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International & Legal Affairs (Ila): Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026

3 items taken up, at the City Council Chamber. Every action and vote below is as the council's own written summary records it.

Voting members: Scott Y. Nishimoto, Chair; Andria Tupola, Vice Chair; Radiant Cordero; Tyler Dos Santos-Tam; Esther Kiaʻāina; Val A. Okimoto; Augie Tulba; Tommy Waters; Matt Weyer. The council's video of this meeting · the written summary

1. RESOLUTION 25-313

1:08 p.m.

SETTLING NEGOTIATIONS WITH HAWAII TEAMSTERS AND ALLIED WORKERS LOCAL 996. Urging Oahu Transit Services, Inc. ("OTS") to settle Committee on International & Legal Affairs Written Summary for Video Record Wednesday, January 14, 2026 negotiations with Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers Local 996 in order to avoid potential service disruptions and harm to OTS employees and TheBus riders.

What happened: Resolution 25-313 postponed to the next Committee on International & Legal Affairs meeting on February 4, 2026.

Vote: ayes 7 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, TUPOLA, WATERS; noes WEYER – 1.

Testimony: 8 in support. Residents who testify are counted here, never named.

2. COMMITTEE REPORT 13(26)

1:37 p.m.

Request for authorization to settle a case against the City and County of Honolulu entitled Denise Saki v. City and County of Honolulu, et al., Civ. No. 1CCV-23-0001585 LWC (Cir. Ct.) Committee Report 13(26) reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 8 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, TUPOLA, WATERS, WEYER, none against.

3. COMMITTEE REPORT 14(26)

1:37 p.m.

Request for authorization to settle a lawsuit against the City and County of Honolulu entitled Wendy L. Shelton v. City and County of Honolulu, Civ. No. 1CCV-24-0000001 JJK (Cir. Ct.) Committee Report 14(26) reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 8 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, TUPOLA, WATERS, WEYER, none against.

From the council's “Written Summary for Video Record” for this meeting (the document), read by script and not reviewed by a person. Measures, actions and roll-call votes are the council's own words; councilmembers are named as the record names them; residents who testified are counted, not named. Items are placed on area pages by any tax map key the summary prints.