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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
August 16, 2023
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, Chair, at the Council Chambers,
4396 Rice Street, Suite 201, Lihu`e, Kaua`i, on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at
8:31 a.m., after which the following Members answered the call of the roll:
Honorable Addison Bulosan
Honorable Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr.
Honorable Felicia Cowden
Honorable Bill DeCosta
Honorable Ross Kagawa
Honorable Mel Rapozo
Excused: Honorable KipuKai Kuali`i
Minutes of the June 27, 2023 Special Committee of the Whole Meeting.
Upon motion duly made by Councilmember Cowden, seconded by
Councilmember Carvalho, and carried by a vote of 6:0:1 (Vice Chair Kuali`i was
excused), the Minutes of the June 27, 2023 Special 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 2023-10: on COW 2023-05 Communication (08/02/2023) from Council
Chair Rapozo, requesting the presence of the
Fire Chief and the Deputy Fire Chief, to
provide a briefing on the Pulse Point System.
(Received for the Record.)
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
ES-1100 Pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) Sections 92-4 and
92-5(a)(4), and Kaua`i County Charter Section 3.07(E), the Office of the County
Attorney, on behalf of the County Council requests an Executive Session to discuss a
claim from Isaac Ornellas for loss of income and leisure time. The 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.
Councilmember Carvalho moved to convene into Executive Session for
ES-1100, seconded by Councilmember Kagawa.
Council Chair Rapozo: Are there any questions or is there any
discussion on this item? If not, roll call vote to go into Executive Session.
COW MEETING 2 AUGUST 16, 2023
(No written testimony was received and no registered speakers requested to
testify regarding this agenda item.)
The motion to convene into Executive Session for ES-1100 was then put, and
carried by the following vote:
FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION: Bulosan, Carvalho, Cowden,
DeCosta, Kagawa, Rapozo TOTAL — 6,
AGAINST EXECUTIVE SESSION: None TOTAL— 0,
EXCUSED & NOT VOTING: Kuali`i TOTAL — 1,
RECUSED & NOT VOTING: None TOTAL — 0.
Ms. Fountain-Tanigawa: Six (6) ayes.
(Note: The Committee recessed at 10:00 am. to 10:40 a.m., to convene in
Executive Session.)
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:42 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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DonnaLee Brinker off
Council Services Assistant I
APPROVED at the Committee Meeting held on August 30, 2023:
MEL RAPOZO
Chair, COW Committee