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BRITTANY SMART � ' '' Fax:� Phone: (808) 961-8263 <br /> �� •y (808) 961-8912 <br /> Councilmember •i;, <br /> • •:��„-,•,r:�; bsmart @co.hawaai.hi.us <br /> Hawai`i County Council re+ <br /> District 6 .,; +:��.•. <br /> U er Puna, Ka`u, South Kona .:'.'•...of OS'�' <br /> • <br /> PP <br /> Hawai`i County Council <br /> County of Hawai`i <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> DATE: September 14, 2012 ` <br /> TO: Dominic Yagong, Chair <br /> And Members of the Hawai`i County Council <br /> FROM: '&-20- Brittany Smart, Councilmember <br /> SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Resolution No. 280-12, Urging Adequate Funding of the <br /> Hawai`i Campaign Spending Commission and a Statewide Comprehensive Public Funding <br /> System <br /> Please find attached proposed amendments to Resolution No. 280-12. The proposed amendments <br /> are illustrated via Ramseyer format (material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken, material to be <br /> added is underscored) with respect to the contents of Resolution No. 280-12, as follows: <br /> 1. A new Whereas clause after the sixth Whereas clause is inserted to read: <br /> "WHEREAS,the current formula that determines which Hawai`i County districts <br /> receive their respective amounts for the Hawai`i County Council Comprehensive Public Funding <br /> pilot program requires multiple election cycles to show adequate results, and therefore does not <br /> adequately address the need to equalize the large discrepancies in disbursement amounts between <br /> districts; and" <br /> 2. The new eighth Whereas clause is amended to read: <br /> "WHEREAS, the Campaign Spending Commission is tasked with running the public <br /> funding program, yet their primary revenue source was taken away in 2008, and as a result they <br /> are spending more than they are bringing in; [now, therefore] and" <br /> 3. A new Whereas clause following the eighth Whereas clause is inserted to read: <br /> "WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County Council Comprehensive Public Funding program is <br /> set to expire in 2014; now, therefore," <br /> Comm. No ?' 6 <br /> Ref.To: Pic/ 2� <br /> Ref. Dote b 17.F 1 8 2012 <br /> Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island <br /> Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />