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CHRISTOPHER J. YUEN HILO LAGOON CENTRE,SUITE 108 101 AUPUNI STREET HILO,HAWAII 96720 ATTORNEY AT LAW TEL.(808)935-4429 January 23 , 1990 Hawaii County Charter Commission 101 Aupuni St. , Suite 235 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Re: Boards and Commissions Dear Charter Commission Members: At our meeting on January 22 , 1990, the Charter Commission voted to recommend several amendments to the County Charter provisions on boards and commissions to the voters. I have prepared a draft of the language which would implement the Commission's vote. The following would be the amendments proposed to §13-4 (material to be deleted is bracketed; new material is underlined) : §13-4 (d) . No member whose term has expired shall continue to serve on such board or commission[ . ] , except that if the member's term expires less than one month after the commencement of the term of a new mayor, the member shall hold over for thirty days, or until a successor is appointed and confirmed, whichever comes first. §13-4 (1) The council shall act to confirm or reject any appointment made to a board or commission by the mayor within forty-five days after receiving notice of the appointment from the mayor. If the council does not confirm or reject any such appointment within forty-five days, the appointee shall be deemed to have been confirmed. • §13-4 (m) The chair of each board or commission shall report in writing to the mayor if any member of the board or commission is absent for three consecutive meetings, and shalljsubmit a report of attendance in writing to the mayor on January 1 and July 1 of each year. The Commission also voted to amend §13-4 (j ) to provide explicitly that a quorum is a majority of members to which the board or commission is entitled. §13-4 (j ) would therefore read as follows: (j ) Each board and commission shall have the power to establish its rules of procedure necessary for the conduct of its business, which rules shall contain the time and place of all regular meetings[ . ] , and which shall specify that a quorum shall be a majority of the members to which the board or commission is entitled. EXHIBIT B 801 (2 pages)