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district. So, if that is the case, I now know where my councilman lives. That's one thing; l now know. I had to go find out. But, I didn't know when I was doing the deliberations. But, if this is what's got to be, I think it needs to be, with due respect to the Vice Chair, I think it would be, it would serve the public interest, because I wasn't prepared to come here to say I did something wrong, and I'm going to correct it. I believe I did something right when I voted the last time. So, that's all I've got to say. Thank you. MR. KANUHA: I just want to know what we can and can't do, like with Jamae, and -- -Like we were saying, we were blindsided by this, and I don't know why we even - - -I mean everything was out in the public, all our notes, everybody's testimony is here written on paper. I mean we heard from everybody, and we were talking with everybody. Everybody knows exactly why we did what we did. And I don't understand why we even need to be here. MS. POINDEXTER: And my thing is, I need to ask our attorney how do I - - -Can I address something somebody is going to come up and say? Or, how do I deal with it? I need some type of clarification because already I feel like I am being on the attack. Once you attack one, you attack all. I feel like I am being on the attack. I feel I need to know. I need some guidance from our attorney. And, is it fair to have it in front of everybody, because I have a question. JAMAE KAWAUCHI (At this time Jamae Kawauchi, County Clerk, came forward to address members of the Commission.) MS. KAWAUCHL Chair Siracusa. CHR. SIRACUSA: Okay, I think our County Clerk might be able to lend some clarification to this issue before we take a vote on Executive Session. MS. KAWAUCHL Yes, on a procedural issue. Ordinarily, what you would do when you open your meeting is you would take your public testimony, and then when a matter is called on, on the agenda, that is when it would be time to have your Executive Session. Right now, my understanding is your agenda does state the items that you would be taking up, and you can also, obviously, consult with your board attorney, if you have questions, or if there is a question about what I am letting you know now. But, ordinarily, in your process, what you do is you open your meeting, take the roll, you take your public testimony. When an item comes up on the agenda for discussion, motions are taken at that time. If you take a motion now, there will be two problems. One, your public audience and testifiers are ordinarily accustomed to being called up to provide their testimony first. So you might be giving them a little bit of discomfort if you go into Executive Session right now. MR. KANUHA: I'll take away my motion.