1999-05-26 Charter Commission Minutes

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HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSIONPage 1 of 42 Back To: Home Page | Table of Contents | Charter main page HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSION Transcript of Meeting of May 26, 1999 Hawaii County Liquor Commission Conference Room, Hilo Lagoon Center Attendance: J. Ray, E. Alonzo (after 4:15 p.m.), S. Bess (after 3:45 p.m.), M. Herkes, R. Higashi, S. Irvine, D. Kurozawa (after 4:15 p.m.), G. Martin, J. Santangelo, G. Yoshiyama (after 3:55 p.m.), Corporation Counsel R. Wurdeman, Counsel Chris Yuen (until 5:15 p.m.) Absent: K. Balog And 4 members of the public in attendance. RAY: The meeting is called to order at 3:23 p.m. This is the 1999-2000 Charter Commission Special Meeting scheduled for May 26, 1999, 3:00 p.m. at the Hawaii County Liquor Commission Conference Room. Let the record show that in attendance are myself, Mr. Ray, Mr. Higashi, Ms. Herkes, Ms. Irvine, Mr. Martin and Mr. Santangelo. The other members will either be present shortly or are excused. Minutes. We have no minutes to approve for this meeting. Financial Status Report. The Financial Status Report shows a balance of $27,465.62 out of the $30,000 appropriated this year. Communications. There are no communications. Statements from the Public. There are no Statements from the Public. Unfinished Business, A, Selection of Commission’s Attorney. We have selected an attorney, Mr. Yuen, who is present here today, and we have successfully negotiated a rate for his contract of $125 an hour in general and $110 for meetings. We will be executing -, anticipating that we’re going to be executing a contract with him for this year for $25,000 to encumber those funds for this year, for this fiscal year, so we’ll be working on that. Congratulations, Mr. Yuen. Thank you for being on board. Just a note. Chris and I talked a little bit before the meeting this afternoon, and we do need to discuss, at some point, and establish some procedures for as far as, you know, triggering his legal research and opinions and whatever, and I think it would be appropriate if that goes through me, as the Chairman, so in other words, we don’t get, you know, various members saying do this, do that or whatever, so if that’s all right with you. And I already brought something to his attention that I thought would be helpful to us, and that’s this issue of political subdivisions or jurisdictions that I know will come up during our public file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 5-26-99.html7/1/2011