happening with the County. Because most people in Puna, they don't— <br />you know, it's hard to reach them through the newspaper or advertising, so Igo out <br />and talk to community associations or people, and that's how we get community <br />involvement to come in, and then facilitate the meetings that are planned. <br />DILL: So I would think that —do you work with Emily Nae `ole a lot? <br />HULTMAN- SALFEN: Actually, no. <br />CHAIR: You don't have much interaction with any of the Council members other <br />than your new employer? <br />HULTMAN- SALFEN: That would be correct. <br />CHAIR: Any further questions? Any thoughts anyone wants to just throw out? <br />LUM: Well, I'm thinking that this work tends to be in a totally different district, and I <br />assume at some point there might be some overlap of districts, but it doesn't seem to <br />be a big issue. <br />NICHOLSON: I make a motion that we find no, what's the word — conflict, regarding <br />Petition Number 2008 -2 for Elizabeth J. Hultman - Salfen, is that right? <br />14 <br />