County of Maui
Governance, Ethics, and Transparency Committee
CONTACT INFORMATION Office of Council Services (808) 270-7838 (phone) 200 South High Street Wailuku, Hawaii 96793 COMMITTEE STAFF Shelly Espeleta, Kasie Apo Takayama, Pauline Martins, and James Forrest BOARD PACKETS Board Packets, as defined in Section 92-7.5, HRS, will be electronically posted as soon as practicable under the current conditions. CONNECTIVITY This online meeting is being conducted in accordance with the Governor's most recent emergency proclamation on COVID-19. The proclamation partially suspends the Sunshine Law, and meetings can be conducted without Councilmembers or members of the public being physically present in the same location. Nothing said today or included in the agenda is intended to create obligations in excess of those required under the Sunshine Law and the emergency proclamation. If BlueJeans connectivity affecting quorum is lost, the Committee will be in recess. It will not be considered a loss of quorum unless connectivity cannot be restored within 30 minutes. If BlueJeans connectivity is prematurely terminated for whatever reason, please log back into the meeting using the same link. If Akaku is terminated for whatever reason, or prematurely ceases broadcasting the meeting to Channel 53, Akaku will try its best to restore broadcasting. But if it is unable to do so in a reasonable amount of time, the Committee will continue its meeting, record it on BlueJeans, and after the meeting, forward the recording to Akaku to be included with archived meeting videos. If connectivity affecting quorum cannot be restored within 30 minutes, the meeting will automatically reconvene the following Tuesday at 9 a.m., using the same virtual connections, unless the Committee announces a different date and time. TESTIMONY Oral testimony via phone by dialing in to 1-408-915-6290 and entering meeting code 175 115 369 Video testimony via BlueJeans link: https://bluejeans.com/175115369 Written testimony via eComment. For more information on how to use eComment, please visit http://mauicounty.us/ecomment/ For more information on testifying, please visit www.MauiCounty.us or contact the Office of Council Services. LIVE CABLECAST AND WEBCAST Live meeting is available on Akaku: Maui Community Media, Channel 53. Or go to mauicounty.us/agendas to access live and archived meeting videos. _____________________________________________________________________ Agenda items are subject to cancellation.
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The Governance, Ethics, and Transparency Committee reviews charter amendments, ethics code revisions, campaign finance rules, open government legislation, and proposals to change how Maui County government is structured or held accountable. It also oversees the county's compliance with Hawaii's Sunshine Law and public records requirements.
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Strong governance rules protect residents' ability to know what their government is doing and hold it accountable. This committee is the forum for proposing improvements to public meeting access, records disclosure, conflict-of-interest rules, and the structural reforms needed to make county government more responsive.