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Home My WebLink AboutAGE PSMTC 2013/08/20 2012-2014 ACTIONS Brenda Ford Karen Eoff, Member Greggor Ilagan, ChairMember Dru Mamo Kanuha, Member Zendo Kern, Member , Margaret WilleDennis “Fresh” Onishi Member Valerie T. Poindexter, Vice Chair Member J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MASS TRANSIT th 10 Session DATE: August 20, 2013 PLACE: Council Chambers West Hawai‘i Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i TIME: 10:00 a.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER - 10:07 a.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REFERRALS Comm. 376: AMENDS CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 18-90 OF THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY (Bill 108) CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) RELATING TO PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM, ISLAND-WIDE FARE STRUCTURE From Council Member Margaret Wille, dated July 31, 2013. The bill inserts language to provide for the purchase of annual bus passes. Recommends passage of Bill 108 on first reading: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Kanuha, Kern, Onishi, Wille, and Chair Ford - 6. Noes: Committee Members Ilagan and Yoshimoto - 2. Absent: Committee Member Poindexter - 1. (For informational purposes, Mr. Kanuha and Mr. Kern voted “kānalua,” then “aye.”) Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer PSMTC-10 Page 2 August 20, 2013 Comm. 377: NOMINATION OF LEINA‘ALA ENOS OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 6 TO THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY LIQUOR COMMISSION From Mayor William P. Kenoi, dated July 31, 2013, requesting the Council’s review and confirmation. Recommends confirmation of the appointment of Leina‘ala Enos to the Hawai‘i County Liquor Commission: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Onishi, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Ford - 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Poindexter - 1. Comm. 378: NOMINATION OF JEFFREY T. GRAY OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I POLICE COMMISSION From Mayor William P. Kenoi, dated July 31, 2013, requesting the Council’s review and confirmation. Recommends confirmation of the appointment of Jeffrey T. Gray to the County of Hawai‘i Police Commission: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Onishi, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Ford - 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Poindexter - 1. ADJOURNMENT - 11:30 a.m. The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special August 15, 2013 accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by . Relay users please call 711(961-8245) to contact our office. PSMTC-10 Page 3 August 20, 2013 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:  Council Chambers, Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Suite 1401;  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 copies for distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted 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 Please submit separate testimony for each item. counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us. Submitting Video Testimony: Those submitting video testimony may email a complete web address before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the (url) to videotestimony@hawaiicounty.gov meeting . The email shall indicate the appropriate Committee or Council meeting, the meeting date, agenda item (communication, bill, resolution, or report number), and number of testifiers on the video Each video submittal shall be limited to a single agenda item submittal. . 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). 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