2011-01-12 Board of Ethics Minutes

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CADAOAS: Here I am. CHAIR: Okay, could you come up and I had trouble deciphering your last name, sir. CADAOAS: My name's Michael Cadaoas. CHAIR: What's the last name one more time? CADAOAS: Cadaoas. CHAIR: Cadaoas. Okay. All right, and you are the section you're looking at here is can you help me out, counsel? What Ethics Code section are we looking at here? SCHOEN: Well your honor sorry, not your honor. Mr. Chair. Actually, there is no specific provision stated in the petition itself, but I read that there are three allegations. Actually, why don't you just look at page 2, statement of the position or contention of the petitioner. So the first sentence appears to be a question regarding whether or not Councilmember Yagong has any connection to Malama Market. So that is not specifically addressed to a specific Ethics Code section. The second sentence does request inquiry regarding conflict of interest. So that section would be 2 -84, and I would probably think it's (a)(1), no officer or employee shall take any official action directly affecting a business or undertaking in which that officer or employee has a substantial financial interest. And then lastly, regarding whether or not there was a violation of the financial disclosure requirements. But yet again, you might want to inquire with the petitioner since it's his petition. CADAOAS: Also I looked at section 2 -86, informal advisory opinion, (b). CHAIR: Yes? CADAOAS: Any person or the Board itself may petition the Board for an informal advisory opinion in an alleged violation of the Code of Ethics. CHAIR: Right. Yeah, that's the basis of your being here today, and that's why we're trying to figure out if we're going to move this to an informal, formal, or dismiss with cause, without cause or whatnot, okay. Well, thank you for taking the time and coming here. I did review your petition, your statement, as well as the minutes from the meeting, the August meeting, as well as the financial disclosure forms. One question I had for counsel and/or Mary. The financial disclosure forms that are attached for Mr. Yagong for 2008 essentially, the one I'm questioning is the last one, the front page, we have a received stamp there. It's got the it's crossed, it's 2010, correct? SCHOEN: Mr. Chair, I'm not sure what that is. As an elected official, Council Chair Yagong would file his financial disclosure with the Clerk's Office, so I don't know what that is. I