2008-03-12 Board of Ethics Minutes Regular Session

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DILL: Just wanted to bring that up. CHAIR: Thank you. Let's see, would you like to give us some background first? LIVELY: I don't need that. Let's see, like Liz I do wear a couple different hats in my community, one of them being a board member with the Grassroots Community Development Group. We oversee an after- school program at the Ola `a Community Center, which is physically located on the Kea `au Middle School campus. We have a staff of three, sometimes four, that runs an after- school program and also a summer program. I have to say that this is just one of the, you know, many things that I do And this particular group —I have missed probably the last four meetings, which is where they kind of discussed the programs and the budgeting and all of that, so I really wouldn't have too much information on that. But I basically just am asking for an opinion, because Councilmember Jacobson is wanting to transfer contingency funds to help with the program. We also have a grant proposal before the Human Resources Committee for a County non-profit grant award. So lama voting member on the board. I am not a paid staff member, which is what the funding would be for. So basically, that's it. LUM.• And with Councilmember Jacobson, you are? LIVELY.• Oh, wait, wait -1'm sorry. I'm sorry, I am also an employee of Councilmember Jacobson. Yes, I am his legislative assistant. CHAIR: Do you also live in District 5? LIVELY.• I do. I live in District 5, yes. Councilmember Jacobson, of course, represents District 6 L UM- And Ola `a is in district – LIVELY.- Actually, I believe it's in- LUM: --Hilo— LIVELY.- - -Yes, I believe it's 3 or 4 CHAIR: It's kind of divided into three pieces— LIVELY: - -1 do believe it's -- LUM: - -It's a totally different district. LIVELY. It is. But it's all, you know, lower Puna. CHAIR: Yeah, Kurtistown- 17