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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0103.001 2000-2002 Iroe To Pex 961P917 Pega 2 of 6, PnEey, IYrcn 16, 7001 1 71u March 16, 2001 Councilman James Y Arakaki, Chair Hawaii County Council ~ ~ 25 Aupum Street A - Hdo, Hawau 96720 r ~ t„aunty CgynGl Re ~ Dear Councilman Aaakaki We are in receipt of a letter dated Merch 13, 2001 with no reference Your letter refers to a correspondence We have sent you many correspondences Would you be so land as to refer to the one you are eluding to, so that we can be sure not to confuse or waste the Council's time in our fable attempt to have closure In regards to our January 25, 2001 request, labeled Communication # 103 and our March 9, 2001 that we referenced as a petition to place Comm # 103 on March 2l, 2001 County Council Agenda, could you please place these on the County Council Agenda for March 21, 2001 in Kona since we have been requesting this for 3 months'? in other words, Chan Antkaki, we are not sure if you are following proper procedure in our many attempts to speak in front of our Council? Sincerely, rorn,lZr,wsv chridtt,,w ~cucL Tom Russi Chnstine Paul P O Box 3586 Kailua-Kona, HI 96745-3586 attachments c Councihtuin Curtis Tyler, Vlce Chao Councilman Aaron Chung Councilwoman Bobby Jean Lenhead-Todd Councilwoman Nancy Pistcchto Councilwoman Jube Jacobson Councilman Leningrad Elanonoff Councilman Dotmmc Yagong Councilman Gary Safank Scott Lenhead, Corporation Counsel Comm. Na_ File No. Etef, To: xat. D.t~ MAR ] fi ~nm rr>~ To [ei 9618912 Pe ~ 7 of 6, Irr 9 dsy, March 16, 2001 1 glee 7AI~S Y ARAKAKI Pbme (aoa) %?-~zn t ~¦r+bs 91~M ~ ~ ~ FAX (!0~ %1-8912 r COUNTY COUNCII, Cownfy ofNard'I Hand Y CawyBdtdbj IS Arpld $FMff Hda Hmld Y %770 Mttroh 13, 2001 Tom Rust Christine Psul P.O. Box 3586 Kailas-Kona, HI %745-3586 Dear Mr Russt & Ms. Paul: I have refertod your cotrespottdeuce m the Finance Chttitttran, Aaron Chung bepuse I feel that thu matter should be dtacttaaed m committee. After the ditlcttttaion in eemtmittae, tf R is deemed t>eceasary to propose a teaolttGOn or asdittanoe, fheoo that should be forwarded to the whole counal for conaiderahon To drecvee this ,natter u a full council meeting without a resolution or ordtamce would be futile as ao tttxton can be taken. Please contact Mr. Chung to see when your c«respondenoe can be agendiaed e' rotpnted by the Sunsltme Law. Sincerely, L~~ c3`~aCaLiCX~ Y Arttkakt, Chatrmtni Ha 9 County Council A/daw cc. Councilman Aaron Chung iroe To Fax 9618912 Pega 5 of 6, FrrEey, Ilerch 16, 2001 / 2la January 25, 2001 [Comm # 103j Councilman James Y Anrkalu, Chair Hawatt County Council 25 Aupum Street I-Llo, Hawaii 96720 Dear Councilman Aiakaki We would like to request that you place the followmg correspondence on the agenda for the March 2l, 2001 council mcetiiig m Kona C+n January l9, 2001, the Police Commission uriammously voted m favor of holdmg public heanngs concerrimg the possible rehttmg of Wood ~ Tart as their investigators before the bid process comas up m June of this year As you may recall, we have been pursumg this issue smce 1998 with the Commission, because we strongly fcel that Wood & Tart's mvesdgahons are mcomplete and give improper infoimahon to the Police Commission Because we have received the support of the Commrsston, based on them loolung mto our spceific allegations, we also feel it is appropnate at flits lime, to request that the County Council consider looking at the fees that Wood & Tait charged for two mveshgahons that were done because of complaints that I brought to the Commission m 1997 (HPC 97-29 and HPC 97-30) Their foes totaled almost $6,000 that was shouldered by the taxpayers and we feel that the County is due a refund by this finn In August of 1998, I requested that the Finance Committce investigate whether the taxpayers of the County of Hawau were due a refund from the investigative fine of Wood Tatt Again, we made this request because we felt them investigations were iiiwmplete and gave improper information to the Police Cornmtssron winch they based then dcetsions on The chart of that wmmtttce, Aaron Chung, took it upon himself to investigate our complaint Since the "mternews" that Councilman Chung conducted were not documented, but rather conducted by phone, we have no way of accessing any information on this matter Mr Chung's mveshgahon was not documented and therefore there is riothuig m the record that we can request to either venfy or quash our suspicions We have been informed by the former Corporation Council to the Police Commission, that Mr Chung's investigation may not have been appropnate With that, we would request that the County Council pursue a proper mveshgahon of Wood & Tait as it pertavis to tax dollars paid out, not only m my two investigations, and leave the