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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
July 10, 2019
A meeting of the Committee of the Whole of the Council of the County of Kauai,
State of Hawai`i, was called to order by Arryl Kaneshiro, Chair, at the Council
Chambers, 4396 Rice Street, Suite 201, Lihu`e, Kaua`i, on Wednesday, July 10, 2019,
at 10:31 a.m., after which the following Members answered the call of the roll:
Honorable Arthur Brun (present at 10:33 a.m.)
Honorable Mason K. Chock
Honorable Felicia Cowden
Honorable Luke A. Evslin
Honorable Ross Kagawa
Honorable KipuKai Kuali`i
Honorable Arryl Kaneshiro
Minutes of the June 5, 2019 Committee of the Whole Meeting.
Upon motion duly made by Councilmember Kuali`i, seconded by
Councilmember Chock, and carried by a vote of 6:0:1 (Councilmember Brun
was excused), the Minutes of the June 5, 2019 Committee of the Whole Meeting
was approved.
Minutes of the June 19, 2019 Committee of the Whole Meeting.
Upon motion duly made by Councilmember Kuali`i, seconded by
Councilmember Chock, and carried by a vote of 6:0:1 (Councilmember Brun
was excused), the Minutes of the June 19, 2019 Committee of the Whole
Meeting was approved.
The Committee proceeded on its agenda item, as shown in the following
Committee Report, which is incorporated herein by reference:
CR-COW 2019-15: on Bill No. 2753 A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE
APPROVING A COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT FOR
BARGAINING UNIT 1 BETWEEN
JULY 1, 2019 AND JUNE 30, 2021
(Approved.)
(Note: Councilmember Brun was noted as present during discussion on
Bill No. 2753.)
COW COMMITTEE MEETING 2 JULY 10, 2019
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
ES-994 Pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) Sections 92-4 and
92-5(a)(6), the Office of the County Attorney requests an Executive Session on behalf
of Council to discuss foreign influence operations as it relates to public safety and
security. This briefing provided by Special Agents from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation relates to the powers of the Council and the County as they relate to
this agenda item: Councilmember Kagawa moved to convene in Executive Session for
ES-994, seconded by Councilmember Brun.
Council Chair Kaneshiro: Is there anyone in the audience wishing to
testify on this item?
There being no objections, the rules were suspended to take public testimony.
There being no one present to provide testimony, the meeting was called back
to order, and proceeded as follows:
Council Chair Kaneshiro: Seeing none, roll call vote to go into Executive
Session.
The motion to convene in Executive Session for ES-994 was then put, and
carried by the following vote:
FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION: Brun, Chock, Cowden, Evslin,
Kagawa, Kuali`i, Kaneshiro TOTAL — 7,
AGAINST EXECUTIVE SESSION: None TOTAL— 0,
EXCUSED & NOT VOTING: None TOTAL— 0,
RECUSED & NOT VOTING: None TOTAL — 0.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:39 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Darrellyne y Caldeira
Council Services Assistant II
APPROVED at the Committee Meeting held on July 24, 2019:
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ARRYL .1 NESHIRO
Chair, COW Committee