Inside Honolulu: August 9
There’s always something interesting going on at Honolulu Hale.
Civil Beat is reporting from the inside.
11:03 a.m. Ethics Agenda Out
The Honolulu Ethics Commission this morning distributed the agenda for its next meeting, scheduled for next Monday.
Among the executive session items are:
- Report and recommendation regarding acceptance of travel gifts by the Council
- Report and recommendation regarding a possible financial conflict of interest by a city officer
- Report and recommendation regarding whether there is a conflict of interest between outside business interests and a city employee’s official city duties
You can view the agenda .
10:47 a.m. EPA Fines Pest Control Co.
From a press release from the Environmental Protection Agency:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a $17,000 fine against Kama鈥檃ina Termite & Pest Control, Inc. for misusing Vikane, a fumigant pesticide, at three houses and one luxury condominium, a violation of federal law.
Read the full announcement .
9:16 a.m. Regulating B&Bs Not So Easy
Honolulu has had a history of difficulty with regulating transient vacation units, bed-and-breakfasts and other individually-owned short-term rentals. That history will continue Wednesday with a Planning Commission hearing on a bill.
In anticipation of that meeting, Nanea Kalani published a story today about how vacation rental regulations on Maui aren’t helping much. Read that story here.
Where’s Carlisle?
Mayor Peter Carlisle has no local public events scheduled for today.
Read Previous Editions of Inside Honolulu
August 8: Bombardier on Appeal; Carlisle In Da Hale; Where’s City Oversight?; Police Department Names Names; Carlisle on Japan, in Video; Where’s Carlisle?
August 5: 6:51 p.m. Carlisle in Japan, in Photos; Bombardier Officially Rejected; Ansaldo Enlisted to Fix San Fran’s Light Rail Cars; Traffic Ticket Quota; Carlisle’s Public Sked; Ansaldo Honolulu “Pleased” With Finmeccanica Restructuring; Waianae’s Clean Water Award; Chair Garcia’s Checklist; Where’s Carlisle?
August 4: Congestion Tolls in Honolulu … Someday; HART Here, HART There; Zoning Appeals Board Appointments Advance; Committee Moves Sign Bill Forward; Moratorium Lifted on New Sewer Connections in Waimanalo; Free Speech vs. Open Space; Today’s Committees; Where’s Carlisle?
August 3: Board Defends Rate Hike; Appointee Asked About Water Rates; Tow Trucking Debated; Seniors, Disabled Ask for Help; ORI Discussion Coming Soon; Today’s Committees; Fewer Golfers, More Money; Chang’s Public Service; Where’s Carlisle?
August 2: Case Closed, Not Decided; City Rests, Ansaldo Satisfied; City Witness Rebuts Sumitomo; Ireland, Silva Like Merger; Talking Merger; No Competition for Carlisle; Berg: GOP “Party of the Skin Heads”; Today’s Committees; Want Train? Get Brains; Where’s Carlisle?
August 1: Across the Street?; Waipahu Board Backs Hoopili; Executive Session?; Ansaldo Responds; Rail Appeal Continues, With Questions Churning About Ansaldo; Sewage Spill in Kailua; Where’s Carlisle?
