2009-10-14 Board of Ethics Minutes

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prohibit self - dealing conflicts of interest. That is already the law. What we need to do is enforce the law, not have an artificial statement that if you're a minority -owned interest and you're a County employee, you don't you're not entitled to provide services to the County. CHAIR: Okay, and excuse me, if you could just wrap it up statements from the public we typically limit to three minutes per issue, but DELIMA: - -Okay, I'll just end this way. I have three charts that's attached to the process, and I just wanted to demonstrate real quickly that the three charts essentially point out that through the competitive bidding process, Kama `aina, Inc. and you saw part of your proposal, so you can see that they substantially are the lowest bidder not by a little bit, but substantially the lowest bidder in every single year that they've bid. So you got the charts, and I can make them available. But every single year that they bid, from 1996 when Kama `aina Pumping, Inc., first got the first sealed contract in other words, Kama `aina Pumping, Inc., they've been in the press, but the bottom line is every time they got a contract with the County, it's been through the sealed bidding process. It's been through the sealed bidding process. And that's the basic point. I'd be happy to answer any questions. CHAIR: Questions from the Board? DELIMA: Thank you for your time. CHAIR: Thank you. L CM.• Thank you. CHAIR: Before we move on, I see that the Mayor has come to discuss his proposed changes to the Ethics Code, and I know he has a very busy schedule, so I'd like to allow this time for them to come up and discuss Mr. Dayton, you as well, you and the Mayor? DAYTON: If necessary, Mr. Chairman. CHAIR: If you guys come up, we'll move you guys up, because I know you have a full schedule. I just want to clarify that I'm looking at today's meeting as an information gathering session from the Mayor and his team regarding these proposed changes. We don't necessarily want to make any decisions on it today, but rather hear their side and what their motivations are behind this, and then look at ways we can get more information from the public in the future. So thank you for coming today, Mayor, and Mr. Dayton. You guys have the floor. MAYOR: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and distinguished members of our community who serve on the County Board of Ethics. Thank you all for your service. All of you perform a critical role in the administration of the County of Hawai `i. You and your colleagues help the public confidence in government. We submit to all of you proposed amendments to the County Code of Ethics. To further your efforts, we hope