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Mark Hubbard
Calvin Murashige Brad Nagano
Vice-Chair Paul Weil
Warren Perry
Secretary
COUNTY OF KAUA'I BOARD OF ETHICS
NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
Friday, December 20, 2013
1 :00 p.m. or shortly thereafter
Mo 'ikeha Building, Liquor Conference Room 3
4444 Rice Street, Lihu'e, HI 96766
CALL TO ORDER
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Regular Open Session Minutes of November 15, 2013
BUSINESS
BOE 2013- 13 Election of Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary for 2014
BOE 2013- 14 Approval of Meeting Schedule for 2014
• DISCLOSURE
a. Mason Kamalani Chock, Sr. (County Council Member)
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes § §92-4 and 92-5 (a) (4), 92-9 (a)( 1 -4) (b), the purpose of
this executive session is to receive and approve Executive Session minutes and to consult with
the Commission's legal counsel on issues pertaining to the Commission' s and the County's
powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and/or liabilities as they may relate to this item, deliberate
and take such action as appropriate.
ES-018: Regular Executive Session Minutes of November 15, 2013
Pursuant to H.R. S . §92-4 and H.R. S. 92-5 (a) (4), the purpose of this executive session is to
consult with the Board' s legal counsel on issues pertaining to the Board' s and the County' s
powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and/or liabilities as they may relate to this item, deliberate
and take such action as appropriate.
ES-019: Briefing by the County Attorney on the constitutionality of Charter
Section 20.02 D relative to the first amendment
An Equal Opportunity Employer
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
Ratify Board of Ethics actions taken in Executive Session for items:
ES-018 and ES-019
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next Meeting: Friday, January 17, 2014 — 1 :00 p.m., Mo 'ikeha Building, Liquor Conference
Room
The Office of Boards and Commissions will no longer be providing bottled water to our
members starting July 1st, 2013 . This is one of our sustainability goals. Staff will provide cold
water using a filtered system (i.e. Brita), so please bring in your water bottle that was provided to
you. Mahalo.
ADJOURNMENT
NOTICE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION
Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes §92-7 (a), the Commission 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
HRS §92-4 and shall be limited to those items described in HRS §92-5(a).
c: Nicholas Courson, Deputy County Attorney
PUBLIC COMMENTS and TESTIMONY
Persons wishing to offer comments are encouraged to submit written testimony at least 24-hours
prior to the meeting indicating:
1 . Your name and if applicable, your position/title and organization you are representing;
2. The agenda item that you are providing comments on; and
3 . Whether you will be testifying in person or submitting written comments only.
4. If you are unable to submit your testimony at least 24 hours prior to the meeting, please
provide 10 copies of your written testimony at the meeting clearly indicating the name of
the testifier; and
While every effort will be made to copy, organize and collate all testimony received, materials
received on the day of the meeting or improperly identified may be distributed to the members
after the meeting is concluded.
The length of time allocated to persons wishing to present verbal testimony may be limited at the
discretion of the chairperson or presiding member.
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Board of Ethics — December 20, 2013
• Send written testimony to:
Board of Ethics
Attn: Barbara Davis
Office of Boards & Commissions
4444 Rice Street, Suite 150
Lihu` e, HI 96766
Email: bdavis@kauai.gov
Fax: 241 -5127 Phone: 241 -4919
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
If you need an alternate format or an auxiliary aid to participate, please contact the Boards &
Commissions Support Clerk at 241 -4919 at least five (5) working days prior to the meeting.
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Minutes of Meeting
OPEN SESSION
Board/Committee: BOARD OF ETHICS Meeting Date I November 15, 2013
Location Mo `ikeha Building, Liquor Conference Room 3 Start of Meeting: 1 :03 p.m. I End of Meeting: 2 : 12 p.m.
Present Chair Kathy Clark; Vice-Chair Calvin Murashige; Secretary Warren Perry; Members: Mark Hubbard; Brad Nagano
Staff: Deputy County Attorney Nicholas Courson; Boards & Commissions Office: Support Clerk Barbara Davis; Administrator Paula
Morikami
Excused Member Paul Weil
Absent Member Kurt Akamine
SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION
Call To Order Chair Clark called the meeting to order at 1 :03
p.m. with 5 members present
Approval of Regular Open Session Minutes of October 25, 2013 Mr. Perry moved to approve the minutes as
Minutes circulated. Mr. Nagano seconded the motion.
Motion carried 5 : 0
Disclosures a. Dorothy Bekeart (Board of Review)
b. Nadine Nakamura (Managing Director) Mr. Perry moved to receive disclosures a. and b.
and deem them complete. Mr. Nagano seconded
the motion. Motion carried 5 :0
Executive Attorney Courson stated that the Board was
Session going into Executive Session for items ES-017
and ES-002 as fully described in the posted
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Mr. Perry moved to go into Executive Session at
1 :09 p.m. Mr. Hubbard seconded the motion.
W '4' Motion carried 5 :0
Attorney Courson exited the meeting.
Return to Open Ratify Board of Ethics actions taken in Executive Session for items: ES-017
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Board of Ethics
Open Session
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SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION
Session and ES-002 Mr. Perry moved to ratify the actions taken in
Executive Session. Mr. Murashige seconded the
motion. Motion carried 5 :0
Announcements Friday, December 20, 2013 — 1 :00 p.m.
Mr. Nagano requested an agenda item for the December meeting for a
briefing by the County Attorney on the constitutionality of Charter Section
20.02 D relative to the first amendment. I Chair Clark advised the Board she would not be
at the December 20 meeting and requested the
meeting to be chaired by Vice-Chair Murashige
Adjournment Chair Clark adjourned the meeting at 2: 12 p.m.
Submitted by: Reviewed and Approved by:
Barbara Davis, Staff Support Clerk Kathy Clark, Chair
( ) Approved as is.
( ) Approved with amendments. See minutes of meeting.
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2014 Meeting Schedule
January 17
0 February 21
March 21
Holiday: April 18 **** April 25 confirmed (4th Friday)
May 16
June 20
July 18
0 Holiday: August 15 **** August 22 confirmed (4th Friday)
September 19
October 17
November 21
December 19 .
Meetings are scheduled to start at 1 :00 p. m . on the third Friday of each month .
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