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Greenwell: Questioned the necessity of the Salary Commission meeting as often as once a year. Boot : Said it would add continuity and regularity to the commission. Poppe: Prefers Mr. Yuen to redraft wording of Sec. 3-4 for review at the next meeting. Yuen: Will prepare wording to incorporate suggestions made today. Cushnie: Would like Sec. 3-4(b) wording changed to include 9 members , one from each of the possible future single- member voting districts. Yuen: Have not yet decided to change all commissions to have members appointed from Council districts until public has voted on it. Cushnie: Suggests Sec. 3-4 (d) should include more generic language; delete "councilmen" and "council chairman" and replace with "elected officials" (Tape 1: 1: 29) . Hasn' t been decided whether to include the prosecuting attorney in with elected officials. Commissions: Discussed numbers to be on other commissions. Yuen: Gave member numbers that now exist: Planning, 9; Board of Appeals , 7; Civil Service, 5; Police, 7; Water , 9; Liquor, 7; Ethics , 7. Omonaka: All commissions should be discussed, considering we might have a district Council . Motion No. 2: Bethea: a) Mr. Yuen will prepare language for review re Salary Commission, to cover all elected officials; and b) to discuss at next meeting the generic topic of membership among the commissions. Mr. Omonaka put the above in a motion, which was seconded by Ms. Cushnie. All were in favor. Motion carried. Yuen: Has Salary Commission language now. Sec. 3-4 should be removed from the Council section of the Charter and moved to another location. Redrafted , it would read: (a) The salary of all county-elected officials shall be established by a Salary Commission which shall consist of nine members , appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the Council. (b) The members may be removed by the mayor with the approval of the Council . (c) (Decide districts members will come from. ) 822