2011-08-10 Board of Ethics Minutes

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constitutional rights, in violation of Sections 2-83(a)(3) and 2-83(b) of the Hawaii County Code of Ethics. Motion and vote: Mr. Henricks moved to approve the order as drafted, Mr. Hisashima seconded the motion, and they and Mr. Balsis voted aye. Mr. Balsis turned the meeting back over to Mr. Dill as chair. Ms. Schoen then clarified that Mr. Heaukulani needed to take over as chair for agenda item 5e, as Mr. Dill had earlier recused himself. Mr. Henricks was also recused from agenda item 5e. e. Petition No. 2011-07: Review draft order dismissing the petition by Dan Cole, which alleged that Nancy Crawford, “by offering solely to the Bank of Hawaii the purchase of Hawai‘i County General Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes . . . provided unwarranted privileges, advantages, and treatment to Bank of Hawaii.” Mr. Heaukulani asked Mr. Balsis and Mr. Hisashima whether they had a chance to review the draft. They indicated they did, and had no discussion, comments, or amendments to make. Motion and vote: Mr. Balsis moved to approve the order as drafted, Mr. Hisashima seconded the motion, and they and Mr. Heaukulani voted aye. Mr. Dill resumed as chair. Motion and vote: Mr. Henricks moved to go into executive session to review the confidential matters under agenda item 6. Mr. Heaukulani seconded the motion, and all members voted aye. 10:30 a.m.: The board left regular session. * * * * * 10:40 a.m.: The board returned to regular session for voting on the executive session matters. 6. VOTING ON EXECUTIVE SESSION MATTERS a. Approval of the Executive Session minutes of July 13, 2011 (note: the agenda incorrectly listed the date of the minutes as June 8, 2011). Motion and vote: Mr. Henricks moved to approve the minutes, Mr. Heaukulani seconded the motion, and all members voted aye.