HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP GOEAC 058 2025-07-22 2024-2026REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
DATE: July 22, 2025
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
TIME: 10:35 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Re: Comm. No. 379/Res. No. 235-25
Your Committee on Governmental Operations and External Affairs, to which was referred Resolution
No. 235-25, reports as follows:
Resolution No. 235-25, transmitted by Council Member Jenn Kagiwada via Communication No. 379, dated
July 1, 2025, acknowledges the eightieth anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and
reaffirms a commitment to peace.
Committee Member Jenn Kagiwada said that she is introducing this resolution as it is extremely important to
acknowledge this somber anniversary. She mentioned that as members heard earlier from the Sister Cities
Coordinator Malia Louis, that the impact of these bombings are part of the history that created this program to
create these commitments that foster peace and reconciliation through cultural exchange.
Member Kagiwada added that she had allocated funding for a permanent Peace Pole in her district to recognize
this anniversary and to set our commitment in stone to work to make sure atrocities at this magnitude do not
happen again.
Committee Members Rebecca Villegas and Michelle Galimba spoke in favor of this resolution.
Member Kagiwada introduced an amendment contained in Communication No. 379.1 to correct name and title
errors and add one additional in the final "be it resolved" clause. The amendment was approved by all six
members present.
Your Committee on Governmental Operations and External Affairs is in accord with the purpose and intent of
Resolution No. 235-25, as amended to Draft 2, and recommends its adoption.
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AYES
NOES
ABS
EX
GALIMBA
X
HUSTACE
X
INABA
X
KAGIWADA
X
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER
X
KIERKIEWICZ
X
KIMBALL
X
ONISHI
X
VILLEGAS
X
Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL
OPERATIONS AND
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
JE KAG , CHAIR
GOEAC REPORT NO.: 58
ADOPTED: AUG 0--6 0025