1999-03-17 Charter Commission Minutes

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HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSIONPage 18 of 104 BALOG: Okay. Just one comment before he keeps going is I think what should be done is, as Roland has said, to keep it to very broad goals and objectives, not specifically to any one item. And although the secretary asked how many feet, she asked how many feet because it was part of the person’s testimony. So if he would continue to be general, I wouldn’t feel bad letting him testify, but if he’s going to get specific at this point when we’re trying to organize the Commission, then I would raise my hand and object to that testimony because we’re trying to organize and find out what goals we want to do. We aren’t trying to be specific on what’s contained in the charter right now, and that’s what the minutes -, the agenda states. RAY: Okay. Henry, are you comfortable -, did you hear that? ROSS: Yes, I didn’t quite understand the portent of it but -. HIGASHI: Go ahead. ROSS: I told you that I will be brief. Now if you’re going to interrupt me -. HIGASHI: It’ll be longer, yeah. ROSS: It’s going to last three times as long, you know. I have -. HIGASHI: So if you’re going to take five minutes, I’m willing to go ahead. ROSS: I have conducted -. HIGASHI: I don’t know about the other members. ROSS: Many -. I’m almost 80. I have conducted many, many meetings in my life. BALOG: Start your testimony then. ROSS: Pardon? BALOG: Start your testimony. ROSS: Okay. HERKES: Continue. ROSS: All right. Let’s get on with it, please. Okay. General item, no more draft bills in the County Council that the public has not seen. Now is that general enough? RAY: Sure. ROSS: If you don’t know what it is -. HERKES: What’s number three? ROSS: Find out from the Council Members, previous Council Members that are here; they know. file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 3-17-99.html7/1/2011