2018

S Memo 18-2 April 23, 2018 Private Conversation Prior to Open Meeting  

U Memo 18-7 May 16, 2018 Taxpayer’s Audit File The Department of Taxation (DOTAX) properly withheld the records in a taxpayer’s audit file from the taxpayer under the exemption to personal record disclosure for records that are part of an...

Opinion Ltr. F18-02 May 10, 2018 Tsunami Inundation Maps Requester sought tsunami inundation maps, which were withheld by the State Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division (CDD), on the basis that the records were confusing to the public and must...

S Memo 18-3 May 4, 2018 Sufficiency of Agenda Requester asked for an investigation into whether the County Council, County of Hawaii (Council), had violated the Sunshine Law because its agenda provided inadequate public notice of the Council’s consideration of...

U Memo 18-6 April 30, 2018 Superintendent’s Annual Evaluation On behalf of the Board of Education (BOE), its then Chairperson sought an opinion on whether the Superintendent of the Department of Education’s (Superintendent) annual evaluation report must be disclosed upon...

S Memo 18-02 April 23, 2018 Private Conversation Prior to Open Meeting Requester asked for an investigation into whether the Makakilo/Kapolei/Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board (Board) violated the Sunshine Law when Board allegedly held an improper private conversation regarding an agenda...

U Memo 18-5 April 20, 2018 Hippopotamus Records A Requester asked OIP for a decision as to whether the Department of Enterprise Services of the City and County of Honolulu properly denied access under Part II of the UIPA to...

U Memo 18-4 March 29, 2018 Complainant’s Name Requester asked the Planning Department, County of Hawaii (PLAN-H) to disclose the name of the person who filed a complaint about Requester’s property.  PLAN-H denied his record request.  Requester appealed PLAN-H’s denial,...

U Memo 18-3 January 19, 2018 Assessed Real Property Values Requester asked whether the County of Kauai Department of Finance’s policy of providing a single assessment of a parcel’s whole value rather than separate assessments for land and improvements (Allocated...

S Memo 18-1 January 17, 2018 Council Members’ Attendance at Candidate Forums OIP was asked for an opinion as to whether a quorum or more of Maui County Council (Council) members could attend candidate forums in compliance with the Sunshine...