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look at it, or philosophically, would you rather than people more focused on smaller geographic districts and more prone to represent those districts rather than the island as a whole. People look at it very differently, so some people like it, some people don't. And also, just want to bring up that it takes a simple majority to place one of these amendments on the ballot for the Commission, so it only takes six out of 11 votes to move something forward. HERKES: RAY: Sharron needs names when they're speaking. Yes, could you please introduce yourself when you speak? The Council Manager Form of Government. Council Manager Form/Function, whatever. This one is number 3 titled Strengthen the Authority of the County Managing Director. This is probably the issue that we spent more time looking at and researching than anything else. We've read a pretty comprehensive selection of material from different groups like the League of Women Voters, from looking at different jurisdictions across the country. Looking at the Council Manager form of government vs. the strong Mayor form of government, the Council Manager form of government would be basically, not necessarily eliminating the Mayor but, having the Mayor function more as the head of the County Council, and then the Council would hire a City Manager who would actually run the County, and be a very strong management role. We decided not to go with that model, but in all that discussion and looking at different Charters, one in particular that influenced us was one from • Lexington, Kentucky. They're a joint City/County government. They adopted a Council Manager form of government in the early '70s and then in the mid 80's they went back to a strong Mayor form of government, but in that transition period, or whatever, they created a very strong Managing Director position under the Mayor, still a strong Mayor form of government. So that's one of the models we're looking at. We also looked at some different models within the state, particularly Maui County. And what we're proposing, and you don't have aII this in front of you, the way it would look in the Charter, but basically rewriting the entire Executive Department in the County Charter, and the way our County Charter's written right now is we have different sections within the Executive Department, three sections. We have a section that is several departments under the Managing Director, several departments answer to the Mayor, and several departments that answer to Commissions. And what we're recommending is restructuring the Executive Branch Article to put all the departments in one section headed by a Department of Management, which is, of course, headed by the Managing Director. And we've significantly addressed the powers, duties and functions of the Managing Director to make that a more comprehensive management position. And where we'd like to see this go is that the Managing Director would operate, a comparable private sector model, as the Chief Operating Officer of the County. But the Mayor would still be the Chief Executive Officer. The Mayor would still 6