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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
February 22, 2012
A meeting of the Committee of the Whole of the Council of the County of
Kaua`i, State of Hawai`i, was called to order by Councilmember Jay Furfaro, Chair,
at the Council Chamber, 4396 Rice Street, Suite 201, Lihu`e, Kaua`i, on Wednesday,
February 22, 2012, at 8:51 a.m., after which the following members answered the
call of the roll:
Honorable Tim Bynum
Honorable Dickie Chang
Honorable KipuKai Kuali`i
Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura
Honorable JoAnn A. Yukimura
Honorable Jay Furfaro, Committee Chair
Excused: Honorable Mel Rapozo
There being no objections, the rules were suspended.
Al Castillo, Jr. County Attorney: on ES-525 Pursuant to HRS section 92-5(a)
e(2), (4) and (6), and Kaua`i County Charter section 3.07(e), the purpose of this
xecutive session is to allow Council to consult with the County Attorney on
questions and issues pertaining to the authority of the Mayor and Police
Commission to hire, evaluate, dismiss and discipline the Chief of Police and for a
briefing on the status of the action taken on the Police Chiefs subordinates and
related matters. This briefing and consultation involves consideration of the powers,
duties, privileges, immunities, and/or liabilities of the Council and the County as
they relate to this agenda item.
The meeting was called back to order, and proceeded as follows:
Councilmember Bynum moved to convene in executive session for the
purpose of ES-525 seconded by Councilmember Chang, and carried by the
following vote:
FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION: Bynum, Chang, Kuali`i, Nakamura,
Furfaro TOTAL— 5,
AGAINST EXECUTIVE SESSION: None TOTAL— 0,
EXCUSED & NOT VOTING: Rapozo, Yukimura TOTAL— 2.
There being no objections, the Committee recessed at 8:53 a.m.
The Committee reconvened at 2:10 p.m. and proceeded on its agenda item, as
shown in the following Committee Report which is incorporated herein by reference:
COMMITTEE MEETING 2 February 22, 2012
CR-COW 2012-05: on C 2012-53 Communication (2/09/2012) from the
Council Chair, requesting agenda time
to discuss the timeline for proposed
Charter Amendment Resolutions that •
will be submitted for consideration by
the voters in the 2012 General
Election. [Received for the record.]
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:13 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Ihilani C.J. Laureta
Secretary
APPROVED at the Committee Meeting held on August 1, 2012:
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