HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWIRC 062 03/11/2008 2006-2008 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
DATE: March 11, 2008 Re: Comm. No. 1061/Bill 259
PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa
78-128 Ehukai Street
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations, to which was referred
Communication No. 1061, regarding Bi11259, reports as follows:
Bill 259, transmitted by Corporation Counsel Lincoln Ashida, via Communication No. 1061,
dated Februazy 27, 2008, amends Chapter 2, Article 15, Section 2-91.1(a), Hawaii County Code
1983 (2005 Edition, as Amended), Relating to Filing of Financial Disclosures by Regulatory
Employees
There was no testimony from the public on this proposed amendment.
Corporation Counsel Lincoln Ashida stated the proposed amendment is to correct an oversight
and provide that regulatory employees from the Department of Environmental Management are
required to file financial disclosures. He further explained that in 2000, the voters of the County
of Hawaii amended the Hawaii County Charter to create the Department of Environmental
Management and certain provisions in the code were not amended as was brought to his attention
by Environmental Management Director Bobbie Jean Leithead-Todd. Corporation Counsel
Ashida requested the Council's approval of the proposed ordinance.
Council member Bob Jacobson asked Corporation Counsel Ashida if the same filing of financial
disclosures should be required of the Hawaii County Police Department, as it is also a
regulatory office. Corporation Counsel Ashida acknowledged his question and requested time to
review and discuss it at a later time.
PWIRC REPORT NO. 62
Page 2 Comm. 1061(Bill 259
Your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations is in accord with the purpose
and intent of Bi11259, and recommends it pass first reading.
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AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted,
FORD X
RIGA X COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND
HOFFMANN X INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
IKEDA X G~~~~
JACOBSON X
NAEOLE X BRENDA J. FORD, AIR
PILAGO X
YAGONG X PWIRC REPORT NO. 62
YOSHIMOTO X ADOPTED: MAR 2 5 1000