2013-01-09 Board of Ethics agenda

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BOARD OF ETHICS, County of Hawai‘i 333 Kilauea Avenue, 2nd Floor, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 Tel. No. (808) 961-8251 A G E N D A Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 10:00 a.m. Hawaii County Building 25 Aupuni Street, Room 1501 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS 3. APPROVAL OF THE REGULAR SESSION MINUTES OF DECEMBER 12, 2012 4. COMMUNICATIONS a. Memorandum Opinion dated 12/27/12 from the Office of Information Practices regarding Sunshine Law and Uniform Information Practices Act Complaints (from Dan Cole) about Agendas and Meetings. 5. NEW BUSINESS a. Petition No. 2012-10: Initial review of petition alleging that the Transit Agency and a County officer violated Section 2-83(a)(3) (under fair treatment) of the Code of Ethics by “violating their own rules,” using “delay tactics and psychological warfare,” and by defending “the extortion of money from Hele-On Bus passengers.” 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Petition No. 2012-07: Review draft order dismissing petition by RJ Hampton and Robert Petricci, which alleged that former Councilman Fred Blas violated Section 2- 83(a)(3) (under fair treatment) of the Code of Ethics when he allegedly stated at a public hearing that his polling place did not open on time on the primary election day, that he saw cars turned away, and that when he asked what was going on, he was told by voters that the poll was closed and they could not vote. The petition contended that “the poll opened on time, all voters were able to vote, and there was no drive through of cars that were turned away.” b. Petition No. 2012-08: Further initial review of petition by Dan A. Cole, which alleges that Mayor Kenoi violated Section 2-83(b) (under fair treatment) of the Code of Ethics when he, “in conspiracy with others, illegally obtained and used $10 million dollars of the people’s money for the sole advantage of Bank of Hawai‘i, First Hawaiian Bank, and/or a RICO Enterprise of the ‘old boy network’ and/or ‘unmentionables.’”