2010-10-13 Board of Ethics Minutes

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Motion and vote: Mr. Heaukulani moved to accept and file Communication No. 2010- 073, Ms. Lum seconded the motion, and all members voted aye. 5. NEW BUSINESS a. Petition No. 2010 -08: Employee's request for informal advisory opinion on whether she may work part -time as a marriage and family therapist in private practice. The Chair pointed out that the petitioner had requested a closed hearing, and Ms. Schoen said the Board would have to vote on that request. Motion and vote: Mr. Balsis moved to go into executive session for a closed hearing on the petition. Mr. Heaukulani seconded the motion, and all members voted aye. 10:26 a.m.: The Board left Regular Session. 10:40 a.m.: The Board returned to Regular Session, and the Chair called for a five - minute recess. 10:46 a.m.: The Chair called the meeting back to order. b. Petition No. 2010 -09: Initial review of petition alleging that an officer and officer's aide improperly used County property and equipment for personal or campaign purposes and improperly engaged in a personal or business relationship as supervisor and subordinate. CHAIR: Board members, just to clarify. This petition is quite involved, and there are several allegations contained therein. Again, to reiterate, this is an initial review for us. What I'd like to do is to have this Board take a look at what we've received thus far and then make a decision whether or not we want to move forward and schedule an informal hearing at a future date, or the other option would be to dismiss. If we do decide to schedule this for a future informal hearing, I'd like you guys to keep in mind what additional information you'd like to request from the petitioner or the respondent. It's my understanding that the respondent is not here today, nor is their counsel present. So I just wanted to show a reason why we need to take a look at what we have thus far and decide what wed like to schedule in the future, if anything at all. Ms. Robert, if you could come up, I'd appreciate it. Now again, to reiterate, we have your petition and the accompanying letter to Corporation Counsel and whatnot. But if you could for our purposes briefly go through the basis and nature of your petition. ROBERT: Yes, my name is Toni Robert. I filed the petition because at a council meeting the Thursday before the date of the petition, during a break, I had approached Councilwoman Naeole to inquire whether or not she needed any assistance, because I knew that the staff that she had was no longer in the office they were on an extended I