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Honolulu committee recommends extra funds for special counsel, reports out two settlement authorizations
Summary
The Committee on International and Legal Affairs recommended a resolution to request additional funds for special counsel Kobayashi Sugita Gota and reported out authorizations to settle two lawsuits after an executive session under Hawaii law; settlement terms and amounts were not disclosed.
The Committee on International and Legal Affairs of the City and County of Honolulu recommended adopting a resolution to request additional funds for the law firm Kobayashi Sugita Gota and reported out authorizations to settle two lawsuits following an executive session conducted under Hawaii law.
The committee convened in executive session under Hawaii Revised Statutes sections 90-2.4 and 90-2.5(a)(4) to consult with its attorneys about the powers, duties, privileges, immunities and liabilities of the city, the council and its committees. After the closed-door consultation, the committee chair said the chair recommended adopting a resolution to request additional funds for contracts for services of Kobayashi Sugita Gota as special counsel representing defendants in a listed case and asked, "Any objection?" When there were none, the item was reported out for adoption.
The chair next recommended that a request for authorization to settle a lawsuit identified in the record only as "**** v. City and County of Honolulu," as discussed in executive session, be reported out for adoption. The chair then recommended that the request for authorization to settle a case entitled Bryant v. City and County of Honolulu, discussed in executive session, be reported out for adoption. For all three items the chair asked whether there were objections and, with none recorded, the committee reported the items out for adoption.
Because the matters were discussed in executive session, the transcript and the committee's public remarks did not disclose settlement amounts, the proposed additional appropriation for special-counsel contracts, or other terms; those details were not specified in the open record. The committee took no further public actions and adjourned.
Votes at a glance • Resolution to request additional funds for contracts for services of Kobayashi Sugita Gota as special counsel — outcome: reported out for adoption; vote tally not specified; funding amount not specified. • Authorization to settle "**** v. City and County of Honolulu" — outcome: reported out for adoption; settlement terms not specified. • Authorization to settle Bryant v. City and County of Honolulu — outcome: reported out for adoption; settlement terms not specified.
