Section 24-1.07 - Meetings of the Board(a) To the extent permitted by applicable federal or state law, the meetings of the board shall be open to the public. Without limiting the foregoing, board meetings shall comply with Part I of Chapter 92 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, including the provisions therein requiring: (1) written and electronic notice of board meetings at least six days prior to each meeting; and(b) The board shall designate the administrator or some other member of the Fund's staff to be responsible for preparing agendas for future board meetings. Any trustee may place a question or subject on the agenda of a future board meeting by notifying the administrator or other designated staff person by 12:00 noon, seven days prior to the board meeting. All board meeting agendas shall be transmitted to the chairperson for review prior to public notice.(c) Unless otherwise required by the board or applicable law, the parliamentary procedure to be used by the board in the conduct of its meetings shall be in accordance with the current version of Roberts Rules of Order, Newly Revised.(d) Voting procedures for board meetings and the criteria for a quorum are established in Section 87 A-11 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes. In addition, the following voting procedures shall apply: (1) After a motion is made and seconded, the presiding officer shall read the motion and open the question to discussion and debate by the trustees. When ready to put the motion to a vote, the presiding officer shall call for the public employer and employee-beneficiary trustee votes to determine whether there are three votes from each trustee group in favor of the motion. If so, the motion shall be recorded as having been approved by one vote from the public employer trustees and one vote from the employee-beneficiary trustees.(2) For routine or procedural matters, the presiding officer may ask if there is any opposition to a motion after it has been made, and to the extent required, seconded and debated. If no opposition is voiced, the motion shall be recorded as having been unanimously approved by one vote by the public employer trustees and one vote from the employee-beneficiary trustees.(3) If the voting is not unanimous by each side, the names of the trustees who voted in favor of the motion, voted against the motion, or abstained from voting shall be recorded in the minutes.(4) In the event of a deadlock in the vote of the board, the board may vote on the same question or resolution at the next two successive meetings of the board. In the event of a deadlock in the vote of the board on the same question or resolution at the two successive meetings of the board, the board shall vote on whether or not to engage in dispute resolution. If six trustees of the board vote to engage in dispute resolution, the two trustee groups shall enter into mediation to attempt to resolve the question or resolution upon which the board has deadlocked. The mediation shall be handled by a mediator appointed by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. If the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service fails or refuses to appoint a mediator within ten (10) days of the date on which the six trustees voted to engage in dispute resolution, the mediation shall be handled by a mediator mutually agreeable to the two trustee groups. If the two trustee groups do not agree on a mediator within twenty (20) days of the date on which the six trustees voted to engage in dispute resolution, either trustee group may petition the Administrative Judge of the First Circuit, Circuit Courts of the State of Hawaii, to appoint a mediator. Upon the appointment of a mediator, the two trustee groups shall in good faith enter into mediation on the question or resolution upon which the board has deadlocked. Nothing in this rule is meant to preclude the board from voting to engage in other forms of alternate dispute resolution to resolve a question or resolution upon which it has deadlocked.
(5) Whenever any statute or other law requires a vote of a majority, two-thirds or other percentage or fraction of the trustees or members to which the board is entitled, the motion or other action shall be approved if it receives two votes in favor of the motion or action as provided in subsection (d)(1) of this Rule, regardless of the total number of votes in favor of the motion or action. For example, if a statute or other law requires a two-thirds vote of the members to which the board is entitled, the motion or other action will be approved if three trustees from each trustee group vote in favor of the motion or other action, even if the remaining four trustees vote against the motion or other action.