2000-05-10 Charter Commission Minutes

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Transcript of Meeting of May 10, 2000Page 13 of 62 Minutes Approval. There are no minutes to approve this evening. Financial Status Report. Our financial status report is the same as it was on 3/31, showing a balance of $72,311.48. In regard to finances, just for your information, we did discuss various scenarios and costs attached to public education and advertising in regard to getting out the proposed Charter Amendments before the election. So we will be looking at that once we have a sense of remaining funds, just what our options are and be developing a final budget in regard to that. Communications. In our packets today are the minutes which we just received; a communication from Commissioner Irvine in regard to the Department of Environmental Management; a communication from Commissioner Herkes in regard to a Code of Ethics draft; and correspondence, two letters, one from Tom Beach and one from Judy Graham. Moving into Unfinished Business, Review and Final Vote on Tentatively Approved Charter Amendments. We’re going to go through one-by-one. If it seems a little bit confusing, and we have to, sort of, start and stop, a number of things were under discussion at our last meeting in Waimea, and so we don’t have formal changes in front of us in terms of everything that was discussed, so we’re just going to, kind of, work our way through this, and that’s the process. So, what you’re hearing is our continuing discussion from the last meeting in Waimea in regard to any proposed changes in regard to the 19 proposed amendments. We are also going to be entertaining a vote on a couple of proposed amendments that were not listed previously; one in regard to the Hawaii Redevelopment Agency, and another in regard to language which would mandate mandatory West Hawaii meetings of the County Council. So those are two other items that are coming up. The Chair will entertain a motion to delete items if someone wants to make that motion. HERKES: Can we amend the agenda to get something else on? I want to put the Preamble on it. Do I have to wait until next time? YUEN: Yes, it would be better to do so. Yes. RAY: If there’s an item that a Commissioner wants to move forward that has not been agendized, then our counsel has advised us that we would be better off agendizing it and taking it up at another meeting. SANTANGELO: Mr. Chair. RAY: Yes. SANTANGELO: Question. Would you like a format of taking this as they’re numbered, one at a time, and then accepting a motion for consideration, or not to consider it? Would that be appropriate or you just want us to go helter-skelter and start grabbing – RAY: Let’s see how it goes. I’ve always been, kind of, a helter-skelter person. IRVINE: I don’t know about helter-skelter but we might move to get rid of what we think we might be able to get rid of right now. I could see that. SANTANGELO: Rather than accept – okay. Then I’d like to make a motion, Mr. Chairman. RAY: Okay. file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 05-10-00.html7/1/2011