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Our recommendations are: 1. In order to discourage frivolous use of this right, Section 11-3 should be changed from°15% of qualified • voters who voted in the County for the office of Mayor in the last general election" to read "twenty percent of qualified registered voters. " This will eliminate a confusing and unpredictable qualification 2. There should be no point in time when citizens can not petition to change something with which they have serious disagreement. ARTICLE XIIChapter 2- West Hawaii Committee recommends that a new Section 12-2.2 be added to the charter regarding residency requirements of all elected, appointed and hired persons as follows: 1. Should any elected official or appointee from a specific political district remove their residency from that district, they shall immediately submit their resignation. Or, failure to do so within six- ty days of such removal shall be cause for removal from office. 2. In the case offull time hired employees from outside the County, they must establish a primary residence within the County within ninety days of hire. Failure to do so shall be cause for discharge. ARTICLE XIIISection 13-1 (f) 11 should be added to the Charter and will include residency requirements above Further, we feel that a section should be added to this 5 Article enumerating the desire of citizens of this County to have the best qualified persons possible heading each of their departments and agencies and tb do this the Council should advertise in appropriate media Nation wide for appli- cants to fill each such position when there is a vacancy to fill. ARTICLE XIV Section 14-5 Board of Ethics:We recommend that the Board be increased from five to nine members and that each member shall be a resident of a different political district. ARTICLE XV Section 15-3 Mandatory Charter Reviews should be changed in part as follows: "The commission shall publish not less than forty five days before any election at least once in ALL daily newspapers of general circulation within the County. " Further, the commission shall avoid the use of double nega- tives or positives and wording shall be written so that a YES vote is a vote FOR and a NO vote is a vote AGAINST. In fact, the Corporation Counsel should be directed to review every Ballot item to make sure that this, in fact, is the case. If an item is to be passed or defeated, it should be on merits, and not through obsfucation. Thank you very much for this opportunity. 410 499