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RAY: Sure. Okay, any more input on the meetings? Anything else? Does anybody else want to suggest any other changes in the Rules of Procedure? So Chris, what's the process for making this change? BALOG: Marni made a motion so if someone seconds her motion then you can take a vote. I'll second her motion. RAY: Okay, so the motion is that the meetings in the Rules of Procedure would read, under Section IV B, regular meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of each month at 5:00 p.m. All in favor. COMMISSIONERS: Aye. RAY: Opposed? Okay. And the only other change would be just to correct the address as for contacting the Hawaii County Charter Commission. Okay? YUEN: And now to finalize this, we will have to run a notice in the paper. It will have to be called a Public Hearing and if any members of the public want to testify about the rule, they can, and after that the Commission can vote to finalize the rules and they get sent to the Mayor for signature and they don't become official until the Mayor signs them. RAY: So it's my understanding that until that happens, we'll be having Special Meetings. YUEN: Right. RAY: Okay, moving on. New Business. Before we go ahead, on the minutes, one thing I forgot to mention. Reading through the minutes, I was amazed. I think I must have close to the world record for "you know". Anyway, I talked with Mr. Yuen and he said that it's okay if I instruct our Administrative Assistant to eliminate the extraneous filler, the "you know's" and such from the minutes so just to let you know, we're going to go ahead and do that. IRVINE: HERKES: I think that would be a good idea. Do we get to vote on that? RAY: New Business, Item VIII. Mr. Wurdeman is here. I asked him to come in and so I'd like to go ahead and go through the Corporation Counsel section of the Charter, so page 8, CHAPTER 2 CORPORATION COUNSEL. Mr. Wurdeman was here during the initial Department Review and he furnished us with suggestions for 5