2025-09-16 GMAC Minutes Final Draft

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Game Management Advisory Commission County of Hawai'i Minutes Meeting Date: September 16, 2025 Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am Place: Zoom and In-Person - 25 Aupuni Ctr., Ste. 1501, Hilo HI 1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: Meeting was called to order at 9:05 am District 1— Robert Duerr, Present, in person District 2 -Taysen Wong-Chong Present, in person District 3— Rhon Leomana Turalde, Present in person District 4— Brian Ley— Present, in person District 5—Vacant District 6—Vacant District 7—Abel Aquino, Present via Zoom District 8—Cortney Okumura — Excused District 9—Justin Ackerman, Present via Zoom Quorum Established with 6 attending and 1 excused. STAFF: Sinclair Salas-Ferguson, Deputy Attorney, Corp Counsel Cody Frenz, Deputy Attorney, Corp Counsel Micah Alameda, Executive Assistant to Mayor Alameda Barbara Kossow, Administrative Specialist Mayor's Kona Office Jeff Kahakua, ITTech, Kona LT: Housekeep Rules: Please make sure your cell phone is turned off or in silent mode for all of us attending in person. Please remember to speak into the microphone when you speak so that your statements can be recorded and transcribed. Under HRS 92-3 the Sunshine Law, GMAC can remove any person who willfully disrupts the meeting or prevents and compromises the conduct of the meeting. All people appearing before GMAC are reminded to conduct themselves in a courteous manner. For testimony those in person for those who would like to testify please fill out the public registration form right here. For those on Zoom, please put it on the Chat, let us know your name and the agenda item you would like to testify on, and we can allot you that time. Just a reminder, anyone who willfully disrupts our meeting may be kicked out of the meeting. Question from the public, for those on zoom, if you have a question put in the Chat. 1