MIN CHARTER 2019-06-21 (2018-2020)

Home

Hawai`i County Charter Commission -11 June 21, 2019 MS. RICE: I just have a question. I didn't quite understand. The very last sentence of the explanation, "the Commission finds the advances in grant research and management technologies", which I understand, "facilitate the decentralization of the department's functions included in previous Charters." I have no objection to it. I just don't understand exactly what it means. CHR. ADAMS: So in the... in going back and taking a look at the testimony both from the Research and Development as well as from the proposal that was made, the... taking out of some of the phrasing, for example, providing staff leadership for and the coordinating information and regulatory knowledge, those things specifically identified that R&D, Department of R&D (Research and Development) had that responsibility. What this phrase now does in collaboration and coordination with that, allows for the departments themselves to take some of the responsibility and accountability for a variety of those things. In fact thereby decentralizing R&D's functions that were included in the previous Charters. That's what that refers to. MS. RICE: In other words expanding or morphing some of those functions into other departments. CHR. ADAMS: You wouldn't necessarily have looked to any of the other departments for grants you know, 10-15 years ago. Now you can. MS. RICE: Yup. Okay. Thank you. That is all I had. CHR. ADAMS: Alright, moving on to CA -5 on page 14, Relating to the Office of the Legislative Auditor. Is there any comments or questions regarding this particular paragraph at the top of page 14? Seeing none... and if I am going too fast Hilo you let me know. Alright. Moving on to CA -6 on page 16, Relating to Authority of Police and Fire Commissions, alright. Moving on to CA -8, Draft 2, Relating to Terms of Council Members, on the top of page 18, any comments... questions...? Seeing none, moving on to CA -9, Draft 3 on the top of page 20, Relating to the Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Fund, alright. Moving on to CA -12, on the top of page 22, Relating to Discipline of Council Members, alright. Moving on to CA -14, Relating to the Department of Information Technology on the top of page 24, seeing no comments, moving on to CA -15, Relating to the Department of Information Technology at the top of page 26. Seeing no comments, moving on to CA -17, Relating to the Establishment of a Disaster and Emergency Fund found at the top of page 28. This is a longer paragraph. I am giving a couple extra time. Page 18