2016-11-09 Board of Ethics Agenda

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'<v ......... 7:J BOARD OF ETHICS, County of Hawaii :-E"::-.•5;. 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 325, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 • — • _•- Tel. No. (808) 961-8251 OI'N''+' AGENDA November 9, 2016— 10:00 a.m. = r) County of Hawaii `a Hawaii County Building Council Chambers N -•. 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Video Conference � Intergenerational Building Kamehameha Park Complex (Adjacent conference room) 54-382 Kamehameha Park Road Kapaau, Hawaii 96755 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS. 3. APPROVAL OF THE REGULAR SESSION MINUTES OF OCTOBER 11, 2016. 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Petition No. 2016-19: Request for an informal advisory opinion from a County officer or employee, to determine compliance with Section 2-83 (c)(1) of the Hawai`i County Code because her husband is an independent contractor who would like to submit an invitation for bid for IFB Project No. 3480. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Petition No. 2015-03: Continued 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." (Continued) 1. Correspondence dated October 27, 2016 received from Lanric Hyland. 2. Correspondence dated October 28, 2016 received from Lanric Hyland. b. Petition No. 2015-10: Continued review of petition alleging that a County Officer or employee is in violation of Sections 2-83 (Fair Treatment), 2-84 (Conflict of Interest), 2-91.3 (Lobbyist Registration), and 2-91.4 (Gifts) of the Code of Ethics because he was influenced and accepted gifts by an unregistered lobbyist organization. (Continued)