MIN CHARTER 2019-05-10 (2018-2020)

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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -11 May 10, 2019 Commissioner Todd, ahead of time, amendments that we would like to make, they can be brought up when those... that particular amendment is discussed, and it will have been noticed to the public that that is going to be discussed, so that would cover the public review of it at that meeting. So let's just say for fun, it passes, then when we have our June 21st meeting, it would have passed Second Reading and be ready to be packeted for Council. Is that correct? CHR. ADAMS: I would ask our Council to respond to that actually. MR. YOSHIMOTO: I would think that if something is amended at the June 7th meeting right, that the Commission would want to have another hearing or meeting on that amendment assuming it passes, because even though it is in writing prior to the 7th and the public sees that, nothing prohibits this body from further amending it. Whether it is a word or two or whatever it is, so then I would recommend that the Commission have another meeting, and that is where we get into whether we have enough time or not because... MS. RICE: We would have the June 21st meeting right? CHR. ADAMS: So we have a notice issue right, there is the notice issue. So if we... if we bring the proposal back to the meeting on the 21st, our ability to consider the entire packet... the purpose of the 21st meeting is to consider the entire packet that goes forward —the report which includes the activities, findings, and recommendations, and the existing Charter Amendment Proposals in whatever draft they are at, and so then that would be the purpose of that. If we are not complete with a particular proposal and we are voting on that, our ability to then turn that into a final proposal that we are voting on... I don't think we can do it at the same meeting because we haven't noticed that we are doing it. In other words, whatever we do at the 7th, will then be noticed the following week for the meeting on the 21st and that will be our vote for the packet that goes to the Council. MS. RICE: Correct. I understand that. I am... if we make an amendment on the 7th, and it passes Second Reading with that amendment, why would that not be sufficient? CHR. ADAMS: Because our rules say... UNIDENTIFIED COMMISSIONER: Which we can waive. CHR. ADAMS: That it has to be held over. MR. YOSHIMOTO: If it is a substantive amendment and that is why I thought I was answering the question. Page 17