HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE FESC 06/17/2008 2006-2008 ACTIONS
J Yoshimoto Brenda Ford, Member
Stacy K. Higa, Member
Chair
Pete Hoffmann, Member
Bob Jacobson, Member
Donald Ikeda Emily I. Naeole, Member
K. Angel Pilago, Member
Vice Chair
Dominic Yagong, Member
HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE ON FOOD & ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY
th
7 Session
DATE:
June 17, 2008 (Tuesday)
PLACE:
Councilroom
Ben Franklin Building
nd
333 Kilauea Avenue, 2 Floor
Hilo, Hawai‘i
TIME:
11:15 a.m.
(Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.)
CALL TO ORDER
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
REFERRAL
Comm. 1277: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, OF THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE
(Bill 314) 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), BY AMENDING ARTICLE 2 AND ADDING
A NEW ARTICLE RELATING TO CREATION OF A DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SUSTAINABILITY (establishes the framework for a new Energy Sustainability
Department which was recommended by the Department of Research and Development in
Hawai‘i County's Sustainability Energy Plan)
From Council Chair Pete Hoffmann, dated June 3, 2008, transmitting the above bill.
Recommends passage of Bill 314, as amended, on first reading.
Ayes: Committee Members Hoffmann, Jacobson, Naeole,
Pilago, Yoshimoto and Chair Ford.
Noes: Committee Members Higa and Ikeda.
Absent: Committee Member Yagong.
ADJOURNMENT
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