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Schutte: Section 14-5: Confidentiality provision needs to be included in this section. There is openness in government meetings . But if ethics meetings concern individuals , these should be private. Schutte: Will be glad to come up with wording if desires. Honolulu Ethics Board wording is a good example to follow. Bethea: Probably should be a reference to Section 13 also. Chapter 92 , H.R. S. , requires open meetings. Judicatory hearings are excluded. B. Dwight Vicente: Addressed ethics also. Vicente: This is in reference to Section 14-5 . The Ethics Board has as an advisor, an attorney from the County. This should not be. The advisor should be a private attorney, so there is no conflict of interest. County representatives should not be included in any other position on the board either. Chairman Bethea closed the public testimony portion of the meeting. V. AGENDA ITEM NO. 8 : Finance. Barry Mizuno/Finance and Russell Kokubun/Council were present to present pros and cons on suggested changes . Bethea: Please refer to Mizuno/Finance letter of 03/27/90 (Exhibit A) and financial attachments (Exhibit B) . Budget Submission Deadline and Fund Transfers: Mizuno: Suggested giving Council an additional two weeks to review budget. Presently, Council must accept the budget on the second reading, which is June 6th, and adopt budget by June 30th. Mizuno suggested moving the second reading date back to June 15th with the final budget acceptance date early July (Tape 1: 1 : 30) . Council will still have 6 weeks to review the budget; but Council is parttime. Kokubun: Appropriations establish different programs at service levels , which is a policy decision, which Council should make. He questioned whether the budget is a policy document; he feels it is. Allowing an additional week to review the budget is not time enough. We're the only county that submits its budget that late. 836