HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE GRC 01/03/2011 2010-2012 ACTIONSK. Angel Pilago
Chair
Brittany Smart
Vice Chair
Fred Blas, Member
Brenda Ford, Member
Pete Hoffmann, Member
Donald Ikeda, Member
Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Member
Dominic Yagong, Member
J Yoshimoto, Member
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Ist Session
DATE: January 3, 2011 (Monday)
PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa
78 -128 Ehukai Street
Kailua -Kona, Hawaii
TIME: 10:45 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
REFERRALS
Comm. 19: DISCUSSION REGARDING THE TRACKING OF LEGISLATION AT THE 2011
Close file STATE LEGISLATURE (Governmental Relations Committee Chair K. Angel Pilago will
be the Council's lobbyist for measures identified as pertinent to Hawaii County by County
Clerk Jamae Kawauchi and Legislative Specialist Steve Offenbaker)
From Council Chair Dominic Yagong, dated December 14, 2010, requesting time to
discuss the method the County Council will use to track legislation and lobby the 2011
State Legislature.
AYES: Committee Members Blas, Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Onishi, Smart,
Yagong, Yoshimoto and Chair Pilago.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for
this meeting should call 961 -8245 by December 29, 2010. Relay users please call 711- 961 -8245 to contact
our office.
Serving the Interests of the People of our Island
Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
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Copies of this agenda and items listed on the agenda are available on the County Council -Clerk web page at
http: / /co.hawaii.hi.us/ council /agendas_and_actions.htm For further information, please call 961 -8245.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (hereinafter "HRS ") §92 -3.5, the Hawaii
County Council will be conducting this Committee meeting via videoconference. Councilmembers will be
present at the following locations:
• Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa, 78 -128 Ehukai Street, Kona; and
• County Councilroom, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo.
Public Attendance Via Videoconferencing is available at the locations above and at the Waimea Council
Office at the Holomua Center, 64 -1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5 until 4:30 p.m., or later in the event
public witness testimony has not been completed. If audio stream between Kona and Hilo is lost for more than
a short period of time, the meeting will be terminated.
Submitting Testimony Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (14) copies
for distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the
meeting (1) by mail to the County Clerk's Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni St., Hilo, Hawaii, 96720; (2) by
facsimile to (808) 961 -8912; or (3) by e -mail to counciltestimony@co .hawaii.hi.us Please submit separate
testimony for each item.
Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 52:
Governmental Relations and Finance Committee meetings - Tuesdays, January 11 and 18, 2011 at 7:00 a.m.
and 6:30 p.m.; Public Works & Parks and Recreation, Human Services, Social Services and Public Safety, and
Planning Committee meetings - Thursdays, January 13 and 20, 2011 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.; and all five
Committee meetings - Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. These airtimes are subject to
preemption by broadcasts from the State Legislature.