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BOARD OF ETHICS
, County of Hawai‘i
101 Aupuni Street, Suite 325, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
A G E N D A
Wednesday, March 12, 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 February 12, 2008, Regular Session.
Minutes of the February 12, 2008, Executive Session.
4. COMMUNICATIONS
a.Communication No. 2008-21:The High Road publication of the Hawai‘i State Ethics
Commission, Issue No. 2008-1.
b.Communication No. 2008-22: Diane Noda 2/7/08 email to Lincoln Ashida regarding
theEthics Guide, p. 3, Fair Treatment.
c.Communication Nos. 2008-26 and 2008-27: Email strings from Charles Totto, ethics
director and legal counsel for the Honolulu Ethics Commission, regarding Senate Bill
2937 and House Bill 3012 (proposing administrative fines for ethics violations) and
House Bill 660 (on impeachment proceedings).
d.Informal Advisory Opinion, John Dill’s Concurring Opinion, and Chair Joseph’s
Dissenting Opinion pursuant to the Board’s 2/13/08 inquiry and discussion on
whether or not it is a violation of the Code of Ethics (by constituting an unfair
advantage) for incumbent elected County officials to use County funds to pay for
newspaper advertisements in which their photograph is included.
5. NEW BUSINESS
a.Petition Nos. 2008-1 and 2008-2: From Elizabeth Hultman-Salfen, regarding: (1)
whether there is any ethics violation if she is both a Council Aide for Council
Member Bob Jacobson and a member of the County’s Transportation Commission;
and (2) whether there is any ethics violation if she is both a Council Aide for Council
Member Bob Jacobson and under contract with the Hawai‘i County Resource Center
as a Community Liaison, providing facilitation services for community meetings.
b.Petition No. 2008-3: From Barbara Lively, regarding whether there is any ethics
violation if she is both a Legislative Assistant for Council Member Bob Jacobson as
well as a board member of the Grassroots Community Development Group’s
Kupukupu Program, which provides tutoring and drug-free activities for Kea‘au
youths. (Mr. Jacobson would like to appropriate District 6 contingency funds for the
Prosecutor’s Office to support the Kupukupu Summer Program.)
c.Public hearing pursuant to Section 91-3 of the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes regarding
proposed changes to the Board’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, relating to (1) Rule
1.1 (citations of Hawai‘i County Code and Hawai‘i County Charter), (2) Rule 1.4a(6)
(definition of “officer”), (3) Rule 8.1a(3) (advisory boards and commissions and
financial disclosure requirements), and (4) Rule 8.3b (public disclosure forms and
confidential disclosure forms).
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a.Report on status of Board’s request for a time limit for incumbents who are seeking
reelection in an election year on sending mail-outs using County funds. Includes
Communication No. 2008-29, Lincoln Ashida’s 2/27/08 memo to elected County
officials enclosing the Board’s informal advisory opinion on the matter, and
Communication No. 2008-30, Levi Hookano’s 2/27/08 email on the related proposed
bill.
b.Report on status of Council Bill 209, relating to the imposition of administrative fines
for violations of the County Code of Ethics. Includes Communication No. 2008-28,
Lincoln Ashida’s 2/29/08 update to the Board on Senate Bill 2937.
c.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, where
personal matters will be reviewed:
Board, Commission,
NamePositionor Department
1 Christian Alameda First Vice Chair Planning Commission
2 Harold Bugado Board member Workforce Investment Board
3 Mark Fujimoto Commissioner Liquor Commission
4 Wayne Higaki Board member Workforce Investment Board
5 Dwayne Inouye Supervisory Public Works Department,
Building Inspector Building Division
6 Harris Iwaoka Plumbing Inspector Public Works Department,
Building Division
7 Bernard Konanui Board member Water Board
8 Francis Kuailani, Sr. Board member Water Board
(re-review)
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9 Kelly Kurakazu Board member Liquor Adjudication Board
10 Carla Kurokawa Youth Council Workforce Investment Board
Chair,
Board member
11 Alison Lee Board member Workforce Investment Board
12 George Martin Board member Workforce Investment Board
13 Edgar Ombac (re-Board member Fire Board of Appeals
review)
14 June Rabago Board member Workforce Investment Board
15 Ann Lum (held over Board member Board of Ethics
from last meeting)
16 Marilyn Nicholson (held Board member Board of Ethics
over from last meeting)
17 Claude Onizuka Commissioner Liquor Commission
18 Bert Saito Wastewater Division Environmental Management
ChiefDepartment
19 Rene Siracusa Commissioner Planning Commission
20 Everette Souza Commissioner Liquor Commission
21 Lawrence Suenishi (re-Buyer I Finance Department
review)
22 Lloyd Tanaka (re-Appraiser IV Finance Department
review)
23 Fred Yamashiro Commissioner Liquor Commission
8. ANNOUNCEMENT
The next monthly meeting of the Board of Ethics is scheduled for April 9, 2008, 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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