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Home My WebLink AboutAGE GRC 03/20/2012 2010-2012 ACTIONSK. Angel Pilago Chair Brittany Smart i ice - Chair DATE: March 20, 2012 (Tuesday) HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS 20 Session PLACE: Council Chambers West Hawai`i Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A Kona, Hawai`i TIME: 1:00 p.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER - 1:30 p.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEM(S) ON THE AGENDA REFERRAL(S) Comm. 627: (Bill 211) ADJOURNMENT - 2:10 p.m. INITIATES AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER (2010) BY REPEALING ARTICLE VI, CHAPTER 5, AND ADDING A NEW ARTICLE TO PROVIDE THAT THE CORPORATION COUNSEL SHALL BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OF THE COUNTY States that the Corporation Counsel shall be an elected official of the County rather than an official appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the County Council. The Corporation Counsel would continue to serve as the chief legal advisor and legal representative of all County agencies, the Council, and all officers and employees in matters relating to their official powers and duties. This measure includes transitional provisions whereby the first election for the Office of the Corporation Counsel will occur in 2014. POSTPONED TO THE NEXT GRC MEETING: Ayes: Committee Members Blas, Ford, Ikeda, Onishi, Yagong, Yoshimoto, and Acting Chair Smart — 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Pilago and Hoffmann - 2. Excused: None. Serving the Interests of the People of our Island Hanrai '1 County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Fred Blas, Mllember Brenda Ford, Member Pete Hoffmann, Member Donald Ikeda, Mllember Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Mllember Dominic Yagong, Member J Yoshimoto, Mllember GRC -20 Page 2 March 20, 2012 The meeting places are accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by March 16, 2012. Relay users please call 711(961 -8245) to contact our office. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes (hereinafter ``HRS ") §92 -3.5, the Hawai`i County Council will be conducting this Committee meeting via videoconference. Council Members will be present at the following location(s): • Council Room, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401 • Kona Council Chambers, West Hawaii Civic Center, 74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A If audio stream is lost between Hilo and Kona for more than a short period of time, the meeting will be terminated. Public Attendance via Videoconference is also available at the following locations until 4:30 p.m. or later in the event public witness testimony has not been completed: • Pahoa Council Office, Pahoa Marketplace, 15 -2660 Pahoa Village Road, Room 304 • Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64 -1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5 Copies of this agenda and item(s) listed on the agenda are available on the County Council -Clerk web page at http: / /www.hawaiicountv.gov /lb- council- committee /. For further information, please call 961-8245. Submitting Testimonv: 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, Hawai`i. 96720; (2) by facsimile to (808) 961 -8912; or (3) by e -mail to counciltestimonv c;co.hawaii.hi.us. Please submit separate testimony for each item. Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 52: Economic Development and Mass Transit; Environmental Management; and Finance Committee meetings - Thursdays, March 29 and April 5th at 7 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Governmental Relations; and Public Works and Parks and Recreation Committee meetings — Friday, March 30 and Tuesday, April 3r at 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, March 31S at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. These airtimes are subject to preemption by broadcasts from the State Legislature, and are subject to change by Na Leo `O Hawai`i. Please check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the Na Leo `O Hawai`i website at http: / /www.naleo.ty /schedule.