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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012_0413_Minutes Open_APPROVED COUNTY OF KAUAI 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 Board of Ethics Open Session March 11, 2012 Page 2 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 Board of Ethics Open Session March 11, 2012 Page 3 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION 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.