2015-05-13 Regular Session Minutes Board of Ethics

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c. Petition No. 2015-03: Initial review of petition alleging that a County officer violated Sections 14-1 (Enactment and Policy), 14-2 (Standards), and 14-4 of the County Charter(Code of Ethics) by using the officer's p-Card "as a special privilege to obtain goods and services: from various merchants and vendors,which is a "conflict of interest in serious breach of"the highest standards of ethical conduct." Petition also alleges that another County officer is in violation by continuing to allow the first officer to do so. Mr. Adams: Madame Chair if I could. This is significant enough if I could I'd just like to state for the record that I see no reason to recuse myself from consideration of this. I just prefer to make that statement. I just want to make sure that's clear. I know that in our rules there are also opportunities for any person to file an affidavit requesting that a member of the Board recuse him selves or disqualify themselves. I'm assuming that we having not heard that I'm assuming that no affidavits been presented asking any of us to do that. Mr. Goodenow: I guess is have to make a motion first that's correct before any discussion. Mr. Adams; I'm sorry don't we have someone who is going to testify on this right, the petitioner. Mr. Goodenow: I wanted to ask the petitioner. Mr. Murai; Madame Chair. May I suggest that we call the parties up to the table and perhaps the first thing the Board may want to do is acknowledge receipt of the petition and acknowledge receipt of the respondent's responses. Ms. Kahakalau: Could we please call the petitioner I guess you're in Kohala is ready already. If we could call to the front over here Mayor Kenoi and his representatives. Mr. Murai: Was the Finance Director. Mr. De Lima: I'm Brian De Lima. I represent Deanna Sako. I'm an attorney licensed to practice law and I did submit on her behalf a written statement. The members of the Board receive our submission? Ms. Kahakalau& Mr. Goodenow: Yes we did.