chair there nine members present a christmas present to conduct the business of the council thank you very much will you all please rise and join me in the pledge of allegiance and since there's very few people in the audience that won't provide their remain the reminder to turn off your cell phones but members of it if you would please do so with yours i would appreciate it the chair doesn't need to worry about it because he forgot proceed mr chair proceeding with the presentation of testimony on agenda items we've established limited telephone interactive communication the neighbors individuals from honolulu to provide testimony from our district offices individuals who wish to offer testimony from honolulu and sign up with district office staff individuals who wish to offer testimony in the chamber please sign up at the desk located in the eighth floor lobby just outside the chamber door testimony at all locations is limited to the items listed on today's agenda pursuant to the rules of the council each justifiers allowed to testify for up to three minutes with woman to conclude if requested when testifying please teacher name and the name of any organization you represent an office please identify yourself and introduce your first s written testimony for today's meeting thank you mr chips even with kind of communications you had before you kind of communication fifteen dash fifty one from counsel vice chair transmitting to the counsel chair the matter relating to kind of communication fifteen to twenty three thank you chair the policy and intergovernmental affairs committee was unable to pass out a recommendation as for every fourth meeting on this nomination i firmly believe that the council must take a position and make a decision either prove or deny this is also a time sensitive matter with the decision needed within sixty days of the mayor submitting the nominee which is february twenty third if we do not act today the time will expire in the council the council will not be able to take an official position as we have all nine members here today i chair we are and we are now able to take appropriate action on this measure members any further discussion mr couch usually we have this through the chair of the committee and just can cern as to what the why we're going this route as opposed to the chair of the committee dealing with this as a chairman of another committee m m i ha some concerns that the chair of the committee was on vacation in a place that was not easily communicated with and and it was determined that we needed to take action because  a lack of action was simply allowed the other person to be appointed without any action from the council it was mentioned to another member that the department was interested in withdrawing the persons for consideration but that consideration cannot be a person cannot be withdrawn  by the administration once it's in the council's hands so from a technical standpoint the council needs to take action and so it was initially going to be a resolution from the chair but i wasn't here to sign it and so the vice chair signed it so that's that's how it came together and it's my understanding the department has another person with the with a very strong background and and the culture that will be willing to to participate in the public works commission's work and has from what we understand already agreed to do so so that's the purpose for this ok's action thank you  mr victory no thank you and although may be difficult not impossible to communicate with so let me make that perfectly clear i gave instructions on how and what to reach me w being a email or text i was going to pay a dollar ninety nine per minute for phone calls but beyond that no news of this was ever transmitted to me until yesterday when i started asking questions and i really don't think it's the right way to do things but fine you do what you think is right again no qualms about the department wanting to redraw if that was told to me if that was effectively transmitted to me i had no problem with that but the play was all done i'm not a very not very happy about it i don't think it should be john's you know and this is not the first time and i hope this will be the last time but i will continue to make an issue if a chair is not communicated i'm not pleased with this overall scope of the way it was done especially being left out now it wasn't that i could not be communicated with my staff had answers to any question you would have asked them as far as how but i never received an we'll never see the text mail until yesterday when i started digging into it and ask you what's going on how come i wasn't what's the problem and then i was informed by you via text mail what was going on ok i don't think that's fair but it is it we're here today and let's decide what we're going to do one way or the other thank you mr chairman ok thank you mr vick do you know any further discussion and this is on the vote to discharge any further discussion members committee report by two thirds vote of the entire membership of the council will enable the council to consider the proposed resolution today no further discussion any members any other discussion see proposed resolution entitled appointment of a member to the public works commission for term ending on march thirty first two thousand and one thousand as attached to communication fifteen dash fifty one dated december twenty third two thousand and fourteen be adopted velo to adopt the resolution and finally in the kind of communications fifteen twenty three and fifteen fifty one for the discussion it's been nothing further stitching members any other discussion and that was the communication i just thought maybe we should have something we're being told that it was done but we don't have anything right thank you was good and that being said is that verifiable enough for the members but at this time i'd like to move to amend the proposed resolution by striking cynthia santiago from exhibit a and adding her to exhibit c it's bee exhibit a and just adding i mean excuse me deleting the words exhibit a and they're after the other portions of the and then it remain the same thank you and that's alright with the second or thank you any further discussion members seemed on all those in favor of placing the five by saying i was both say no oh no roll call please chairman going back to the main motion to adopt the resolution and filed the two communications thank yous or we're back to the main motion any further discussion members discord mr chair for the record resolution fifteen dash eighteen mr chair there's no further business before the council thank you very much thank you members and we are no a