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HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL KE KANIHELA O KE KALANA O HONOLULU CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
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COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY & CUSTOMER SERVICES |
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Voting Members: Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, Chair Matt Weyer, Vice Chair Radiant Cordero Scott Y. Nishimoto
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AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2025
2:30 P.M.
Pursuant to Section 92-3.7, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, this meeting will be conducted as a remote meeting by interactive conference technology, with the following procedures in effect for the meeting:
The meeting will be viewable: (1) by internet live streaming through https://www.honolulucitycouncil.org/meetings; (2) by televised live broadcast on ‘Ōlelo TV Channel 54; and (3) on the monitor situated outside the Council Chamber. Viewers who experience a loss of viewing signal should try switching to another viewing option.
After the meeting, the meeting will be viewable on demand at https://www.honolulucitycouncil.org/meetings. Copies of older meeting videos may be requested by calling the City Clerk’s Office at (808) 768‑5822, charges may apply.
Some Councilmembers and presenters may be participating in the meeting by interactive conference technology from remote locations.
Remote and in-person oral testimony will be permitted on all items on the agenda when each agenda item is taken up. Each speaker may not have anyone else read their statement and is limited to a one‑minute presentation.
As both English and Hawaiian are official languages of the State of Hawaiʻi, pursuant to Article XV, Section 4 of the Hawaiʻi State Constitution and Section 1-13 of the Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, members of the public may testify in either language. For oral testimonies offered in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, additional time as may be necessary will be allowed for the testifier to provide an English translation of their testimony.
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Remote Testimony
1. For direct access to submit oral testimony call: +1-253-215-8782, enter ID 81635094389 and Passcode 765368.
2. To testify by videoconference visit: https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/testimony. Videoconference access information will be provided upon registration. Testifiers are encouraged to register/submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
Persons wishing to testify in-person in the Council Chamber are requested to register by 2:30 p.m. by filling out the registration form in person outside the Council Chamber. Persons who have not registered will be given an opportunity to speak following the oral testimonies of the registered speakers.
Written testimony may be uploaded at https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/testimony, or mailed to Office of the City Clerk, Attention: Information Section, 530 South King Street, Room 100, Honolulu, HI 96813. If submitted, written testimonies, including the testifier’s address, e-mail address, and phone number, will be available to the public at https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov.
Should you have any questions, please call (808) 768-3825 or send an email to pearlene.sotelo@honolulu.gov.
Meeting materials are accessible at https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/browse/agendas by clicking on the appropriate Committee meeting.
If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability or an interpreter for a language other than English, please call the Office of the City Clerk Information Section at (808) 768-5822 between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or send an email to pearlene.sotelo@honolulu.gov as soon as possible or at least three (3) business days before the scheduled meeting. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.
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FOR ACTION
1. RESOLUTION 25-232 – ACCEPTANCE OF A GIFT (CSD). Accepting a gift to the City of travel, hotel accommodations, meals and related expenses, valued at $3,000, from Thales DIS USA, Inc., for representatives of the Department of Customer Services to attend Factory Acceptance Testing for the upgraded driver’s license and State ID card production system project to be held in Austin, Texas from September 15 – 19, 2025. (Transmitted by Communication D-625)
D-0625(25) CUSTOMER SERVICES - Draft Resolution to report gift and requested acceptance from Thales DIS USA, Inc.
2. RESOLUTION 25-226 – RESCUE AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR EQUINES. Requesting the Department of Customer Services to develop and implement a program for the rescue and rehabilitation of neglected, abused, or abandoned equines.
D-0641(25) NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD - NO. 27 - Testimony on RES25-226 for Aug 21, 2025 @ 2:30 PM GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY & CUSTOMER SERVICES (GCS) Meeting.
M-0425(25) Testimony on RES25-226 for Aug 21, 2025 @ 02:30 PM *GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY & CUSTOMER SERVICES (GCS) Meeting.
