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<br />HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSION
<br />Transcript of Meeting of December 8, 1999
<br />Hawaii County Liquor Commission Conference Room,
<br />Hilo Lagoon Center
<br />Attendance: J. Ray, S. Bess, M. Herkes (from 5:35 p.m.), S. Irvine, G. Martin, J. Santangelo, G. Yoshiyama, Counsel Chris
<br />Yuen
<br />Absent: E. Alonzo, K. Balog, R. Higashi, D. Kurozawa
<br />And 7 members of the public in attendance.
<br />The meeting was called to order at 5:05 p.m.
<br />RAY: I’d like to call the meeting to order. This is the December 8th Regular Meeting of the Hawaii County Charter
<br />Commission. Present this evening, myself John Ray; Steve Bess; Sue Irvine; George Martin; John Santangelo; and Gary
<br />Yoshiyama, and we’re expecting a couple of other Commissioners shortly.
<br />Statements from the Public. We have none. We are expecting Jim Otterson here to speak on the Riverside, California Charter,
<br />and the Council Manager form of government.
<br />Minutes Approval. None for this evening. We did that at the Saturday meeting.
<br />And same with Financial Status Report. We covered those at the Saturday meeting.
<br />Unfinished Business. I want to leap frog a little bit out of order, and just deal with Mr. Takahashi and the Finance
<br />Department before we get into the Police Commission. Harry, if you could come forward.
<br />Mr. Takahashi has given us a number of suggestions in writing, and been here several times in the past, so we asked him to
<br />come this evening in case we wanted to follow up or clarify any of those positions. Additionally, I would like to solicit some
<br />opinions from him in regard to the Legislative Auditor Office, and the report we just received from the Legislative Auditor,
<br />in terms of how we might improve the efficiency and performance of that office. So, Harry, do you have anything additional,
<br />or new, to add in regard to previous comments?
<br />TAKAHASHI: Previous comments, regarding my comments?
<br />RAY: Right.
<br />TAKAHASHI: No, I prepared those comments just for your information. It’s just to show this body some of the
<br />inconsistencies I observe in the Charter. Now, I’m not saying we have a real problem. Much of them are potential problems.
<br />So, if you have any questions.
<br />RAY: So, we have all that in writing. I think it’s pretty well explained. I think we were hoping to solicit a little stronger
<br />opinion, one way or the other, but apparently, we’re not going to get that.
<br />IRVINE: I did have, maybe, a question to help clarify. I know, in Section 13-13, contracts will be signed by the Mayor
<br />except as otherwise provided. I think our attorney on the Board here, Steve Bess, had said that we could, maybe, change that
<br />by ordinance because they say "except as otherwise provided". Maybe this is a question for our attorney. Should we make
<br />anything under $25,000 or, I hate to put numbers in the Charter particularly, but do you have a suggestion as how to
<br />implement that, if we do happen to change it, or how to state it?
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