The Committee on International Legal Affairs met in executive session to consult with attorneys about two lawsuits naming the City and County of Honolulu and, upon reconvening, recommended reporting out for adoption requests to authorize settlement of Saki v. City and County of Honolulu and Shelton v. City and County of Honolulu.

The chair announced the committee had convened a closed meeting under HRS §§92‑4 and 92‑5(a)(4) to consult with the Department of Corporation Counsel on "questions, issues, and issues pertaining to the powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and or liabilities of the city, the council, and its committees." The transcript records that deputies Duane Pang, Kaliko Warrington and Catherine Neste from Corporation Counsel and staff from the Office of Council Services participated in the executive session.

The chair recommended that both settlement authorization requests be "reported out for adoption" as discussed in executive session and asked whether there were objections; seeing none, the chair directed the report-out to proceed. The transcript records no in-person or remote public testimony on the executive session items prior to convening the closed meeting. The committee did not specify settlement amounts, terms, or other details on the public record during this session; those details, if any, are not recorded in the transcript provided.

By moving the authorizations out of executive session and onto the committee record for adoption, the council advances the procedural step that allows the full council to consider any recommended settlements at a subsequent public meeting.