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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
July 13, 2016
A meeting of the Committee of the Whole of the Council of the County of
Kaua`i, State of Hawaii, was called to order by Mel Rapozo, Council Chair, at the
Council Chambers, 4396 Rice Street, Suite 201, Lihu`e, Kauai, on Wednesday,
July 13, 2016, at 12:40 p.m., after which the following Members answered the call of
the roll:
Honorable Mason K. Chock
Honorable Gary L. Hooser
Honorable Ross Kagawa
Honorable Arryl Kaneshiro
Honorable KipuKai Kualii
Honorable JoAnn A. Yukimura
Honorable Mel Rapozo
ES-858 Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Sections 92-4, 92-5(a)(2),
92-5(a)(4), and Kaua`i County Charter Section 3.07(E), the Office of the
County Attorney, on behalf of the Kauai County Council, requests an
Executive Session to brief the Committee of the Whole on matters
regarding the Notice of Violation and Order (NOVO) from the State of
Hawaii Department of Health, Clean Water Branch for National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit related
violations and penalties at four (4) refuse transfer stations, 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 well as, the consideration of matters affecting
privacy related to the evaluation, dismissal, or discipline of any officer
or employee related to this agenda item. (This item was Deferred.)
Council Chair Rapozo: As far as the Executive Session item that is
posted for today, I am not sure if the County Attorney was ready today. You can
just give me a nod of the head. Would anybody object to deferring this Executive
Session matter? Does the Administration have a problem with deferring this item?
If not, I just wanted to do that now so that when we come back from lunch, everyone
knows that we are not going to convene in Executive Session today. We will just
entertain the motion to defer for two (2) weeks if nobody has any objections. Is
there anyone in the audience wishing to testify? If not, may I have a motion?
Councilmember Yukimura moved to defer ES-858, seconded by
Councilmember Kagawa, and unanimously carried.
There being no objections, the Committee recessed at 12:41 p.m., to convene
in the Planning Committee Meeting.
The meeting was called back to order at 3:48 p.m.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 2 JULY 13, 2016
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:48 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Codie K. Yama chi
Council Services Assistant I
APPROVED at the Committee Meeting held on July 27, 2016:
MEL RAPOZO
Chair, COW Committee