Following a public hearing on Bill No. 2940 (real property tax settlement and compromise powers), the Kaua‘i County Council convened its regular meeting at 8:30 AM in the Council Chambers. The council considered appointments, grants, a license agreement, a claim referral, committee reports, and four bills on second reading. All votes were unanimous among the four members present (Councilmembers Cavallio, Holland, Kaneshiro, and Vice Chair Cooley), with three members excused.
Notices here by given that the council of the county of KOI will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, January 16, 2025 at 8 30 a.m. or soon thereafter in the council chambers 4396 Rice Street in the historic county building on bill number 2940, a bill for an ordinance amending chapter 5a Koi County Code 1987 as amended relating to rural property tax. This is for settlement and compromise powers. This bill proposes to amend chapter 5A Koikani Code 1987 as amended relating to rural property tax by providing for the director of finances settlement and compromise powers under Chapter 5A in a single section and by clarifying the authority of the director to compromise disputes pertaining to waiving whether partially or fully disputes concerning the amount of taxes owed where no appeal has been filed and clarifying that the director may settle without council approval rural property tax appeals. Additionally, if a home exemption is disallowed pursuant to section 5811.1e, the tax classification where their owner occupied or owner occupied mixed use shall be reclassified and reassessed, and taxes for those years shall be recalculated with without the exemption and the assessment cap reset at the same time the exemption is disallowed, where the disallowance of the home exemption is made for up to three years, current plus two years prior, as allowed under section 5811.1e. A taxpayer who unduly benefited from the 3% assessment cap shall have the assessment reset to the actual market value in those affected tax years. Okay, is there anyone in the audience wishing to testify on this bill? Seeing none. The public hearing is now closed. Um January 16, 2025 council meeting to order. Clerk, can you please call the roll? Councilmember Cavallio here. Councilmember Holland. Present. Present. And Vice Chair Cooley. Present. Next item, please. Oh, can I get a motion to we just have the agenda next week? Can I get a motion and a second to approve the agenda? Approved. Second. Okay, thank you. Um all those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Um the next item is on page two minutes of the following meetings of the council. The December 18th council meeting, the December 18th public hearing regarding bill number 2936, 2937, 2938, and bill number 2939. Can I get a motion to approve and a second? Second. Okay, all those in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Next, we have a uh interview. So we will call out the this is an interview for the Liquor Control Commission for Gerald Behooth for a partial term ending 1231 25. Suspending the rules, we'll hear from boards of commission, boards and commissions. Thank you, Annela. Thank you. Good morning. Anella Davis, Office of Boards of Commissions. I'm pleased to introduce Gerald Behuth. Most of us know him as Chip. Chip was born in Syracuse, New York, but moved to Hawaii as a five-year-old toddler. In Hawaii, he attended Lahaina Luna High School, transferred to Kauai High School, and graduated from St. Louis. Following high school, Chip enrolled at the University of Denver in Colorado and earned a degree in business and hotel management. From there, for two years, he attended Sheraton's Management Program in San Francisco at the iconic and historic Palace Hotel.