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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 – 10:00 a.m.
101 Aupuni Street, Suite 230
(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 November 12, 2008, Regular Session.
Minutes of the November 12, 2008, Executive Session.
4. COMMUNICATIONS
a.Communication No. 2008-110: Letter from Renee Schoen to Dan A. Cole dated
November 26, 2008, informing him that the Board is unable to hear his petition as
submitted.
b.Communication No. 2008-113: Letter from Dan A. Cole to Renee Schoen dated
December 1, 2008, in response to her November 26, 2008, letter.
c.Communication No. 2008-111:Open Line, a publication of the Office of Information
Practices, November 2008.
5. NEW BUSINESS
a.Petition No. 2008-10: from Wayne Joseph, regarding whether Lincoln Ashida
violated Hawai‘i County Code Section 2-83.
b.Review of Gifts Disclosure Statement received from Councilmember Bob Jacobson
and dated 11/12/08.
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a.Discussion on amending the Board’s Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding the
imposition of administrative fines pursuant to Ordinance 08-57.
b.Ongoing discussion on the Sunshine Law.
7. EXECUTIVE SESSION
(closed to the public)
a.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
1 Diane Gentry Member Board of Ethics
2 George Kaitoku Senior Project Public Works Department
(re-review) Construction Inspector
3 Amos Meyers, Jr. Commissioner Transportation Commission
4 Anita Politano Steckel Commissioner Police Commission
(re-review)
8. ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next monthly meeting of the Board of Ethics is scheduled for January 14, 2009, at
10:00 a.m. at the Department of Liquor Control’s conference room at 101 Aupuni Street,
Suite 230, Hilo.
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-
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Council, Ben Franklin Building, 333 Kilauea Ave., 2 Floor, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720.
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