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Home My WebLink AboutAGE GREDC 2013/05/14 2012-2014 ACTIONS Dennis “Fresh” OnishiKaren Eoff, Member Brenda Ford, ChairMember Dru Mamo Kanuha, Member Zendo Kern, Member Greggor Ilagan Valerie T. Poindexter, Member Margaret Wille, Vice ChairMember J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT th 5 Session DATE: May 14, 2013 PLACE: Council Chambers Hawai‘i County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai‘i TIME: 1:00 p.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER- 5:43 p.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REFERRALS Comm. 10.4: HAWAI‘I STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES’ (HSAC) MARCH 19, 2013 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT From Council Member Dennis “Fresh” Onishi, dated April 24, 2013, transmitting for the Council’s review and discussion the March 19, 2013 HSAC Executive Committee minutes. Close file: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Poindexter, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Onishi - 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Serving the Interests of the People of our Island Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer GREDC- 5 Page 2 May 14, 2013 Comm. 258: INITIATES AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 3-18, OF THE (Bill 70) HAWAI‘I COUNTY CHARTER (2012 EDITION), RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR From Council Member Dennis “Fresh” Onishi, dated April 23, 2013. Amends current provisions to require as a prerequisite that the Legislative Auditor be certified as an internal auditor and possess a permit to practice as a certified public accountant as issued by the State of Hawai‘i. Postponed Bill 70 to June 4, 2013. Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Kanuha, Kern, Poindexter, Onishi, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Vice Chair Ilagan - 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. ADJOURNMENT - 6:07 p.m. The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations May 9, 2013 for this meeting should call 961-8245 by . Relay users please call 711(961-8245) to contact our office. Public Attendance via Videoconference is available at the following locations until 4:30 p.m., or later in the event public testimony has not been completed:  Kona Council Office, West Hawai‘i Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A;  Pāhoa Council Office, Pāhoa Marketplace, 15-2660 Pāhoa Village Road, Room 304; and  Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64-1067 Māmalahoa Highway, Suite 5. 3:00 p.m. Public Attendance via Videoconference is available at the following location until , or later in the event public testimony has not been completed:  Hawaiian Ocean View Estates Community Center, 92-8924 Leilani Circle. If for technical or other unanticipated circumstances the video connection cannot be made and/or is disrupted, the scheduled meeting will continue. Copies of this agenda and items listed on the agenda are available on the County Council-Clerk web page at http://www.hawaiicounty.gov/lb-council-committee/. For further information, please call 961-8245. Submitting Written Testimony: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (14)before 12:00 noon on the business copies for distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted day prior to the meeting (1) by mail to the County Clerk’s Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni St., Hilo, Hawai‘i, Please 96720; (2) by facsimile to (808) 961-8912; or (3) by e-mail to counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us. submit separate testimony for each item. GREDC- 5 Page 3 May 14, 2013 Submitting Video Testimony: Those submitting video testimony may email a complete web address (url) before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting to videotestimony@hawaiicounty.gov . The email shall indicate the appropriate Committee or Council meeting, the meeting date, agenda item Each (communication, bill, resolution, or report number), and number of testifiers on the video submittal. video submittal shall be limited to a single agenda item . Video submittals may contain up to three individual testifiers and shall each be up to three minutes in length. Video testimony will not be played during the meeting; however, it will be distributed to Council Members prior to the meeting. The Office of the County Clerk reserves the right to refuse testimony containing inappropriate content or that is not in compliance with Council Rule 13 (Public Statements and Testimony). Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 55: Public Safety and Mass Transit; and Agriculture, Water and Energy Sustainability Committee meetings - Tuesday, May 21 and 28 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Governmental Relations and Economic Development, Finance, and Public Works and Parks and Recreation Committee meetings - Thursday, May 23 and 30 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, May 25 at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 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.tv/tv-schedules/channel-52/.