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Home My WebLink About2019-11-20 Committee on the Status of Women MinutesHARRY KIM County of Hawaii Mayor COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 (808) 961-0466 • Fax (808) 961-8908 MEETING MINUTES Wednesday November 20, 2019 9.30AM Locations: Prosecutor's Office, Conference Room B 655 Kilauea Avenue Hilo, HI 96720 Mayor's Office Conference Room West Hawa'i Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Kehokalole Highway, Bldg C Kailua-Kona, HI CALL TO ORDER Chair Farrah -Marie Gomes called the meeting to order at 9:58am. ROLL CALL PRESENT Farrah -Marie Gomes, Chair Mele Spencer, Corresponding Secretary Mihaela Ryer, Recording Secretary Andrew Langtry, Treasurer Brooke Derby Diana Mellon -Lacey, Corp. Counsel EXCUSED Debra M. Toledo-Ebreo Kami Bolster, Vice -Chair Cyd Hoffeld, ex -officio Jewel Castro III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Mihaela motioned to approve agenda. Mele seconded. Motion carried. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (October 16, 2019) Andrew motioned to approve the October 16, 2019 meeting minutes with edits to change items 3 and 4 from `motioned' to `motion'. Brooke seconded. Motion carried. V. TREASURER'S REPORT A. October financials October mileage has been added to the month's financials. Cost for the bro- chures is not yet reflected in the statement. Mele moved to approve treasurer's report. Brooke seconded. Motion carried. Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Action items: 1)Andrew to ask Lisa or Grant for cost of printing the brochure and when is going to be reflected in the budget. 2) Commissioners to invoice for mileage ASAP (be- fore year end). 3) Andrew to also provide the expenditure detailed report from County. B. 2020-2021 budget scenarios County is in budget planning for next fiscal year. We are being asked to provide different budget scenarios (5% and 8% reduction). Options: 1) reduce all items by 5% or 8% respectively; 2) reduce only some items and keep others flat based upon CSW priorities. For both scenarios, include Status of Women in Hawaii report as a separate line item. For 5% scenario, reduce Family Services Directory from $500 to $475; reduce mileage from $2,007 to $1,907; reduce Teen Dating Violence from $250 to $238; reduce Equal Pay from $385 to $365; reduce Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Summit from $400 to $223; reduce Human Trafficking from $250 to $237; include $200 for Status of Women in Hawaii report; reduce meals from $600 to $570. For 8% scenario, reduce Family Services Directory from $500 to $460; reduce mileage from $2,007 to $1,846; reduce Teen Dating Violence from $250 to $230; reduce Equal Pay from $385 to $355; reduce Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Summit from $400 to $116; reduce Human Trafficking from $250 to $230; include $200 for Status of Women in Hawaii report; reduce meals from $600 to $552. Mihaela motioned to approve the 2020-2021 scenarios for 5% and 8% budget reductions. Mele seconded. Motion carried. Action item: Andrew to forward to Grant. Distribute copies of the budget scenarios at next meeting VI. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC None VII. CORRESPONDENCE • UN Human Trafficking email from Coalition against trafficking — this was forwarded to the Human Trafficking sub -committee for discussion. • Planned Parenthood: two meetings scheduled for tomorrow at UH and for a later date in Kona. CSW not available to participate in the UH meeting, we may be able to attend the Kona meeting. Action item: Farrah to email Planned Parenthood contact to let her know our status. • Family violence interagency committee (FVIC) meetings - does CSW want to par- ticipate? Proposal is to have a CSW representative participate for the next three months at the Hilo and/or Kona meetings. The committee will have an agenda item every month for the next three months to decide on who will participate in the next meeting and have a report from the participant at each ensuing CSW meeting. E Action item: Add FVIC meetings to CSW agenda for next three months. VIII. REPORTS A. HSCSW liaison report None B. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Andrew participated in the event and walked a mile in high heels. Farrah walked in support with Andrew. CSW raised $270, which were donated to the YWCA of Hawaii Island. CSW plans to participate every year to this event. IX. OLD BUSINESS A. Teen Dating Violence • Update - Office Max can print 5,000 cards for $175. • Project Rationale Mele emailed project rationale and card samples to the subcommittee. Brooke motioned to approve the project rationale for teen dating violence, which includes a budget of no more than $250. Mele seconded. Motion car- ried. Action item: 1) Mele to send the rationale and card samples to Farrah to forward to Lisa. 2) Mele will draft a paragraph to be included in the YWCA web material. B. Real Women Essay Contest • Vote on article for 2019 event - delayed to next month. • Update on status: no new information, still in the open period of collecting entries. By end of December will have quote information ready to send to Lisa. C. Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Forum • Update on Status - none D. CSW Brochure • Update on status: brochures picked up. There were questions about the quality of paper. Quote request was for glossy paper. Action item: Farrah will follow up with Lisa and ask about the glossy printing paper. E. Family Services Directory • Tracking log — update on distribution Action item: Need to determine how many copies are still available. F. Human Trafficking • Update from Sub -Committee on Awareness Campaign: none 3 Action Item: Subcommittee to discuss the UN letter G. Equal Pay • 2018-2019 Final Report - no report from Jewel H. Status of Women Report Sub -Committee Update • Voices of Women in America status - requests to participate in the national survey were sent to contacts. • First batch of statistical data were downloaded from the US Census Bureau to produce charts addressing education and income statistics related to women in Hawaii County. I. Operating Guidelines Sub -Committee Update • Distribution of revised document - Mele distributed the final document to the group. X. NEW BUSINESS A. December meeting date and location • Next meeting on December 18, NHERC at 9:30am B. Approval of 2019-2020 budget adjustments • No adjustments done, no vote needed. XI. ADJOURNMENT Mele moved to adjourn the meeting. Brook seconded. Meeting adjourned at 11:40am. S