2022-12-21 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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County of Hawaii MITCHELL D.ROTH COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Mayor c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 (808) 961-0466 • Fax (808) 961-8908 MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, December 21, 2022 9:30am I. CALL TO ORDER: Chair Farrah-Marie Gomes called the meeting to order at 9:38am. II. ROLL CALL: Present in-person: Farrah-Marie Gomes, Christina Basham, Shana Kukila, Andrew Langtry, Allen Bartolome (Special Projects Coordinator), E. Kahea Lee (arrived 9:57am) Present via Zoom: Lisa Pana, Rachelle Agrigado-Betts, Suzanna Tiapula (Corporation Counsel), Pomai Bartolome (Executive Assistant, Mayor's Office), Jennifer Stotter (Hawaii State CSW liaison). Excused: Hannah Pita-Preston, Elena Cabatu. Guests: Emelia Martinez, Cindy Serrano-Roberts (CSW Status of Mother Report Advisor) Quorum met. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES for November 16, 2022: Rachelle motioned to approve minutes for November 16, 2022; Shana seconded. DISCUSSION: In Legislative & Advocacy section: Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Summit, section iii word correction to reflect "in person". Also, please make edits to correct and reflect the hyphen in Rachelle's last name to read Rachelle Agrigado-Betts. Motion to approve minutes as amended by Rachelle; second by Shana. All approved, motion passed. IV. TREASURER'S REPORT: A. Approval of Treasurer's Report: Andrew reported that the budget reflects all line item amounts as of November as there are no outstanding expenditures. To date, $5,500 has been approved and is pending charges, while $4,500 remains in the current FY budget. The committee is encouraged to submit project rationale(s)for this amount by the next meeting to ensure proper turnaround time for approval. There is one negative line item amount that the committee may need to reallocate and readjust to bring current. Per Andrew, the Treasurer's Report contains notes to better explain line items W13, W15, W25. Shana motioned to approve the Treasurer's Report, E. Kahea seconded. All approved, motion passed. Action Item: Allen to assist with requesting from Kayla the December financial report for shareout at January's Meeting. V. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: None VI. CORRESPONDENCE: Farrah acknowledged an email from Suzanna re: by-laws and a discussion about the by-laws will be placed on January agenda. Committee is asked to please review the by-laws before next months meeting. Action Item: Farrah to include approval of by-laws on January agenda.