2008-10-08 Board of Ethics Minutes

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4. COMMUNICATIONS a. Communication No. 2008 -_: Informal Advisory Opinion for Petition No. 2008 -8 regarding Councilmember Emily Naeole. Motion and vote: Ms. Lum moved to accept the opinion for signature, Ms. Nicholson seconded the motion, and all members voted aye. The Chair signed off on the original Informal Advisory Opinion. 5. NEW BUSINESS a. Petition No. 2008 -9: Regarding Fire Inspector Bobby Perreira, alleging that he violated Sections 2 -83 (fair treatment) and 2 -84 (conflicts of interest) of the Code of Ethics. LUM: At this point I would like to add in Section 2 -91.4 onto that. CHAIR: Okay. Do we need a motion for that? LUM: We could move— CHAIR: - -Okay, clarify that you want to add— L UM: - -It seemed to me that it would be appropriate to consider that in this whole hearing, so I move that we add that into the petition. It's 2 -91.5 on gifts. CHAIR: Okay, just to clarify that the petitioner, Ivan Takamoto, did not reference that section of the Code of Ethics in his petition. He specifically referenced Section 2 -83 and 2 -84. Since we are discussing what this petition applies to, 1—well, before we begin, I'd like to disclose that I do know Mr. Perreira from past projects that I worked on up at the Hilo Hospital. We did two projects, one at the veterans' home and one at the emergency room, and at some point during that project we did need an inspection and we also needed an opinion on some code issues. I think the extent of my communication with him was possibly a phone call or two and maybe an email or a letter, but there is nothing outstanding for that project, and I feel I can kind of preside over these issues without any kind of bias or undue influence. So I have no issues whatsoever with that. Do you guys have any comments? L UM: No. NICHOLSON: No. CHAIR: Okay, so continuing on— L UM: - -Was that a motion, that we add that in, or I'm just doing it? 2