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HAWAII COUNTY BOARD OF ETHICS <br />MINUTES — REGULAR SESSION' <br />Wednesday, January 13, 2010 <br />10:00 a.m. — 11:39 a.m. <br />101 Aupuni Street, Suite 230 <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Present: John E. K. Dill, Chair <br />Ann Lum, Vice Chair <br />Marilyn Nicholson, Member <br />Diane Gentry, Member <br />Arthur Martin, Member <br />Renee N. C. Schoen, Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />Mary E. Crosson, Secretary for the Board <br />Also present at times: Margaret Wille, Joan Castberg, and Leanna Gloor <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />10:00 a.m. The Chair called the meeting to order. <br />2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS <br />The Chair called up Margaret Wille, who had signed up to testify regarding the Mayor's <br />proposed amendments to the Ethics Code. <br />WILLS: Margaret Wille. I'm from Waimea. I'm an attorney. I have a small practice <br />there, but I also do a lot of community work. I was on the Mayor's South Kohala <br />Community Development Plan Steering Committee, and I'm a member of the Waimea <br />Community Association board of directors and other organizations. I am, though, <br />speaking just on my own behalf, not on behalf of anyone or any organization. And I just <br />sort of overriding concerns. I've really you know, the rule of law and process and <br />integrity of process, and that the County and government officials should set an example <br />as to how, as to process and ethical conduct. And I guess first I just like I just want to <br />comment on Mayor Kenoi 's proposals, and I saw that it was there was some comment, <br />well there hasn't been really much interest by the public, so I just want you to know there <br />is interest, and in some ways I've looked at this before, when you were meeting, and I <br />thought well, that's obvious, that's obvious, and that's not just that it certainly is time <br />for these changes to be made. And I think that there's sort of a growing process and <br />expectation that they'll be sort of reasonable procedures. I guess I wanted to focus first <br />is really hoping and encouraging you all to really pursue the changes in the state law <br />' Minutes in italics are verbatim. Blanks indicate inaudible or indecipherable speech. <br />