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HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSION Transcript of Meeting of December 8, 1999 Hawaii County Liquor Commission Conference Room, Hilo Lagoon Center Attendance: J. Ray, S. Bess, M. Herkes (from 5:35 p.m.), S. Irvine, G. Martin, J. Santangelo, G. Yoshiyama, Counsel Chris Yuen Absent: E. Alonzo, K. Balog, R. Higashi, D. Kurozawa And 7 members of the public in attendance. The meeting was called to order at 5:05 p.m. RAY: I'd like to call the meeting to order. This is the December 8th Regular Meeting of the Hawaii County Charter Commission. Present this evening, myself John Ray; Steve Bess; Sue Irvine; George Martin; John Santangelo; and Gary Yoshiyama, and we're expecting a couple of other Commissioners shortly. Statements from the Public. We have none. We are expecting Jim Otterson here to speak on the Riverside, California Charter, and the Council Manager form of government. Minutes Approval. None for this evening. We did that at the Saturday meeting. And same with Financial Status Report. We covered those at the Saturday meeting. Unfinished Business. I want to leap frog a little bit out of order, and just deal with Mr. Takahashi and the Finance Department before we get into the Police Commission. Harry, if you could come forward. Mr. Takahashi has given us a number of suggestions in writing, and been here several times in the past, so we asked him to come this evening in case we wanted to follow up or clarify any of those positions. Additionally, I would like to solicit some opinions from him in regard to the Legislative Auditor Office, and the report we just received from the Legislative Auditor, in terms of how we might improve the efficiency and performance of that office. So, Harry, do you have anything additional, or new, to add in regard to previous comments? TAKAHASHI: Previous comments, regarding my comments? RAY: Right. 1