2016-10-11 Regular Session Minutes

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HAWAII COUNTY BOARD OF ETHICS MINUTES—REGULAR SESSION Tuesday, October 11, 2016 10:05 to 2:47 p.m. Hawai`i County Building 25 Aupuni Street County Council Chambers Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Members and Staff Present: Ku Kahakalau, Chair Kenneth Goodenow, Vice-Chair Douglass Adams, Member Rick Robinson, Member Darnel Kalele, Member J Yoshimoto, Deputy Corporation Counsel Emily Hirayama, Secretary 1. CALL TO ORDER Ms. Kahakalau called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m. Board members please go ahead and introduce yourselves. Doug Adams, Pili Kalele, Rick Robinson and Ken Goodenow Thank you. 2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS Ms. Kahakalau: We're gonna start with statements from the public on agenda items so when I call your name if you could please come up...introduce yourself and tell us to what specific agenda item you're speaking. We are starting off with Bruce Hansen. Mr. Hansen if you could please come up, state your name and the agenda item you're speaking. 1) Bruce Hansen (Hilo) signed up to testify on agenda item 4d, Petition No. 2016-17. Mr. Hansen: I didn't get the agenda item because I didn't know I was needing to write it...it's on my form though yeah? I believe it was "d" pertaining to County employee...the Neil Erickson...yeah....that enough? Okay. I'm just here as a character witness for Neil. I'm a general contractor...I had my license since 1989 here in Hilo. I've worked with Neil...probably since that time or I'm not sure when we first met each other. He was an architect...he did projects that I built...I actually hired him as an architect to do design build projects that we did. Also as a good friend...when Neil first applied for the job working for the building department...I kind of advised him against it...why would you 1