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second proposed amendment, the possibility of having 3 at -large seats. So, in other
<br />words, if that was voted in then it explains how that would work for the at -large seats in
<br />a non-partisan election. So, in other words, if both those first two pass, then that would
<br />be applicable, that scenario.
<br />The three at -large seats. I think that's pretty clear. The one area that I want to go
<br />through is the scenario of allowing incumbent Council members, whoever were in
<br />office, to run for one at -large seat when this would be implemented in the year 2002.
<br />And the reason that's significant is because that would be a one-time exception in
<br />regard to the present term limits, which are four-year terms. So, no matter where
<br />someone were in terms of term limits, we're talking about a one-time exception, that if
<br />you're in office in 2002, you'd be able to run for - The background on that is the term
<br />limits didn't start until 1996, so that's when they were implemented. So, in 2002,
<br />everybody would have served six years out of the 8 -year term limit. So, if you wanted
<br />to run for a 4 -year term in 1996, even though that would take you two years beyond the
<br />present term limits, that would be allowed under our proposal.
<br />GRAHAM: But not allowed in the distant future if you have six years under
<br />your belt, you can't run for a 4 -year term?
<br />RAY: Right, it's just a one-time - And a lot of thinking behind that is just
<br />that practically speaking, those are the people that are most likely to have the most
<br />experience and interest in running for an island -wide race, so to preclude all those
<br />people from running for a four-year term just seems, kind of, impractical so that's why
<br />we came up with that suggestion.
<br />Number 3., the County Managing Director. If you haven't seen the more detailed
<br />summary, this is a pretty wholesale reworking of the whole Executive Section of the
<br />present Charter, and we took some language out of City and County, Maui, a Charter
<br />from Lexington, Kentucky. But, basically we're restructuring the whole Executive
<br />Section to create a Department of Management, and the Managing Director would be
<br />basically in charge of that whole department, which would include all the County
<br />Departments. The way it is in our present Charter, it has some departments assigned
<br />to the Mayor, some to the Managing Director, and a separate section on Boards and
<br />Commissions. So, in addition to that, there's some significant language that we feel
<br />empowers the Managing Director position. If you look in Section 6-1.3, some additions
<br />there are: 'Recommend to the mayor the annual operating and capital improvement
<br />budget; evaluate the management and performance of each executive agency', and (e)
<br />'Prescribe standards of administrative practice to be followed by all agencies under the
<br />managing director's supervision.' So, this one's a little bit hard to follow, In terms of
<br />how it's presented, you're going to have to get a copy of the old Charter and go
<br />through, and compare this new language. In other words, because it's a whole new
<br />section, it's not ramsayered out or underlined, these changes, so you're going to need
<br />to go through that in some detail. And in the next couple of pages also, you'll see there
<br />are a number of changes, but basically puts the Managing Director more in as the Chief
<br />Operating Officer of the County, and places him in that chain of command as the Chief
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