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Honolulu City Council continues meeting to 10:30 a.m. tomorrow; remote testimony and Hawaiian-language rules reiterated
Summary
The presiding council member postponed the session until 10:30 a.m. tomorrow after a prolonged executive session and outlined procedures for in-person and remote public testimony, including a one-minute limit and allowance for Hawaiian-language testimony under state law.
The presiding council member of the Honolulu City Council postponed the council’s meeting at about 3:30 a.m. today and announced the session will continue tomorrow at 10:30 a.m., following the close of the zoning committee.
The decision matters because it sets the next opportunity for the council to take up the agenda and reiterates how members of the public may participate: in person or remotely, limited to one minute per speaker, and with accommodations for testimony offered in Hawaiian under state law.
The presiding council member said the meeting had been delayed because the council was “in executive session for a prolonged period of time” and that the intention was “to simply continue this till tomorrow at 10:30 following or following the close of the zoning committee tomorrow.” The presiding member added procedural language into the…
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