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Video Testimony: Prerecorded video testimonies shall be received for the record on any <br />agenda item and should be submitted for presentation to the Council or Committee by 12 <br />noon the previous business day of the meeting(s). Testimonies received after 12 noon shall <br />still be received for the record and will be presented to the Council or Committee members <br />as soon as practicable. <br />Oral Testimony: Oral statements from any member of the public shall abide by the <br />following: Pursuant to Chapter 92, Hawai'i Revised Statutes, any person wishing to <br />present oral testimony on any agenda item may do so consistent with this rule; persons <br />wishing to present oral testimony relating to any agenda item shall register with the Clerk <br />prior to the closing of statements from the public at the call of the Chairperson, indicating <br />the item on which they wish to speak and their position, if any. Persons may provide their <br />name, address, and organization they represent if any; persons sharing the same or <br />similar points of view may testify as a group with one spokesperson who shall list the <br />names of all persons in the group in attendance and may state their home community or <br />district, and that listing of names shall not be considered as part of the time allotted for <br />public testimony; during public testimony, council members may ask the testifier a <br />specific question, as opposed to making any comment of approval or disapproval or <br />otherwise, and may request submission of specified additional information; each person <br />may speak for three minutes subject to the discretion of the Chairperson; each person <br />must speak at the time of calling, unless the Chairperson determines otherwise; no <br />person will be allowed to speak twice on the same subject; any person wishing to speak <br />on more than one subject shall register separately for each agenda item; those speaking <br />shall direct their remarks to the Chairperson and not to any individual Council Member or <br />person in the audience; all members of the public shall extend proper courtesy and <br />respect to one another and to all Council Members, and all persons shall be addressed by <br />their surnames, no profanity or abusive remarks will be allowed at any time in any <br />meeting; any person, not a member of Council, who is disrespectful to the Council or any <br />Committee by any disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence or who disrupts <br />the exercise of any legislator's function, may be removed from the meeting at the <br />discretion of the Chairperson; and person who does not abide by these rules may be <br />ruled out of order by the Chairperson. <br />ADJOURNMENT <br />The Steering Committee meeting will adjourn at the time the Hamakua CDP agenda item is <br />closed by the County Council. <br />www hinlanninedent com Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Empioverylannina2hawaiicountv.eov <br />