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Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority convenes executive session on director evaluation and salary adjustment
Summary
The Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority voted unanimously Oct. 1 to enter an executive session to discuss the executive director’s 2025 annual evaluation and a board-approved salary adjustment, citing personnel-privacy and legal consultation provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
The Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority voted unanimously on Oct. 1, 2025, to convene an executive session to consider the executive director’s 2025 annual evaluation and a board-approved salary adjustment under Hawaii Revised Statutes provisions for personnel privacy and legal consultation.
Executive Director Craig Nakamoto told the board the item relates to action taken by the authority in June on the director’s annual evaluation and salary adjustment and said subsequent actions by the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) required the board to receive an informational update. “My recommendation would be that the board, convene an executive session,” Nakamoto said.
Member Evans moved that the board convene an executive session pursuant to HRS §92-5(a)(2) to consider matters affecting privacy and HRS §92-5(a)(4) to consult with the board’s attorneys; an unnamed board member seconded the motion. Chair Sterling Kiga called the vote; members voting aye indicated the motion passed unanimously.
Before entering executive session the board identified staff and legal counsel who would join the closed meeting: Executive Director Craig Nakamoto; Chief Financial Officer Garrett Sasaki; Deputy Attorneys General Kelly Suzuka and Kevin Tong; and HCDA board secretary Armane Tomopter. The board estimated the executive session would last approximately 30 minutes and recessed at about 9:37 a.m.
The discussion at the open-meeting portion focused on whether to move into executive session; no formal details of the director’s evaluation or the salary adjustment were discussed in public. The agenda note circulated with the meeting referenced the board’s prior June action and the possibility of convening under the cited HRS sections for personnel privacy and attorney consultation.
The board approved the regular meeting minutes from Sept. 3, 2025, earlier in the open session and then moved to the executive-session item. The meeting was being hosted with a virtual option via Zoom and an in-person site at the American Brewery Building in Honolulu.
