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Home My WebLink About2010-02-10 Board of Ethics Agenda BOARDOFETHICS ,CountyofIÞzwz 101AupuniStreet,Suite325,Hilo,IÞzwz96720 A G E N D A Wednesday, February 10, 2010 – 10:00 a.m. 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 230 (Department of Liquor Control Conference Room) Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the January 13, 2010, Regular Session. 4. COMMUNICATIONS There are no new communications. 5. NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion on whether the Board should write a letter in support of House Bill 626 and Senate Bill 531, which are regarding clarifying county ethics agencies’ procedures for imposing civil fines, pending before the State Legislature. b. Discussion on whether Hawai‘i County Code Section 2-91.1 (the definition of “regulatory employee”) should be amended to include inspectors and supervisors of inspectors employed by the Planning Department, or a general catch-all definition like “regulatory employees with inspection duties.” 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Review and discussion of the Board’s draft response to Mayor Kenoi’s proposed amendments to the Ethics Code. 7. EXECUTIVE SESSION With reference to the agenda items listed below, one or more executive meetings are anticipated. In particular, the Board of Ethics anticipates it may consider the evaluation, dismissal, or disciplining of an officer or employee of the County of Hawai‘i, where considerations of matters affecting privacy will be involved. The Board may also consult with the Board’s attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities. Therefore, pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (“HRS”) Sections 92-5(a)(2) and (4), the following items may be considered in Executive Session. a. Approval of the minutes of the December 9, 2009, Executive Session. b. Review of Confidential Financial Disclosure Forms filed pursuant to Section 2- 91.1(d), Hawai‘i County Code, by County board and commission members and designated County employees, where personal matters will be reviewed: Board, Commission, NamePositionor Department 1Ioana Agasa Commissioner Liquor Commission 2Judy Ah Chin Member Pension Board 3Lance Anderson Member Workforce Investment Board 4Dean Au Commissioner Windward Planning Commission 5Dori Ann Ayap Appraiser IV Finance Department 6Daniel Banks Member Workforce Investment Board 7Leila Ann Beals AppraiserFinance Department 8Lawrence Brown Planner V Planning Department 9Deanne Bugado Planner V Planning Department 10Harold Bugado Member Workforce Investment Board 11Gene Carvalho CommissionerLiquor Commission 12Colin Childs Planner III Planning Department 13Mark Cutler AppraiserFinance Department 14Michael D’Amico Appraiser V Finance Department 15Jeffrey Darrow PlannerPlanning Department 16John Dill Member Board of Ethics 17David Drury Member Board of Appeals 18Leinaala Enos Member Liquor Adjudication Board 19Jack Ferguson CommissionerLiquor Commission 20John Fernandez CommissionerTransportation Commission 21Sidney Fuke CommissionerLiquor Commission 22Joel Gimpel ChairBoard of Appeals 23Searle Grace Commissioner Salary Commission 24Blayne Hanagami Member Workforce Development Board 25George Harai Member Water Board 26Peter Hendricks Member Board of Appeals 27Wayne Higaki Member Workforce Investment Board 28James Hodgins Member Liquor Adjudication Board 29Jonathan Holmes Planner III Planning Department 30Duane Hosaka CommissionerTransportation Commission 2 Board, Commission, NamePositionor Department 31Elizabeth Hultman-Commissioner Transportation Commission Salfen 32Newton Inouye CommissionerSalary Commission 33Wayne Iokepa Commissioner Leeward Planning Commission 34Wesley Kamimura Inspector II Water Supply Department 35Billie Keawekane-Beere CommissionerTransportation Commission 36Howard Kelly Commissioner Liquor Commission 37James Kennedy Member Workforce Investment Board 38Zendo Kern Commissioner Windward Planning Commission 39Kelly Kurakazu Member Liquor Adjudication Board 40Carla Kurokawa Member Workforce Investment Board 41Alison Lee Member Workforce Investment Board 42Ann Lum Member Board of Ethics 43Earl Lucero Planner IV Planning Department 44Karen Maedo Member Board of Appeals 45George Martin Member Workforce Investment Board 46Michael McCall Assistant Real Finance Department Property Tax Administrator 47Iris McGuire Commissioner Liquor Commission 48Angie Metriyakool AppraiserFinance Department 49Bethany Morrison Planner III Planning Department 50Dwayne Mukai Vice Chair Water Board 51Richard Nelson III Commissioner Leeward Planning Commission 52Rosalind Newlon Planner IV Planning Department 53Marilyn Nicholson Member Board of Ethics 54Caroline Niimi Appraiser IV Finance Department 55Owen Nishioka Civil Engineer Water Supply Department V 56Glenn Ohashi SupervisingWater Supply Department Inspector 57Dana Okano Planner IV Planning Department 58David Omura Member Pension Board 59Wayne Ono Appraiser IV Finance Department 60Chris Pacheco InspectorWater Supply Department 61Paulette Pavao CommissionerEnvironmental Management Commission 62Gerald Perkins ChairSalary Commission 63Patricia Provalenko CommissionerSalary Commission 64June Rabago Member Workforce Investment Board 65Kenneth Rowe Member Merit Appeals Board 66Allen Salavea Planner V Planning Department 3 Board, Commission, NamePositionor Department 67Lori Shikuma Buyer III Finance Department 68Henry (Hank) Silva Member Merit Appeals Board 69Emma Sousa ChairPension Board 70Lawrence Suenishi Buyer I Finance Department 71Michael Sumja Commissioner Police Commission 72Lloyd Tanaka AppraisalFinance Department Supervisor 73Arthur Taniguchi Member Water Board 74Kim Tavares Member Board of Appeals 75Mary Ann Todd-Waller Appraiser IV Finance Department 76Margaret Tokunaga Commissioner Salary Commission 77John Totten Appraiser IV Finance Department 78Marilyn Veincent AppraiserFinance Department 79Guy Ward AppraiserFinance Department 80Sherman Warner Commissioner Environmental Management Commission 81Ronald Whitmore Planner V Planning Department 82Hugh Willocks Member Workforce Investment Board 83Rell Woodward ChairWindward Planning Commission 84Jan Yokoyama Member Liquor Adjudication Board 85Gary Yoshiyama Member Liquor Adjudication Board 86Elaine Yoshizumi AppraiserFinance Department 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS The next monthly meeting of the Board of Ethics is scheduled for March 10, 2010, at the Department of Liquor Control, 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 230, Hilo, Hawai‘i. 9. ADJOURNMENT NOTE: If you require an accommodation or auxiliary aid and/or services to participate in this meeting (i.e., sign language, interpreter, large print), please call 961-8304, ext. 101). NOTICE TO LOBBYISTS If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawai‘i County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist (Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawai‘i County Code). A lobbyist means “any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public officials.” (Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a)(6), Hawai‘i County Code.) Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk- nd Floor, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720. Council, Ben Franklin Building, 333 Kilauea Ave., 2 4 5