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Council Meetings
Generally, regular City Council meetings are held once a month at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Chamber, Honolulu Hale, with presentation of Honorary Certificates at 9:00 a.m., prior to the meeting, and public hearings at 2:00 p.m. Special council meetings may be called at any time when deemed necessary.
As in any legislative body, committees perform a very important function in the operation of the Council. Items before the Council are usually first reviewed by one or more committees. A report on the matter is prepared and sent to the Council for adoption. Once a committee report has been adopted by the full Council, the recommendations made in it are considered to be official actions of the Council.
The Council has seven standing committees. The committees provide councilmembers with an opportunity to seek information from the city administration on new proposals for or proposed changes to existing city policies, programs and services, to discuss budgeting and implementation issues and to reach consensus among committee members on dealing with major problems. Just as important, the committees provide citizens most affected by the Council's decisions with a forum to discuss their concerns with councilmembers. In general, it is at the committee level where the preparatory work is done to assist the members of the Council in arriving at their decisions.
Each Council standing committee is made up of all members of the Council. Voting and non-voting members have been designated for each committee. The Council's standing committees, their respective officers and voting members consist of the following:
TUESDAYS
9:00 a.m. Safety, Economic Development and Government Affairs Committee
Voting Members*:
Tulsi Gabbard (Chair)
Tom Berg (Vice-Chair)
Stanley Chang
Nestor Garcia
Breene Harimoto
*All Councilmembers who are not voting members of a specific committee are non-voting members of that committee.
10:30 a.m. Parks and Cultural Affairs Committee
Voting Members*:
Tom Berg (Chair)
Ikaika Anderson (Vice-Chair)
Romy Cachola
Breene Harimoto
Nestor Garcia
*All Councilmembers who are not voting members of a specific committee are non-voting members of that committee.
1:00 p.m. Executive Matters and Legal Affairs Committee
Voting Members*:
Romy Cachola (Chair)
Breene Harimoto (Vice-Chair)
Ikaika Anderson
Tom Berg
Stanley Chang
Tulsi Gabbard
Nestor Garcia
Ann Kobayashi
Ernest Y. Martin
*All Councilmembers who are not voting members of a specific committee are non-voting members of that committee
WEDNESDAYS
9:00 a.m. Budget Committee
Voting Members*:
Ann Kobayashi (Chair)
Tulsi Gabbard (Vice-Chair)
Ikaika Anderson
Romy Cachola
Stanley Chang
*All Councilmembers who are not voting members of a specific committee are non-voting members of that committee.
1:00 p.m. Public Works and Sustainability Committee
Voting Members*:
Stanley Chang (Chair)
Ann Kobayashi (Vice-Chair)
Tom Berg
Tulsi Gabbard
Nestor Garcia
*All Councilmembers who are not voting members of a specific committee are non-voting members of that committee.
THURSDAYS
9:00 a.m. Zoning and Planning Committee
Voting Members*:
Ikaika Anderson (Chair)
Romy Cachola (Vice-Chair)
Tulsi Gabbard
Breene Harimoto
Ann Kobayashi
*All Councilmembers who are not voting members of a specific committee are non-voting members of that committee.
1:00 p.m. Transportation Committee
Voting Members*:
Breene Harimoto (Chair)
Stanley Chang (Vice-Chair)
Tom Berg
Romy Cachola
Nestor Garcia
*All Councilmembers who are not voting members of a specific committee are non-voting members of that committee.
All times are subject to change. Special council meetings may be called at any time when deemed necessary. Public notice of all meetings is made six days prior to the meeting time.
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