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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
September 3, 2014
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 Jay Furfaro, Chair, at the Council
Chambers, 4396 Rice Street, Suite 201, Lihu`e, Kaua`i, on Wednesday,
September 3, 2014, at 5:36 p.m., after which the following members answered the
call of the roll:
Honorable Tim Bynum
Honorable Mason K. Chock, Sr.
Honorable Gary L. Hooser
Honorable JoAnn A. Yukimura
Honorable Jay Furfaro
Excused: Honorable Ross Kagawa
Honorable Mel Rapozo
The Committee proceeded on its agenda item, as follows:
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §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 HRS §92-4 and shall
be limited to those items described in HRS §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.)
ES-753 Pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statues (HRS) Sections 92-4,
92-5(a) (2) and (4), the Office of the County Attorney, on behalf of the Council,
requests an Executive Session with the County Council's Committee of the Whole to
provide a briefing and consultation on issues pertaining to Bill No. 2546, written
opinions from the Office of the County Attorney on Bill No. 2546, 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.
Chair Furfaro: The bill number that is in front of us, what is
it? What is that bill number?
LORI L. MARUGAME, Council Services Assistant: ES-753
Chair Furfaro: ES-753, we will be deferring that a week, so
on that note I would like to adjourn the Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Chock: Chair do we need a...
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Chair Furfaro: The motion was to defer for a week. The
clarification, is it one (1) week or two (2) weeks?
Ms. Yukimura: I believe it is two (2) weeks but we might
have...
Chair Furfaro: Just a straight deferral to
September 17, 2014.
Ms. Yukimura: Before the motion may I say...
Chair Furfaro: Yes, go right ahead.
Ms. Yukimura: I think there is that issue of disclosing or
releasing the County Attorney's opinion. That will happen in a week, hopefully.
That will be posted as an item so that we can release it so that...
Chair Furfaro: I want to clarify, JoAnn. I have already
spoken to those who want to release that. They are to send in an E-mail or
something in writing to the County Attorney, copying myself. If they do not do that
it will not be posted. If they do make the request to post, it will be posted.
Ms. Yukimura: So this deferral is independent of that.
Chair Furfaro: Yes.
Ms. Yukimura: Thank you.
Upon motion duly made by Councilmember Yukimura, seconded by
Councilmember Chock, and carried by a vote of 5:0:2 (Councilmember
Kagawa and Councilmember Rapozo were excused), ES-753 was deferred in
open session. [Deferred in Open Session.]
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:38 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lori L. Marugame
Council Services Assistant I
APPROVED at the Committee Meeting held on October 1, 2014:
JAY FUR
Chair, COW