3. BILL 5 (2025) – RELATING TO ANIMAL RECOVERY. Addressing farm animal control by repealing Article 4 in Chapter 3 of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021 related to Poundmasters and adding a new Article 4 to address the duties and functions of a Farm Animal Control Contractor. (Bill passed First Reading 1/29/25; PS Committee postponed action 2/13/25)
BILL005(25), CD1 - 08-21-25 GCS
BILL005(25), PROPOSED CD1 - TDST1
BILL005(25), PROPOSED CD1 - TDST2
CC-181(25) WATERS - List of Assignments of Items Pending Before the Council. CCM.
D-0106(25) CUSTOMER SERVICES - Bill 5 — Relating to Animal Recovery.
021325 Committee on Public Safety & Customer Services Written Summary for Video Record
012925 Council Minutes - ADOPTED 02/26/25
PROPOSED CD1 TO BILL 5 (2025) (Submitted by Councilmember Dos Santos‑Tam) – The CD1 (OCS2025-0652/8/13/2025 3:38 PM) makes the following amendments:
A. Removes SECTION 2 of the bill, as ROH Chapter 3, Article 4 ("Poundmasters"), was repealed by Ordinance 25-26, effective June 30, 2025. Renumbers subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.
B. Amends renumbered SECTION 2 of the bill, which creates a new ROH article entitled "Farm Animal Control Contractor," as follows:
1. Adds the new article to ROH Chapter 12 ("Animals and Fowls"), instead of to ROH Chapter 3 (as a replacement for the now-repealed Article 4);
2. Throughout the new article, replaces all references to the Department of Customer Services with general references to the City;
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3. In proposed ROH § 12-__.1, amends the definition of "Estray" to refer to property generally (rather than property of a private individual or of the government), and remove "hog" from list of animals contained within the definition;
4. In proposed ROH § 12-__.1, clarifies that the definition of "Farm Animal Control Contractor" is not limited to individuals, but may also include a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity;
5. Amends proposed ROH § 12-__.2(a) to state that the City may enter into a contract with one or more farm animal control contractors;
6. Clarifies in proposed ROH § 12-__.2(a) that the farm animal control contractor is responsible for the reasonable (rather than "proper") care of any estrays within their possession;
7. In proposed ROH § 12-__.3, clarifies that the farm animal control contractor shall bear all expenses for the capture, removal, safekeeping, and reasonable care of estrays;
8. Adds a new proposed ROH § 12-__.4 ("Application for impounding"), which sets out what is required before capturing and removing an estray from private property, and renumbers subsequent sections accordingly;
9. Adds a new proposed ROH § 12-__.6 ("Notice and method of humane disposal"), which outlines the notice requirement after impounding an estray, and the process required before which the farm animal control contractor may proceed to humanely dispose of the estray; and
10. Deletes the proposed section authorizing administrative rulemaking.
C. Amends renumbered SECTION 4 of the bill to list the effective date as July 1, 2026.
D. Makes miscellaneous technical and nonsubstantive amendments.
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INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING
4. OVERVIEW ON THE RULEMAKING PROCESS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
MM-131(25) MANAGING DIRECTOR - Presentation for INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING ON OVERVIEW ON THE RULEMAKING PROCESS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU for Aug 21, 2025 @ 2:30 PM GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY & CUSTOMER SERVICES (GCS) Meeting.
M-0438(25) Testimony on Overview on the Rulemaking Process of the City and County of Honolulu for Aug 21, 2025 @ 02:30 PM *GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY & CUSTOMER SERVICES (GCS) Meeting.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
If the need arises with respect to any item on this agenda, then pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes Sections 92-4 and 92-5(a)(4), the Committee may consult in a closed meeting with its attorneys in executive session on questions and issues pertaining to the Council's powers, duties, privileges, immunities and/or liabilities relating to that item.
TYLER DOS SANTOS-TAM, Chair
Committee on Government Efficiency & Customer Services