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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 |
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2026
2:30 P.M.
Pursuant to Section 92-3.7, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes (HRS), 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.youtube.com/@HonoluluCityCouncil; (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.youtube.com/@HonoluluCityCouncil. 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 HRS Section 1-13, 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 85999673229 and Passcode 128724.
2. To testify by videoconference, visit the Honolulu Records Collection website, 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 the Council Chamber are requested to register by 2:30 p.m. by filling out the registration form in person. 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 website, 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 website, 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 website, 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, Monday through Friday, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., excluding State holidays, 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 26-1 – KNOWLEDGE OF THE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR DRIVER'S LICENSE RENEWALS. Requesting the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation to evaluate implementation of a requirement for applicants to successfully complete a test of knowledge of the rules of the road upon renewal of a driver's license.
D-0031(26) CUSTOMER SERVICES - Resolution 26-1, Requesting the State of Hawaiʻi to Evaluate and Consider Requiring a Test of Knowledge of the Rules of the Road for Driver’s License Renewals.
M-0014(26) Testimony on RES26-001 for Jan 15, 2026 @ 02:30 PM *GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY & CUSTOMER SERVICES (GCS) Meeting.
2. RESOLUTION 26-2 – KNOWLEDGE OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, BICYCLIST RIGHTS AND INTERACTIONS, AND MULTIMODAL ROADWAY USE AS PART OF THE DRIVER EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. Requesting the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation to include information and questions on pedestrian safety, bicyclist rights and interactions, and multimodal roadway use in its driver's license knowledge test and associated educational materials, and the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education to include similar information in its driver education content.
CC-002(26) CORDERO - Referral Appeal Form for Resolution 26-002 from Committee on Infrastructure, Transportation & Technology to Committee on Government Efficiency & Customer Services. FILE
M-0013(26) Testimony on RES26-002 for Jan 15, 2026 @ 02:30 PM *GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY & CUSTOMER SERVICES (GCS) Meeting.
3. BILL 8 (2025) – RELATING TO ANIMAL NUISANCES. Amending and modifying provisions related to animal nuisances in Chapter 12, Article 2 of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021. (Bill passed first reading 1/29/25; PS postponed action 2/13/25)
BILL008(25), PROPOSED CD1 - VO1
CC-181(25) WATERS - List of Assignments of Items Pending Before the Council. CCM.
D-0026(26) CUSTOMER SERVICES - Proposed CD1 to Bill 8, Relating to Animal Nuisances.
M-0027(25) Testimony on BILL008(25) for Jan 29, 2025 @ 10:00 AM COUNCIL Meeting.
M-0084(25) Testimony on BILL008(25) for Feb 13, 2025 @ 01:00 PM PUBLIC SAFETY & CUSTOMER SERVICES (PS) Meeting.
M-0017(26) Testimony on BILL008(25) for Jan 15, 2026 @ 02:30 PM *GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY & CUSTOMER SERVICES (GCS) Meeting.
021325 Committee on Public Safety & Customer Services Written Summary for Video Record
012925 Council Minutes - ADOPTED 02/26/25
PROPOSED CD1 TO BILL 8 (2025) (Submitted by Councilmember Okimoto) – The CD1 (OCS2025-0914/11/20/2025 2:49 PM) makes the following amendments:
A. In SECTION 1 of the bill, amends the findings to note that the public can benefit from revising City ordinances to conform to State of Hawaiʻi law, including Act 224, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024.
B. In SECTION 3 of the bill, further amends ROH Section 12-2.7 by removing the provisions relating to bail bonds.
C. In SECTION 4 of the bill, further amends ROH Section 12-2.9 by removing the provision relating to failing or refusing to deposit bail as required and within the time permitted.
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D. In SECTION 7 of the bill:
1. Amends the proposed new ROH Section 12-2.__(a) by requiring the Director to include in the City's contract with the animal control contractor a provision to enforce the provisions of ROH Chapter 12, Article 2; and
2. Amends the proposed new ROH Section 12-2.__(c) by requiring the Director to establish rules for any person issued a notice of violation who desires to appeal the civil fines imposed by the violation. The hearing procedures must conform to the requirements of HRS Chapter 91, related to contested case hearings.
E. Adds a new SECTION 9 to repeal ROH Chapter 12, Article 7 ("Regulation of Dangerous Dogs").
F. Adds a new SECTION 10 to add definitions for "Bite Injury" and "Serious Bodily Injury" to ROH Section 12-4.1.
G. Adds a new SECTION 11 to add a new section to ROH Chapter 12, Article 4, relating to reporting of dog bites. Renumbers subsequent SECTIONS accordingly.
H. Makes miscellaneous technical and nonsubstantive amendments.
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 City's and 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