Oʻahu · City Council · meeting report
International & Legal Affairs (Ila): Wednesday, April 29, 2026
6 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 26-7 – COMMITTEE REPORT 108(26)
1:05 p.m.ESTABLISHING AN END LANDFILLS TASK FORCE. Establishing an End Landfills Task Force to evaluate the feasibility, costs, risks, and implementation pathways for eliminating landfill dependency in the City and County of Honolulu. Committee on International & Legal Affairs Written Summary for Video Record Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Vote: ayes 7 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, TUPOLA, WATERS, none against.
Testimony: 1 in support. Residents who testify are counted here, never named.
2. RESOLUTION 26-58 – COMMITTEE REPORT 109(26)
1:13 p.m.PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT-INITIATED TOWING PROGRAM. Directing the City Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Customer Services' law enforcement-initiated towing program, management, and contract administration. There was no public testimony. Resolution 26-58 reported out for adoption.
What happened: Resolution 26-58 reported out for adoption.
Vote: ayes 7 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, TUPOLA, WATERS, none against.
3. COMMITTEE REPORT 111(26)
1:42 p.m.Request for authorization to settle claims against the City and County of Honolulu by Gerald Eubank Committee Report 111(26) reported out for adoption.
Vote: ayes 7 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, TUPOLA, WATERS, none against.
4. RESOLUTION 26-104 – COMMITTEE REPORT 110(26)
1:42 p.m.Resolution to retain the legal services of Starn O’Toole Marcus & Fisher, a Law Corporation, as Special Deputy Corporation Counsel to advise and represent the City and County of Honolulu in claims and disputes relating to the Skyline Core Systems Contract Resolution 26-104 reported out for adoption.
What happened: Resolution 26-104 reported out for adoption.
Vote: ayes 7 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, TUPOLA, WATERS, none against.
5. COMMITTEE REPORT 112(26)
1:42 p.m.Request for authorization to settle a case against the City and County of Honolulu entitled Jonathan Lefiti v. Dejanira Seale, et al., Civil No. 1CCV-25-0000798 Committee Report 112(26) reported out for adoption.
Vote: ayes 7 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, TUPOLA, WATERS, none against.
6. COMMITTEE REPORT 113(26)
1:43 p.m.Request for authorization to settle a case against the City and County of Honolulu entitled State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. as subrogee for Sandra Jamora v. City and County of Honolulu; Civil No. 1DRC-25-0007177 Committee Report 113(26) reported out for adoption.
Vote: ayes 7 — CORDERO, KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, TUPOLA, WATERS, 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.