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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-07-15 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, July 15, 2020 9.30AM Via Teleconference I. CALL TO ORDER Chair Farrah -Marie Gomes called the meeting to order at 10:06am. II. ROLL CALL PRESENT Farrah -Marie Gomes, Chair Mele Spencer, Corresponding Secretary Mihaela Ryer, Secretary Kami Bolster, Vice -Chair Andrew Langtry, Treasurer Diana Melon -Lacey, Corp. Counsel EXCUSED Brooke Derby Cyd Hoffeld, ex -officio III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Andrew motioned to approve July 15, 2020 agenda, Mele seconded. Motion carried. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (April 15, 2020) Andrew motioned to approve April 15, 2020 meeting minutes, Kami seconded. Andrew noted that not all the budgetary information is captured in the minutes. Ad- justments: reallocate $2000 to Real Women Essay Contest (115.2) for the purpose of purchasing gift cards for essay winners, decrease facility expense (341.1) by same amount. Andrew moved to approve the minutes with the amendment, se- conded by Kami. Motion carried. V. TREASURER'S REPORT A. February to June financials Received reports from County for February through June. Format of reports from Andrew changed, see attachments for details. Expenses: $1,400 in May and $2,300 in June for Real Women gift cards. Other expenses in June were $800 for Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Summit $800, $921 for directory, $298 spent on masks. Andrew adjusted the category. Mele moved to approve February to June treasurer's report. Mihaela seconded. Motion carried. VI. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC A. None VII. CORRESPONDENCE A. None VIII. REPORTS A. HSCSW liaison report - None B. FVIC CSW members are invited to all FVIC meetings for East and West Hawaii. Farrah attended the July East Hawaii meeting and shared information about Resolution 680-20 (that supports and urges equity, inclusion, and social and economic jus- tice principles into COVID-19 related recovery initiatives for Hawaii County) that was heard at the County Council meeting on July 8. Refer to FVIC meeting minutes for more details. West Hawaii meetings have a conflict with our monthly meeting plans, so CSW does not have representation there. IX. OLD BUSINESS A. Teen Dating Violence • Received copies of cell phone safety cards. Printed on the paper we re- quested, which is a different kind of paper compared to the old cards. B. Real Women Essay Contest • Certificates distributed along with gift cards. Book of essays was not done because we are missing some of the student pictures. We will complete the book at a later date when pictures are received, waiting for schools to start up again. C. CSW Brochure • No update on distribution due to no events taking place. • Kami received the brochures that Farrah mailed to her. D. Family Services Directory • No update on distribution due to no events taking place. E. Human Trafficking • Farrah sent an email about a webinar at Kapiolani Community College - impact of COVID on sex trafficking and family violence. See email and flyer for information. F. Equal Pay • This year no activities were launched because of COVID-19. 2 G. Status of Women Report Sub -Committee Update • Mihaela contacted Waylen Leopoldino, Human Resources Manager for Hawaii County. His office has statistics only for county employees. Way - len recommended to contact the State Department of Labor. Action item: Mihaela will follow up with the State Department of Labor. X. NEW BUSINESS A. Girls Who Code - no update from Cyd B. 2020 Family Services Directory • Farrah emailed last version of the directory on May 27th. There is space on page 4 to put more information. Andrew sent feedback. The content and format are sufficient, additional contact information related to COVID resources will be inserted on page 1, Help for Children will be moved lower in the column and will readjust format. • Andrew moved to approve the 2020 Hawaii Island Family Services Directory for families with COVID info added on page 1, and moving all other information further into the document. Mihaela seconded. Motion carried. C. New member(s) We have not heard from the Mayor's office about new applications. Kami knows about one applicant - Susan Zaw who should have applied. Action item: Farrah will follow-up with Lisa and Mayor's Office. D. Election of CSW officers for 2020-2021 The following slate of officers is proposed: Kami Bolster, Chair Mihaela Ryer, Vice -Chair, Andrew Langtry, Treasurer Brooke Derby, Recording Secretary Mele Spencer, Corresponding Secretary Mele moved to close the slate. Kami seconded. Motion carried. All Members voted yes to approve the slate of officers. E. Updated 2020-2021 budget A request was received to refine budget numbers for meals and mileage. Given the situation with COVID, the expectation is the numbers will be lower, because of no meetings happening in person. Farrah proposed to submit a budget for $10,000, with reduced amounts for mileage and meals. Mileage - $1,000. Actual for mileage this year was $819. Proposal is to reduce mileage from 2020-2021 budget to half of the previous year's budget of $2,000. 3 Travel and conferences - $1,000 Printing - $1,000 Miscellaneous contracts - $3,500 Miscellaneous charges - $3,500. Meals are included in this category. Meal amount would be $200. Farrah suggested one option could be to increase the Real Women Essay con- test budget, Mele opposed. Andrew moved to inform Lisa $1,000 for mileage and $200 for meals for 2020- 2021 based on the new budget amounts. Seconded by Mihaela. Motion carried. Action item: Andrew will send a spreadsheet to everyone before next month meeting to discuss the other details of the budget. F. Legislation On June 4, Communication 774.12 was heard by the Hawaii County Council. It proposed to change the operating budget for the Committee on the Status of Women from $0 to $10,000 for next fiscal year. This item was unanimously passed. On July 8, Resolution 680.20 was heard by the Hawaii County Council. It sup- ports and urges equity, inclusion, and social and economic justice principles into COVID-19 related recovery initiatives for Hawaii County. This item was also unanimously passed. Several CSW members provided testimony as community members since the CSW did not have meetings in May and June to be able to discuss these legisla- tive testimony opportunities. XI. ADJOURNMENT Mihaela moved to adjourn, seconded by Kami. Meeting adjourned at 11:19am. Next meeting August 19, 2020. 4 Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer