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Mr. Gary Mizuno Page 4 March 20, 1989 the city as a whole. Interpreting ' all the members ' to be less than the full board established by the Charter creates the possibility that legislation may be enacted which has support in less than the required number of wards ." 702 S.W. 2d at 493-494 . This reasoning has significance for the Hawaii County Charter, because the Planning Commission has members appointed geographically. Hawaii County Charter §5-4 . 3 . To allow the interpretation that the commission could take action with less than a majority of all the positions to which the commission is entitled would be to allow action without insuring the widest possible geographical input . It would also remove an incentive for the mayor to appoint commission members as quickly as possible. It could lead to .a situation in which a mayor, who is politically compatible with seven remaining commissioners and unable to find two additional politically compatible, geographically qualified appointees, simply decides to keep the commission operating with seven members, despite the fact that the charter requires nine. The difficulties caused by the requirement that five affirmative votes be obtained in order to take action act as the incentive to keepeach seat Son the commission occupied. A number of other jurisdictions come to the same conclusion as Missouri . In Steiner Inc. v. Town Plan and Zoning Commission of the Town of Fairfield, 175 A. 2d 559 (Conn. 1961) , the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that statutes requiring a vote of two-thirds of "all the members" for action meant that five affirmative votes were necessary from the seven position' commission even where an unfilled vacancy reduced the actual membership to six. In Rocklands Woods , Inc . v. Suffern, 40 App. Div. 2d 385, 340 N.Y.S.2d 513 (1973) , the court held that where a vacancy reduced a five member village board of trustees to four members, a vote of two affirmative, one negative, and one abstention was insufficient to amend the village' s zoning ordinance. In State ex. rel . Roberts v. Gruber, 373 P.2d 657 (Or. 1962) , the specific term "entire membership" was held to mean all of the positions to which a council was entitled. • The state of New Jersey also concurs. In Country Club Towers Tenants Association v. Country Club Towers I and II, 195 N.J. Super 110, 478 A. 2d 420 (N.J.. Super 1984) , the town municipal council, which had seven positions, and two unfilled vacancies, 719