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MS. JARMAN: No. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Pardon me? <br />MR. MASUDA: Are you referring to Charter Commission members? <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: The Communication - - -are we talking about Communication 11? <br />MR. MASUDA: Yes. He's referring to County Council Members as it applies to the Charter <br />Commission. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: That's correct. Any discussion on Mr. Hookano's memorandum? Any <br />motion to file? <br />Ms. Jarman moved to file Communication 11. Seconded <br />by Mr. Shumway and carried by the following vote: <br />Ayes: Commissioners Honma, Jarman, Kawauchi, <br />Nahale -a, Osborne, Shumway, Unger and <br />Chair Haitsuka. <br />Noes: None. <br />Absent: Commissioners Kealoha and Fuertes. <br />Communication 15: <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Next we have Communication 15, which is from Mr. Michael Ben, the <br />Director of Human Resources, dated April 23, 2009, recommending the removal of several <br />references to civil service laws as contained in various sections of the Charter. I understand <br />we have Mr. Ben here today. Mr. Ben, first I want to thank you for taking the effort to <br />forward this communication to us. It is detailed, and I appreciate the effort. Is there any <br />discussion on Mr. Ben's memorandum? <br />MR. SHUMWAY: I just want to say, I also thank you for doing it. It's really helpful to have <br />department heads do something in this kind of detail. It helps us a lot, so thank -you. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: We will be discussing portions of the communication during our <br />discussion on various sections today. What I would like to recommend is to have our <br />attorney put Mr. Ben's proposed amendments on to one of our amendment forms, so we can <br />bring it up for a first reading. Any motion? <br />MS. JARMAN: Do we need a motion to do that? <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: I don't know, do we? <br />MR. MASUDA: No. <br />7 <br />