1999-08-25 Charter Commission Minutes

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Back ToPage 30 of 60 MARTIN: No, like I said, take the Special out. We’re going to the General. KOZOHARA: Oh, for the General. Sixty days before the - MARTIN: That’s all you need is 60 days before? KOZOHARA: Yes. RAY: So that’s one deadline. KOZOHARA: Let me clarify that. We have to get the question in finished form to the Office of Elections 60 days prior to the election. RAY: Roland. HIGASHI: One last question on election, not Special Election. On the posing of the question the people are voting on, who writes up the ballot issue? We do? YUEN: This Commission will have final say on the wording of what goes on the ballot. RAY: Other questions? KONISHI: A follow-up to Mr. Martin. I just want to remind you because you said what’s the last date that - the Charter states that no less than 45 days before the election, at least two daily newspapers of general circulation - I guess you have to publish a brief digest of the Amendment so that’s another deadline for you to consider. Also, please consider the State just changed the law that says that in the event our Charter is in conflict with this Act 160 passed last year, that we are to disregard our Charter and you have to publish is in the RFD weekly publication. So that’s another deadline to think about. RAY: Gary. YUEN: May I just say that we should plan on publishing in the newspaper rather than in the little thing that is only found at the County Building and a few other places. RAY: Gary. YOSHIYAMA: We have to make this decision yesterday. You need 10 months’ lead time. This thing going to cost us $400,000. So if you take the time, the commitment of resources, equipment, supplies, staff, money, okay. I guess in any venture you get the start-up costs, you get costs in the middle, you get costs in the end. What I’m trying to find out is, generally speaking, the commitment, the time, the money, is where? At what phases? Can you give me an estimate like once you say go, that’s $400,000 down the tubes already, or what’s the incremental costs and stuff like that? You know kind of where I’m going? KONISHI: Yes. KOZOHARA: I cannot give you exact date but, at least, normally we pay for 50% of the ballots several months before the election. KONISHI: When do we see the whole cost of the election? KOZOHARA: After the election. That’s when all the bills come in. file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 8-25-99.htm7/1/2011