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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
May 23, 2017
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 Mel Rapozo, Chair, at the Council Chambers,
4396 Rice Street, Suite 201, Lihu`e, Kaua`i, on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at 11:07 a.m.,
after which the following Members answered the call of the roll:
Honorable Arthur Brun
Honorable Mason K. Chock
Honorable Ross Kagawa
Honorable Arryl Kaneshiro
Honorable Derek S.K. Kawakami
Honorable JoAnn A. Yukimura
Honorable Mel Rapozo
Minutes of the May 10, 2017 Committee of the Whole Meeting.
Upon motion duly made by Councilmember Kaneshiro, seconded by
Councilmember Brun, and unanimously carried, the Minutes of the
May 10, 2017 Committee of the Whole Meeting was approved.
The Committee proceeded on its agenda item, as follows:
ES-904 Pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) Sections 92-4, 92-5(a)(4),
and Kauai County Charter Section 3.07(E), on behalf of the Council, the Office of the
County Attorney requests an Executive Session with the Council to provide the
Council with a briefing regarding a letter pertaining to the pending recycling contract
at the Kaua`i Resource Center, and related matters.
Councilmember Chock moved to convene in Executive Session for ES-904,
seconded by Councilmember Kagawa.
Council Chair Rapozo: Is there any discussion? Councilmember
Kagawa.
Councilmember Kagawa: I received a disturbing letter from a
contractor regarding the Kaua`i Resource Center and the recycling contract, and I
feel that this needs to be discussed in Executive Session. I hope that we can come to
some type of resolution in there. Thank you, Council Chair.
Council Chair Rapozo: Thank you. Any further discussion? Seeing
none, roll call.
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The motion to convene in Executive Session for ES-904 was then put, and
carried by the following vote:
FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION: Brun, Chock, Kagawa, Kaneshiro,
Kawakami, Yukimura, Rapozo TOTAL — 7,
AGAINST EXECUTIVE SESSION: None TOTAL— 0,
EXCUSED & NOT VOTING: None TOTAL — 0,
RECUSED & NOT VOTING: None TOTAL — 0.
Council Chair Rapozo: Motion carried. With that, this ends our
Committee Meeting agenda and we are done for the day. Councilmembers, please
report in the Executive Session Chambers in five (5) minutes.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:10 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Darrellyne M. Caldeira
Council Services Assistant II
APPROVED at the Committee Meeting held on June 21, 2017:
MEL RAPOZO
Chair, COW Committee