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• <br /> , ,2 <br /> TESTIMONY <br /> TO: HAM.= COUNTY CHARTER REVIEW COPMMIISSION <br /> . FROM: PUNA COMMUNITY COUNCIL <br /> RE: ARTIC F X - FINANCIAL PROCEDURES <br /> Puna Community Council.would .like .to offer the following changes . <br /> to the County Charter which we feel would. clarify the intent of the section <br /> ' and increase public participation 'in the budget process,. <br /> We are particularly concerned,.that copies of budget documents and <br /> commentary.be made available at:: low cost to interested citizens. <br /> In addition, our experience in -the past year with the public hearing <br /> process leads us to believe that additional efforts must be made by the <br /> County to publicize these hearings and that emotional outbursts are fewer <br /> and outcomes are more understandable when these hearings are moderated. • <br /> We have a number of agencies to which we could turn for moderators. Many <br /> individuals on this island have taken training in mediation. Polarization <br /> often occurs at hearings where voting members of boards or commissions, <br /> the mayor or the council, attempt to keep order and participate in the hearings. <br /> A moderator or mediator who sets up the rules and holds participants to them, <br /> helps everyone get the most'from the process and insures that a wider spectrum <br /> . of people is heard. <br /> Submitted by Ron Phillips <br /> Don Jacobs <br /> Ginny Aste <br /> Richard Hahn 561 <br /> 1 <br />