MIN CHARTER 2018-07-13 (2018-2020)

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Charter Commission -1 July 13, 2018 MR. YOSHIMOTO: Yes, immediate family member, it's defined in the County Code, and I'll get that for you. This is something that the Council recently amended. I want to say two or three years ago, Doug? CHR. ADAMS: Last year. MR. YOSHIMOTO: Last year? Yeah. In-mlediate family means the employee's or officer's spouse, siblings, children, grandchildren, or parents. Ms. Todd, we can talk offline if you have a specific concern about— MS. LEITHEAD TODD: I don't have a specific concern because none of my kids and my grandchildren are too young, but there are some of us that are old enough that we might have grandchildren that are of an age that have businesses. And you just—sometimes, you don't know what business interests—seriously, you know, I know people that don't necessarily know what all their immediate family members are doing at a given time. Like my son-in-law comes from a family of 12 kids. I mean they're all young, but I'm just saying that you have situations where you have a huge extended `ohana, and so, this is one where I don't think you necessarily want to go if you don't know. I just don't know where this goes in terms of that extension. CHR. ADAMS: Commissioner Adams. I understand that, but I also know what the Council did. So, the Council said if you are, by the ordinance, that's where that works. So, given that we are obviously going to be operating above board and if there is a concern that you have someone who's identified as a family member within the definition of the Code, then it's worth a conversation with our attorney to determine whether or not a petition to the Board of Ethics is necessary. I would point out that's only when, according to the ordinance, when there is an application being made for the sale of goods and services. Otherwise, it's not an issue. That's my understanding. MR. YOSHIMOTO: Right, because there's another section that talks about the competitive bidding process and—so yeah, we can talk later, offline. Okay, any other questions for now? Okay. Alright, Conflicts of Interest. No officer or employee shall take any official. action directly affecting: a business or other undertaking n which that officer or employee has a substantial financial interest. That's pretty straight forward. I don't see that as an issue here. Subsection (2), a private undertaking in which the officer or employee is engaged as legal counsel, advisor, consultant, or representative, or other agency capacity. I don't see that as being an issue here. Number (3), a business or undertaking in which the employee knows or has reason to know that a brother, a sister, a parent, an emancipated child, or a household member has a substantial financial interest, Page 30