07-11-17 Regular Session Minutes

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Ms. Lawrence: Okay. You can just write it...its okay. Ms. Kahakalau: So we'll wait until we get the other ones. If I could check with Counsel please...do we need to put anything into the record in regards to the gift disclosure statements? Just that we received them. Mr. Yoshimoto: That's exactly Madame Chair and if you have any concerns with can note it for the record if not we just accept the disclosure statements. Ms. Kahakalau: Okay thank you. Alright so we don't need to do a motion...we're just... Mr. Yoshimoto: No...we do. Ms. Kahakalau: We do. Mr. Yoshimoto: Okay you should have a motion to file and accept. Ms. Kahakalau: Okay. Do I hear such a motion? Mr. Robinson: Motion to file the gift disclosure statements. Mr. Adams: Second. Ms. Kahakalau: Okay we have a motion and a second...do we have any discussion in regards to this item? Mr. Adams: I would just make the following comments. These are being provided to us under Section 2-91.5 of the County Code...and quite appropriately... appreciated that and so...the fact that there was...that there were gifts that were identified allowed me to go back to Section 2-94.4 just to verify what we were talking about which is...the identification that no officer or employee shall solicit, accept or receive directly/indirectly any gift whether in the form of monies, service, loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing of promise or any form under circumstances which it could be reasonable inferred that the gift is intended to influence the officer or employee in the performance of the officer or employee official duties or is intended as a reward for any official action on the officer or employees part...and given what we saw on theses...I didn't...I felt that it didn't appear that any of those gifts in fact violated that particular section. 3