Rules for neighborhood board meetings and public input

(a) Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to the contrary, the provisions of this part shall apply to neighborhood boards and community outreach boards overseen by a neighborhood commission of the city and county of Honolulu, and other neighborhood boards and community outreach boards as may be created in other counties and overseen by a county-based commission or county-based department. (b) The agenda required to be included in written public notice of a board meeting may include an opportunity for the board to receive public input and third-party reports from any government official on issues not specifically noticed for consideration at the forthcoming meeting. (c) Any matter raised as part of the public input agenda or third-party reports from any government official allowed under subsection (b) may be discussed and information on the matter may be received by the board at the meeting; provided that the board shall not make a decision relating to any of those matters. The board may make decisions on matters originally raised as part of a public input agenda item or raised by a third-party report from any government official only at a later meeting, where the agenda for the meeting shall give notice of decision-making on the matter. (d) A quorum for a meeting of a neighborhood board or community outreach board shall be required for: (1) Conducting official board business; (2) Discussions before and related to voting; and (3) Voting required to validate an act of the board as part of official board business. A neighborhood board or community outreach board may receive information or testimony on a matter of official board business without a quorum; provided that the board shall not make a decision on the issue. The board members, at the next meeting of the board, shall report the matters presented as information or testimony.