HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP GOEAC 032 2025-04-01 2024-2026REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
DATE: April 1, 2025
PLACE: Council Chambers
Hilo, Hawaii
TIME: 9:01 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Re: Comm. No. 180/Res. No. 104-25
Your Committee on Governmental Operations and External Affairs, to which was referred
Resolution No. 104-25, reports as follows:
Resolution No. 104-25, transmitted by Director of Finance Diane Nakagawa via
Communication No. 180, dated March 13, 2025, authorizes the Mayor to enter into an
intergovernmental agreement with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to support their
continued cooperation with the Hawaii Police Department (HPD) for the safety of the County
of Hawaii.
Resolution No. 104-25 authorizes the Hawaii Police Department to enter into an updated
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to continue inter -agency collaboration to identify and
target for prosecution criminal enterprise groups responsible for drug trafficking and money
laundering.
Police Captain Edwin Buyten and Deputy Police Captain Erich Jackson of the Vice Division
were present in the Kona Chambers to discuss the MOU. Captain Buyten said that this is an
agreement with the FBI that focuses on drug trafficking, drug distribution, and criminal
enterprise. Captain Buyten said that the FBI supports the Hawaii Police Department with
training and resources.
Committee Chair Jenn Kagiwada mentioned that Committee Members had received a
confidential copy of the MOU and suggested that if anyone had specific questions on the MOU
they should enter executive session. Committee Member Michelle Galimba stated that executive
session was not necessary, and this MOU had many specific clauses that she would have liked
to see in other MOUs that have come before them.
Committee Member Rebecca Villegas agreed that the language was clear in this MOU, and she
would be supporting it.
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Your Committee on Governmental Operations and External Affairs is in accord with the
purpose and intent of Resolution No. 104-25, and recommends its adoption.
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AYES
NOES
ABS
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GALIMBA
X
HUSTACE
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INABA
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KAGIWADA
X
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER
X
KIERKIEWICZ
X
KIMBALL
X
ONISHI
X
VILLEGAS
X
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