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HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSIONPage 24 of 104 ROSS: And I apologize, you know. You thought it was long. You could have had ten people public here and then, you know, you would have lost an hour. RAY: Okay. Thank you, Mr. Ross. Moving on to the Deferred Unfinished Business, VII A, Selection of Commission’s Attorney. Mr. Bess, do you have anything to report in regard to that? BESS: Well, nothing other than what you have in front of you, which gives you the notices that have been posted in the newspaper. And so what’s going to happen is that all of these applicants will -, th applications will come in by April 12, and then I anticipate that the meeting -, that the committee would have a meeting shortly thereafter to review the applications. RAY: Okay. Mr. Santangelo. SANTANGELO: Mr. Bess, so contrary to some of the things that have been said, your search, the way you’re leading this up is to publicize this, receive applications at large. Your not -. In addition to that, are you specifically approaching anyone or are you just going with the -? BESS: I am responding to the -. SANTANGELO: Applications. BESS: The notice for application here, and it is a committee decision. SANTANGELO: Sure. BESS: It is not a decision on my part. SANTANGELO: But you’re not querying your friends, you’re -. BESS: No. SANTANGELO: You’re waiting for applications to come in as a result of a public notice. RAY: Okay. Any other comments on the selection of the Commission’s attorney? IRVINE: I don’t see any problem with trying to encourage attorneys to apply if we know somebody that might be appropriate. RAY: Well, I’ve had a couple of people mention to me they might be interested. IRVINE: Oh, okay, good. RAY: And I just explained that, yeah, it was going to be an open -. HIGASHI: I think as long as -, I mean whether they’re informed or what, as long as they apply and -. BESS: Right. SANTANGELO: That’s right. file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 3-17-99.html7/1/2011