The Hawaii County Council will no longer take oral public testimony from conference rooms located at the West Hawaii Civic Center and Hawaii County Building starting Tuesday.
Instead, oral public testimony will be received via WedEx. The Office of the County Clerk, in a press release issued Thursday afternoon, said the change was being made to “help minimize the potential spread of COVID-19 through physical distancing.”
Persons wishing to provide oral public testimony may register to do so by emailing jeanette.aiello@hawaiicounty.gov or calling (808) 961-8255 no later than noon the business day preceding the applicable meeting of the County Council and its committees.
Each meeting agenda will include contact and registration information to provide oral public testimony, a reminder that the meetings are available for viewing via livestream, how to provide written testimony, and a notice that the meetings remain closed to the public.