driven excuse is michael victoria know as well as kind of spicy and joining us later will be the chair of the council mike white i'd also like to introduce our committee secretary as well as our legislative attorney carlo nakata but before we begin with any testimony i'd like to remind any anybody who'd like to testify please limit your testimony to today's agenda items you'll have three minutes to testify i'm going to go and check in with our district offices when i district office are you there we are running short on time on today's agenda to think you a members of the city's first item on today's agenda is a litigation matters of the settlement of today we will have today is the corporation counsel richard ross is this is his case so if you would like to present some factual matters in regards to this  was a firefighter from february two thousand and eight until december of two thousand and twelve wall on duty in january of two thousand and twelve he was participating in a basketball game which was actually part of his training and he  injured his ankle and his fall were covered workers compensation claim as a result of that he's since left county employment but the county remains liable for his medical expenses because it's a worker's compensation case involving employee medical information and because they remain in active litigation we're requesting executive session to discuss element a member some going to open up the floor for any questions you may have an open session mr ross if this individual is employed by us and in he voluntarily left before any matters are cleared up for his injury so i'll be happy to answer any questions for you i think you ross you said basketball but it was part of his duties it was in i me on the clock or whatever in that mr ross so i just wondering why it's here we aren't contesting that it was work so it's my understanding that the claimant was injured while playing basketball yes when they were playing bass well is that were they on duty at the time when they are yes he was on duty ok numbers any follow up questions in open session scene and we have a request for entering into executive session on this matter the chair will entertain a motion to convene executive meeting pursuant to section ninety two as consult with our legal counsel on questions of legal matters liabilities in immunities concerning this community as well as the county chair so no thank you but we have a motion carries thank you moving on to the next items members have course versus county of maui disability compensation division case number seven dash zero nine dash zero one eight eight five committees in receipt of a correspondence dated september eleventh two thousand and fifteen from the department of corporation counsel requesting consideration of the proposed resolution authorizing settlement of walter of course have course versus county of my disability compensation division the claim alleges a work related injuries sustained on september eighth two thousand and nine the purpose of the proposed resolution is to authorize settlement of the case this is also mr ross case you may make as opening statement if you can in open session fell any attempted to pick it up again and we did that he experienced pain in his back and in his right leg and then later the pain moved on to his left leg because this matter is in active litigation and worker's compensation involves confidential employee medical information we're requesting executive session for this consultant and joining us now is the director good partner of public works for any questions anyone may have for him  mr good for joining us if you are not sure if you're aware of the case before us if you could if if you are aware of such facts can you briefly give us an opening  of the administration we went through all the outstanding worker's comp claims and this one looked to be like the biggest one within our department we actually don't have that many workers comp claims knock on wood but  in the scope of his duties or and i guess the other question is was this on county property yes he was on the clock and on in his county office at the time ok thank you members any further questions in open session mr couch mr chair and mr ross to stop me if i going too far but mr good do you have training on how to lift boxes or how to lift heavy objects mr chair certainly our highways division where laborers in particular and others would move we often lifting things that have proper lifting techniques and our office staff are not aware of such two dash five a eight to consult with their legal counsel on legal questions proteins in duties liabilities and immunities for the county this committee and the council as well as to deliber to make decisions on matters that require consideration of confidential information both pursuant to state federal and county chairs some will move by ms corella seconded by mr couch any further discussion in matter a settlement authorisation the matter of the grievance arbitration between the state of hawaii organization of police officers on behalf of clinton via and the county of fifteen from the department of corp counsel requesting consideration but the proposed resolution entitled authorizing settlement of the matters of the grievance arbitration between the state of hawaii organization police officers on behalf of clinton and dash two fourteen dashes row seventy three the proposed resolution states the state of hawaii organization of police officers has filed a grievance on behalf of the former police police department officer quentin what the purpose of the proposed resolution is to authorize settlement of the case i believe that we also have this case mr ross if you could present  opening comments that you may have in open session thank you mr chair this case involves the terminations has indicated of former police officer claimed he was terminated because n p t found  followed so that's sort of a very brief overview because it's in active litigation we can't get into too many details so we're going to request executive session to go into the specifics there's been a request by corporation counsel to enter into executive session the chair will entertain a motion to to convene executive committee a meeting pursuant to section ninety two dash five a four as well as section ninety two dash five eight h r as to consult with questions pertaining to powers judy's privileges and immunities and liabilities for the county council and this committee as well as to deliberate or  in the beginning of the meeting so at this time members were going to take a brief recess to set the the chambers for executive session so we are now in recess agenda the chair will entertain a motion to recommend adoption of the proposed resolution in title authorizing the settlement of judson kitty macao lis versus county amount of disability compensation division case supposed say no we have five eyes no nos four excused motion carries moving on to the next i know we have walter i have a course versus county executive session and the recommendations of corporation counsel the chair will entertain a motion to recommend adoption of the proposed resolution entitled authorizing settlement of walter have a course versus grievance arbitration between the state of hawaii organization of police officers on behalf of clinton via and the county of maui police department show book case number and dash two fourteen dash zero seven three proposed resolutions entitle authorizing settlement of the of in the matter of the grievance arbitration between the state of hawaii organization of police officers on behalf of clinton who via and the county of maui by police department no five i know is for excuse pushing carries members thank you very much for all the diligence in and the staff as well as deputy corp counsel ross for all their hard work today the meeting is now a cha community media 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