HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE GOEAC 2024/11/19 (2022-2024) ACTIONS
CINDY EVANS MICHELLE M. GALIMBA
Chair and Presiding Officer
HOLEKA GORO INABA
JENN KAGIWADA
MATT KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER
ASHLEY L. KIERKIEWICZ
HEATHER L. KIMBALL
REBECCA VILLEGAS
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i, 96720
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
rd
43 Session
West Hawai‘i Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
November 19, 2024
10:30 a.m.
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GOEAC-43 November 19, 2024
ORDER OF BUSINESS
CALL TO ORDER – 10:40 a.m.
ROLL CALL
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
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immediately preceding the agenda item being opened for deliberation by the committee.
COMMUNICATIONS
Comm. 1162: ANNUAL REPORT OF SISTER CITY ACTIVITIES: JULY 2023 TO JUNE 2024
From Sister City Program Director Jane Clement, dated November 6, 2024,
submitting the above report pursuant to Section 2-166 of the Hawai‘i County Code.
FILED:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Inaba,
Kagiwada, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Villegas,
and Acting Chair Kāneali‘i-Kleinfelder – 8.
Noes : None.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
; and
Comm. 1162.1: From Sister City Program Director Jane Clement, dated November 12, 2024,
transmitting the Sister City Progress Report from July through November 2024.
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ORDER OF RESOLUTIONS
Res. 632-24: REQUESTS THE MAYOR TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP
(Draft 2) A COUNTY RADIO PLAN
Seeks to convene a working group consisting of representatives from the Civil
Defense Agency, the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency, Hawaiʻi Voluntary
Organizations Active in Disaster, Auxiliary Communication Service, five members
from amateur radio clubs, and other non-voting members to improve the County’s
radio communication infrastructure focusing on emergency response for rural and
isolated areas.
Reference: Comm. 1048.4
Intr. by: Ms. Evans
Postponed: October 1 and 15, 2024
(Note: There is a motion by Ms. Evans, seconded by Mr. Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder
to recommend adoption of Resolution 632-24, as amended.)
POSTPONED INDEFINITELY:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Inaba,
Kagiwada, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Villegas,
and Acting Chair Kāneali‘i-Kleinfelder – 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
ADJOURNMENT – 11:10 a.m.
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