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Minutes of Meeting
OPEN SESSION
Approved as circulated 5/11/12
Board/Committee: BOARD OF ETHICS Meeting Date April 13, 2012
Location Mo`ikeha Building, Liquor Conference Room 3 Start of Meeting: 9:04 a.m. End of Meeting: 9:50 a.m.
Present Chair Kurt Akamine; Vice-Chair Mark Hubbard; Secretary Warren Perry; Members: Kathy Clark; Calvin Murashige; Brad Nagano;
Paul Weil
Also: Deputy County Attorney Mona Clark; Boards & Commissions Office Staff. Support Clerk Barbara Davis; Administrator Paula
Morikami; Administrative Aide Teresa Tamura
Excused
Absent
SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION
Call To Order Chair Akamine called the meeting to order at
9:04 a.m. with a quorum of 7 members present
Approval of Regular Open Session Minutes of March 9, 2012 Ms. Clark moved to approve the minutes as
Minutes circulated. Mr. Hubbard seconded the motion.
Motion carried 6:1 abstain—Weil
Communication BOE 2012-06 Memorandum dated March 28, 2012, from JoAnn
Yukimura, Council Vice-Chair, regarding Possible Conflict of Interest,
C2012-100—Claim against the County of Kaua'i, March 28, 2012 Council
Meeting Agenda Mr. Hubbard moved to receive the
communication. Mr. Nagano seconded the
motion. Roll Call: Clark—Aye; Hubbard—
Aye; Murashige—Aye;Nagano—Aye; Perry—
Aye; Weil—Abstain; Akamine -Aye
Motion carried 6:1
BOE 2012-07 Memorandum dated April 5, 2012, from the Board of Ethics
to Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr., requesting transmittal to the County
Council to update the Kaua'i County Code of Ordinances
Ms. Morikami advised the Board that the request was sent to the County
Council to update and provide consistency to the Code of Ordinances to
reflect a roved changes to the Charter in 2010 for Section 3-1.8 and
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SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION
Section 3-1.10. Ms. Clark moved to receive the communication.
Mr. Hubbard seconded the motion. Roll Call:
Clark—Aye; Hubbard—Aye; Murashige—Aye;
Nagano—Aye; Perry—Aye; Weil—Abstain;
Akamine—Aye Motion carried 6:1
Disclosures a. Cayetano Gerardo (Board of Review)
b. Randy Finlay(Salary Commission)
c. Patricia Sheehan(Kaua'i Historic Preservation Review
Commission)
d. James Nishida, Jr. (Charter Commission)
e. Jade Fountain-Tanigawa(Deputy County Clerk)
f. Michael Contrades (Deputy Chief of Police)
Chair Akamine said he had a question on Mr. Finlay's disclosure regarding
the percentage of his ownership of the companies listed. Mr. Hubbard
assumed that all the companies listed were closely related. Ms. Clark
thought the same thing. Mr. Hubbard further felt that Mr. Finlay was
getting paid through one company so Mr. Hubbard did not particularly care
how much ownership Mr. Finlay had since he did disclose there were 4
businesses of which 1 does business with the County. Ms. Clark said they
should not make assumptions and have Mr. Finlay do it correctly. Ms. Clark moved to receive and deem completed
Disclosures a., c., d., e., and f. and return
Disclosure b. to Mr. Finlay to complete. Mr.
Perry seconded the motion. Roll Call: Clark—
Aye; Hubbard—Aye; Murashige—Aye; Nagano
—Aye; Perry—Aye; Weil—Abstain; Akamine—
A e Motion carried 6:1
Executive Deputy County Attorney Mona Clark read the
Session Hawai'i Revised Statutes as described on the
agenda that would take the Board into Executive
Session for items ES-10, ES-2, ES-3, ES-7 and
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ES-8.
Mr. Perry moved to go into Executive Session at
9:25 a.m. Mr. Hubbard seconded the motion.
Motion carried 6:1 abstain—Weil
Return to Open The meeting resumed in Open Session at 9:49 a.m.
Session Ratify Board of Ethics actions taken in Executive Session for items: ES-
10, ES-2, ES-3, ES-7 and ES-8 Mr. Murashige moved to ratify actions taken in
Executive Session for items listed. Ms. Clark
seconded the motion. Motion carried 6:1 (abstain
—Weil
Announcements Next Meeting: Friday, May 11, 2012 9:00 am—Liquor Conference
Room
Adjournment Chair Akamine adjourned the meeting at 9:50
a.m.
Submitted by: Reviewed and Approved by:
Barbara Davis, Staff Support Clerk Kurt Akamine, Chair
( ) Approved as is.
( ) Approved with amendments. See minutes of meeting.