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2. Bethea: What about changing the 9. Retain May 31st <br /> Council ' s deadline for submission of the budget deadline. <br /> budget to March 1st? Matayoshi: Council <br /> has 60 days to review budget with enough <br /> personnel to do so. Sometimes labor <br /> contracts negotiations must wait until <br /> after Legislature to see what monies are <br /> available. <br /> 3 . Matayoshi: If he transferred large <br /> amounts duringhis administration, he <br /> informed Council sometime during the <br /> process. Kon: Transfers often occurred <br /> in emergency situations in Police, Civil <br /> Defense, and CIP projects. Yuen: <br /> Questioned whether his administration <br /> conferred with Council re operating budget <br /> items . Matayoshi: Did confer with <br /> Council throughout . <br /> H. Initiative and Referendum <br /> 1. Matayoshi: Doesn' t recall any <br /> limitations in Charter. Bethea: Limita- <br /> tions that existed then were: Repealing <br /> or levying of taxes , emergency legisla- <br /> tion, appropriation of monies and fixing <br /> of salaries; another recent topic to come <br /> up is land use planning and zoning and <br /> whether or not it should apply. <br /> Matayoshi: Referendum should not be used <br /> for the planning process. Cushnie: 10. Do not use <br /> Questioned whether Matayoshi felt zoning referendum for <br /> should not be done by initiative. planning process. <br /> Matayoshi: Feels zoning, subdivision <br /> requirements , infrastructure problems , <br /> etc. should be handled by elected repre- <br /> sentatives. Yuen: The 1968 Charter <br /> limited the use of initiative so it could <br /> now be used for taxing and other fiscal <br /> decisions ; a 1982 amendment removed that <br /> limitation on initiative power. <br /> I . Research & Development <br /> 1. Duncan: Questioned functions and <br /> powers of this department. Matayoshi: <br /> Felt department was necessary to tourism <br /> and collecting data. <br /> 528 <br />