HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-04-05 Cost of Government Commission agendaCOST OF GOVERNMENT COMMISSION
c/o Office of the Mayor, 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
AGENDA
Thursday, April 5, 2018 — 10:30 a.m.
Hawai'i County Council Chambers — County Building
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1401
Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
1 CALL TO ORDER
2. OATH OF OFFICE
3. INTRODUCTION OF COMMISSIONERS
Lenard Allen
Barbara Ann Bongo Arthurs
Ross E. Birch
David A. Buehler
Margarita "Dayday" L. Hopkins
Jenipher A. Jones
Gregory Dale Larson
Genevieve Puanani Woo
3. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
4. ELECTION OF OFFICERS (Chairperson and Vice -Chairperson)
5. OVERVIEW OF THE SUNSHINE LAW, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AND
THE HAWAI'l COUNTY ETHICS CODE (by Corporation Counsel)
6. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE DUTIES OF THE COST OF GOVERNMENT
COMMISSION
7. DISCUSSION AND REVIEW OF THE RULES OF THE HAWAI'l COUNTY
COST OF GOVERNMENT COMMISSION
8. PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR FUTURE MEETINGS
Discussion on locations of future meetings, alternating sites and video
conference participation.
9. PUBLIC OUTREACH METHODS AND WEBSITE (by Roy Takemoto, Executive
Assistant to the Mayor)
Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
10. ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AGENDA
11. ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next meeting of the Cost of Government Commission wifl be held on
April 19, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. The location is to be determined.
12. ADJOURNMENT
NOTE: /f you require an accommodation or auxiliary aid and/or services to
te in this meeting (i.e., sign language interpreter, large print, ebc.)
please call 961-8020.
SUBMITTING TESTIMONY
Those wishing to testify in person must register with the Commission Secretary at the meeting.
Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring ten (10) copies for distribution. Testimony
may also be submitted (1) by mail to Dennis Kauka, Jr. c/o Office of the Mayor, 25 Aupuni St., Suite 2603,
Hi|oH|88720;(2)byfaomimi|eto(8O8)Q81-S553;ur(3)bym'moi|tnDennin.Kauka(@hawmiinountv.gov.
Please submit separate testimony for each item. Copies will be distributed by the Commission
Secretary at the meeting only if they are received before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the
meeting. All oral and written testimony will be public record.
NOTICE TO LOBBYISTS
If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawail County Clerk within five days of becoming a
lobbyist (Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b). Hawaii 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 2-01.3(a)(6). Hawaii County Code.)
Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk-
Council,
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