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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -2 August 10, 2018 <br />MS. SCHOEN: Not, I wouldn't say there are set procedures. I mean there are <br />obvious conflicts, say if our office is sued, I mean naturally we cannot represent <br />the County or somebody within our office. We usually have a discussion amongst <br />ourselves in our office and discuss whether or not there is a conflict. There are <br />occasions when we call the ODC (Office of Disciplinary Counsel), but generally <br />no set procedure in place. It's really a discussion amongst all 15 attorneys in the <br />office to make that determination. <br />MR. ROEHRIG: Excuse my stupidity but I vaguely remember there's a, is it the <br />Disciplinary Counsel—there's a State for attorneys where you pose questions to <br />them and they give you an opinion. <br />MS. SCHOEN: Correct. That's what I mentioned. <br />MR. ROEHRIG: Do you ever use that? <br />MS. SCHOEN: ODC is the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Yeah, so we do seek <br />their advice and then they say yea or nay and it is usually consistent with what we <br />have already thought. If there is indeed a conflict it is usually confirmed by the <br />ODC. So, we do routinely seek their advice as well. <br />MS. GALIMBA: So, yes, I wanted to ask if you've had more work, or if you see <br />more work with this volcano problem that we have right now? <br />MS. SCHOEN: Yes. A lot of work. You know as I was saying that we provide <br />help to all of the departments and so, we have attorneys at Civil Defense helping <br />on the finance side, we have DPW (Department of Public Works), all of the road <br />issues, all of the emergency issues that Civil Defense handles and we've been— <br />yeah, we do. A lot, and in addition we also had our staff assist at Civil Defense in <br />terms of answering phone calls. <br />MS. GALIMBA: Okay. <br />CHR. ADAMS: Commissioner Saquing, did you have a question? Okay. Got it. <br />Alright, if we have no other questions or commentary, thank you so much for <br />being here. I appreciate it. <br />MS. SCHOEN: So, do you have a timeline. <br />CHR. ADAMS: We'll send you, we'll send you a note. <br />MS. SCHOEN: Okay. <br />Page 9 <br />