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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-18-2012 Special Council Meeting (ds)SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2012 8:30 A.M. OR SOON THEREAFTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 4396 RICE STREET, SUITE 201 LIHU`E, KAUAI, HAWAII 96766 A. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER. B. ROLL CALL. C. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. D. COMMUNICATION: 1. C 2012 -218 Request from the Office of the County Attorney for authorization to expend funds up to $10,000.00 to retain special counsel to represent Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr., in Kauai Police Commission, et al. vs. Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr., in his official capacity as the Mayor of the County of Kauai, Civil No. 12 -1- 0229 (Fifth Circuit Court), and related matters. In support of this request, this office states as follows: • Special Counsel will be hired pursuant to the normal selection process. D. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pursuant to Haw. Rev. Stat. ( "H.R.S. ") §92 -7(a), the Council may, when deemed necessary, hold an executive session on any agenda item without written public notice if the executive session was not anticipated in advance. Any such executive session shall be held pursuant to H.R.S. §92 -4 and shall be limited to those items described in H.R.S. §92 -5(a). (Confidential reports on file in the County Attorney's Office and/or the County Clerk's Office. Discussions held in Executive Session are closed to the public.) a. ES -553 Pursuant to HRS sections 92 -4, 92- 5(a)(4), and Kauai County Charter section 3.07(e), the Office of the County Attorney, on behalf of the Council, requests an executive session with the Council to provide the Council with a briefing regarding the claim against the County by Kauai Akinaka & Associates, Ltd, filed on May 14, 2012, and previously on the Council's agenda as C 2012 -189, and related matters. The 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. (See also C 2012 -189 on the June 13, 2012 Council Agenda) (Deferred 0711112012) SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING 2 JULY 18, 2012 b. ES -554 Pursuant to HRS sections 92 -4, 92- 5(a)(4), and Kauai County Charter section 3.07(e), the Office of the County Attorney, on behalf of the Council, requests an executive session with the Council to provide the Council with a briefing regarding the claim against the County by Waste Management of Hawaii, filed on May 17, 2012, and previously on the Council's agenda as C 2012 -191, and related matters. The 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. (See also C 2012 -191 on the June 13, 2012 Council Agenda) (Deferred 07/11/2012) c. ES -555 Pursuant to HRS sections 92 -4, 92- 5(a)(4), and Kauai County Charter section 3.07(e), the Office of the County Attorney, on behalf of the Council, requests an executive session with the Council to provide the Council with a briefing regarding the claim against the County by Waste Management of Hawaii, filed on May 24, 2012, and previously on the Council's agenda as C 2012 -192, and related matters. The 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. (See also C 2012 -192 on the June 13, 2012 Council Agenda) (Deferred 07/11/2012) d. ES -561 Pursuant to Haw. Rev. Stat. sections 92 -4 and 92- 5(a)(4), and Kauai County Charter section 3.07(E), the Office of the County Attorney requests an executive session with the Council, to provide the Council with a briefing and to request authority for a possible settlement proposal in Jane Doe vs. County of Kauai, EEOC Charge No. 541- 2010 -01873 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. e. ES -562 Pursuant to HRS sections 92 -4, 92- 5(a)(4), and section 3.07(e) of the Kauai County Charter, the Office of the County Attorney requests an executive session with the Council to provide the Council with a briefing on the retention of special counsel to represent Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr., in Kauai Police Commission, et al. vs. Bernard P. Kaua'i, Civil No. 12 -1 -0229 (Fifth Circuit Court), and related matters. The 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. E. ADJOURNMENT. F. NOTE: SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS AND SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER AND INTERPRETERS FOR NON - ENGLISH SPEAKING PERSONS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FIVE (5) DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING DATE, TO THE COUNTY CLERK, 4396 RICE STREET, SUITE 209, LIHU`E, KAUAI. TELEPHONE NO. 241 -4188.