2014-04-09 Board of Ethics Minutes

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Ms. Kahakalau: I was able to participate on this particular agenda item because I met previously with Corporation Counsel, was brief, and provided all the necessary materials that I’ve reviewed prior to this. Mr. Balsis: So noted. Ms. Schoen: Thank you. Mr. Balsis called for a recess to secure a telephone for Petition No. 2013-10. The Board was in recess at 11:30 a.m. Mr. Balsis called the meeting back to order at 11:41 a.m. The Board returned to New Business, Petition No. 2013-10 after securing a telephone for Petitioners to participate in the initial review of their Petition. Mr. Balsis: We have Mr. Pickens on the phone. Mr. Pickens: Yes, I’m here. Mr. Balsis: That’s Pickens, is that correct? Mr. Pickens: Yes, that’s correct. Mr. Balsis: Okay, can everybody here that needs to hear the phone? Everybody says yes on our side. Mr. Pickens you filed a Petition, specifically against Bob Northrop, is that correct? Mr. Pickens: That’s correct. Mr. Balsis: Please take a moment and, without having to repeat everything in your petition, please synopsis it for us. Mr. Pickens: Well, on the day he came up, we’re the house down below the Thompsons where he went to go visit and the sound travels very well on that upslope and when he arrived I saw him drive by in the company vehicle, it says for public use only, something to that effect. And I recognized him and he drove up there, parked and then he got out and I could hear their whole conversation with the Thompsons. And he was talking about how the County is going to put a lien against our home for the deeds that we have done and that he was telling the Thompsons that they should get together with other neighbors in the area and form a coalition against us, because, and his words were that we did not have the aloha. And I was very, very surprised that a Public Works employee would be trying to get other neighbors to file claims against us, and doing it while he’s on company time. 24