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dwelling, unless you are temporarily absent from your permanent home. If we wanted to tighten up the language further, we could require that someone be a "resident and registered voter" from the district. I also drafted an entirely new §3-18, establishing a Reapportionment Commission to draw the district boundaries. According to our minutes, it appears that the Charter Commission had a straw vote at the November 14, 1989 meeting to follow the present Police Commission in establishing the Reapportionment Commission: i.e. , seven members appointed by the mayor, confirmed by the council, with geographical representation from the present judicial districts. Accordingly, the §3-18 (b) I drafted follows that format; however, there are many other possibilities. The new section would read as follows: §3-18. Reapportionment Commission. (a) There shall be a reapportionment commission which shall establish the boundaries of the council districts. (b) The reapportionment commission shall consist of seven members, two of whom shall be residents of the combined judicial districts of North and South Hilo, one from the judicial district of Puna, one from the judicial district of Ka'u, one from the combined judicial districts of North and South Kona, one from the combined judicial districts of North and South Kohala, and one from the judicial district of Hamakua. The members shall .be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council in the manner prescribed in Section 13-4. (c) The year 1991 and every tenth year thereafter shall be reapportionment years. The reapportionment commission shall be appointed and confirmed by March 1 of the reapportionment year. It shall adopt a reapportionment plan by a majority vote of the members to which it is entitled and file the reapportionment plan with the county clerk by December 31 of the reapportionment year. The reapportionment commission shall be dissolved after the filing of the reapportionment plan. (d) The county clerk shall furnish all necessary technical and secretarial services for the reapportionment commission. The council shall appropriate necessary funds to enable the commission to carry out its duties. (e) The reapportionment commission shall be guided by the following criteria in establishing the boundaries of the council districts: (1) No district shall be drawn to unduly favor or penalize a person or political faction; (2) Insofar as possible, districts should be contiguous and compact; (3) District lines shall, where possible, follow permanent and easily recognizable features; (4) Districts shall have approximately equal resident populations as required by applicable constitutional provisions. 7.98