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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, OCTOBER 16, 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 on the Honolulu City Council YouTube Channel, type the following into the address bar of the browser: 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 on the Honolulu City Council YouTube Channel, type the following in the address bar of the browser: 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 86290944880 and Passcode 757294.
2. To testify by videoconference visit the Honolulu Records Collection, type the following into the address bar of the browser: 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 through the Honolulu Records Collection, type the following into the address bar of the browser: 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 on the Honolulu Records Collection, type the following into the address bar of the browser: 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 on the Honolulu Records Collection, type the following into the address bar of the browser: 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. BILL 5 (2025), CD1 – RELATING TO ANIMAL RECOVERY. Addressing farm animal control by adding a new article to Chapter 12 of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021 to address the duties and functions of a farm animal control contractor. (Bill passed second reading and public hearing held 09/03/25)
BILL005(25), CD1 - 08-21-25 GCS
BILL005(25), CD2 - 10-16-25 GCS
BILL005(25), PROPOSED CD1 - TDST1
BILL005(25), PROPOSED CD1 - TDST2
BILL005(25), CD1, PROPOSED CD2 - TDST1
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.
D-0679(25) CUSTOMER SERVICES - Bill 5 (25), CD1 — Relating to Animal Recovery.
D-0770(25) CUSTOMER SERVICES - Bill 5 (25), CD1 — Relating to Animal Recovery.
021325 Committee on Public Safety & Customer Services Written Summary for Video Record
012925 Council Minutes - ADOPTED 02/26/25
082125 Committee on Government Efficiency & Customer Services Written Summary for Video Record
090325 Council Minutes - ADOPTED 11/05/25
INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING
2. REVIEW OF THE HAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY’S FY2025 ANNUAL REPORT ON THE CITY’S ANIMAL SERVICES CONTRACT.
M-0536(25) Presentation for INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING ON REVIEW OF THE HAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY'S FY2025 ANNUAL REPORT ON THE CITY'S ANIMAL SERVICES CONTRACT for Oct 16, 2025 @ 2:30 PM GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY & CUSTOMER SERVICES (GCS) Meeting.
• Kimberly Hashiro, Director, Department of Customer Services
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