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e Hawaii County Council July 2, 1997 CHR. ARAKAKI: Mr. Tyler. MR. TYLER: Yes. Mr. Chairman, before we get into the resolution itself--Resolution 94-97, Draft 2, i would like to make an amendment to the Finance Committee Report 103. I have circulated an amendment--- CHR. ARAKAKI: I've seen it. Mr. Chung, do you concur with the amendment, because the report was prepared by your staff? MR. CHUNG: Mr. Chairman, I have reviewed the amendment and I've signed off on it. I would like to make this comment. i don't want this to be a common practice, you know. I qo over these Finance Committee reports with a fine tooth comb--oftentimes, I prepare the Finance Committee reports without the assistance of staff, which I did, in this particular situation. i felt that the Finance Committee Report, as prepared originally, was an accurate depiction of what occurred at the last hearing. However, i will accommodate Mr. Tyler this one time. I think henceforth, though, the proper way would be to just lodge an objection for the record at the Council meeting. Let me just read what the addition is--it says--an addition offered by Mr. Tyler. It says, "Mr. Tyler moved to defer the measure pending the completion of a mandatory program review and receipt of additional information requested from the Police Department in regard to public concerns and allegations. However, his motion was defeated." Now normally in these committee reports, we do not bring up what motions are defeated or--what collateral motions are defeated. And I think we adequately addressed the concern relating to the mandatory program review earlier in the report, and I think that concern was raised by practically all of the members. So I don't want anyone here to think that Mr. Tyler was the only person concerned about the mandatory program review, and that is my concern with this addition here. 2