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2009 -10 Charter Commission - 10 Page 2 December 18, 2009 <br />COMM. 107: FORMATION OF AN INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE <br />Memo from Commission Attorney, Levi Hookano, dated December 9, 2009, <br />recommending the formation of an investigative committee to review all proposed <br />charter amendments approved at first reading. <br />COMM. 108: SUMMARY OF PRESENTATION TO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE <br />Memo from Commission Attorney, Levi Hookano, dated December 8, 2009, <br />providing a summary of a presentation to the Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce, <br />Government Affairs Committee. <br />COMM. 109: ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />Memo from Chair Haitsuka December 9, 2009, proposing additional public hearings. <br />NEW BUSINESS <br />COMM. 110: PROPOSAL FOR "HOUSEKEEPING" CHARTER AMENDMENT <br />Memo from Commission Attorney, Levi Hookano, dated December 4, 2009, <br />transmitting a proposed "housekeeping" Charter Amendment; and <br />CA -36: "HOUSEKEEPING" AMENDMENTS" <br />Amends various sections of the charter and would do the following: (1) Include <br />proper Hawaiian language diacritical marks; (2) Includes omitted words; (3) Correct <br />spelling errors; (4) Correct grammatical errors; and (5) Correct formatting errors. <br />UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br />FIRST READING OF THE FOLLOWING CHARTER AMENDMENTS: <br />CA -12: INITIATION OF CHARTER AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS <br />Amends Section 15 -1. Changes the information that needs to be provided to the <br />county to verify the identity of persons signing a petition for a charter amendment so <br />that the office of elections may easily verify signatures; and change the requirement <br />of the number of signatures necessary from 20% of the registered voters to 20% of <br />the votes cast in the last general election. This proposal also increases the amount of <br />time the office of the county clerk would have to verify the signatures on the petition <br />from twenty working days to thirty working days. <br />Postponed: October 9, 2009 <br />Postponed: November 6, 2009 <br />CA -14: LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR <br />Amends Sections 3 -18, 10 -13, and 13 -13. Amendment to Section 3 -18 would give <br />the legislative auditor the authority to retain independent legal counsel. Amendment <br />to Section 10 -13 would change the title of the section from "Post- Audit" to "Audit of <br />Accounts and Financial Transactions," define performance criteria, set the scope of <br />the audit and distribution requirements, and provides that the finance director "may" <br />rather than "shall" cause an audit of respective accounts when an administrative <br />officer leaves office. Amendment to Section 13 -13 would require all county contracts <br />to have a "right to audit" clause. <br />Postponed: November 6, 2009 <br />