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TAKEMOTO: No, that's all right. <br />CHAIR: If we could get a motion to— <br />MARTIN: I so move. <br />CHAIR: Okay. <br />GENTRY. Move to defer again -- second. <br />CHAIR: All in favor? <br />MARTIN, GENTRY, and NICHOLSON (simultaneously): Aye. <br />CHAIR: Thank you, Mr. Takemoto, I appreciate it. <br />GENTRY.- Thank you so much. <br />Mr. Takemoto left the meeting at 10:18 a.m. <br />b. Discussion on Section 2 -91.1 of the Hawaii County Code (financial <br />disclosures and disclosures of interest): Proposal to (1) amend the current <br />instruction sheet that accompanies the Confidential Financial Disclosure <br />Form; (2) clarify the information that must be disclosed; and (3) recommend <br />that the County have a uniform instruction sheet for both public and <br />confidential disclosures. <br />Ms. Schoen said that the change in administration precipitated many questions regarding <br />financial disclosures. One issue that came up is that, under the current requirements, a disclosure <br />is to be filed upon leaving the County, upon being appointed, and also in January each year. <br />This resulted in some employees having to file three disclosures. <br />Another issue that came up was whether assets of a spouse or dependent children and <br />401K mutual funds need to be included on the disclosure. In addition, there were questions <br />about which disclosure form to use and the due dates. <br />Regarding mutual funds, Ms. Schoen said she advised people that they should be <br />disclosed if the value is more than $5,000. However, people would not necessarily know what <br />investments are made with the mutual funds. <br />There are two disclosure forms in use, and they are slightly different from each other. <br />One form gets filed with the County Clerk and is open to the public. The other form gets filed <br />with the Board of Ethics and is confidential. The Board's form has an accompanying instruction <br />sheet. Although the two forms are different, the information they require is identical. <br />Ms. Schoen reported that she spoke to the County Clerk, Ken Goodenow, and he <br />supported having a uniform instruction sheet for both public and confidential disclosures. She <br />