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Oʻahu · City Council · meeting report

Public Safety & Economy (Pse): Thursday, April 30, 2026

2 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: Augie Tulba, Chair; Esther Kiaʻāina, Vice Chair; Scott Y. Nishimoto; Val A. Okimoto; Andria Tupola. The council's video of this meeting · the written summary

1. RESOLUTION 26-59 – COMMITTEE REPORT 117(26)

1:10 p.m.

APPOINTMENT OF RICHARD BRYCE TO THE FIRE COMMISSION. Confirming the appointment of Mr. Richard Bryce to serve on the Fire Commission of the City and County of Honolulu for a term to expire on December 31, 2030. Committee on Public Safety & Economy Written Summary for Video Record Thursday, April 30, 2026 There was no public testimony. Resolution 26-59 amended to CD1 (OCS2026-0245/4/24/2026 12:27 PM) and reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 5 — KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, TUPOLA, none against.

2. RESOLUTION 26-80 – COMMITTEE REPORT 118(26)

1:14 p.m.

ACCEPTANCE OF GIFT (HESD). Accepting a gift of cash in the amount of $3,000 to the City from Barbara Hudman to be used to support the Department of Emergency Services. There was no public testimony. Resolution 26-80 amended to CD1 (OCS2026-0218/4/16/2026 9:27 AM) and reported out for adoption.

Vote: ayes 5 — KIAʻĀINA, NISHIMOTO, OKIMOTO, TULBA, TUPOLA, 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.