1999-02-20 Charter Commission Minutes

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INTRODUCTION OF COMMISSIONERSPage 1 of 29 Back To: Home Page | Table of Contents | Charter main page Saturday, February 20, 1999 1:00 PM HAWAII COUNTY COUNCILROOM 25 AUPUNI STREET HILO, HAWAII MINUTES CALL TO ORDER John Santangelo, by consensus, was appointed as the Interim Chairman and called the meeting to order at 1:00 PM. Members in attendance were Eddie M. Alonzo, Kevin M. Balog, Stephen G. Bess, Marilyn Herkes, Susan B. Irvine, George A. Martin, John Ray, John Santangelo. Daryl H. Kurozawa arrived at 1:25 p.m. Roland Higashi was excused due to illness. Chairman permitted members to introduce themselves. INTRODUCTION OF COMMISSIONERS JOHN RAY: John Ray, 25 year resident of the island, small businessman, (restaurants, aquaculture), member of the County Council the past four years, now president of the Hawaii Leeward Planning Council, which is a non-profit organization in West Hawaii. EDDIE ALONZO: My name is Eddie Alonzo, past Vice-Chair for the Planning Commission, also a Councilmember in 1992. I am an auto technician for BJ’S 76 Service Station. GEORGE MARTIN: Long time employee of the Sugar companies. Worked my way up in the union process there and President of Ookala Community Association. Graduated high school here, went into the service, came back and luckily got a job, lost it and luckily got another one. Hope I don’t lose that one in the future. SUE IRVINE: I’m basically your sucker volunteer all sorts of boards and commissions. Lived in Hilo for the last 26 years. I am with the League of Women Voters. GARY YOSHIYAMA: I am Gary Yoshiyama, a labor representative for the past 24 years with The Hawaii Government Employees Association. I guess what might come up during the course of all our deliberations and hearings is that I am representative of all our organizations; representative of public employees of the State and County governments, representing seven file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 2-20-99.html7/1/2011