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an advocate for private monied interests (32) ; it exempts environmental impact statement requirements and reduces public scrutiny (Section 3-16) . F. Pomeroy: Replace general plan words: replace "air pollution" with "air and water quality" and add "environmental" to the social , economic and govern- mental spheres . of Appeals wordinggiving Pomeroy: Board pp g g preference to members with backgrounds in planning and construction was deleted; but removing this provi- tion does not exclude persons of such background. H. Pomeroy: Impeachment : Section 12-2. 1 should allow for impeachment of appointed officials . I . Pomeroy: A political party has no right to be disproportionately represented on boards and commissions (28) . No more than a bare majority should be of a given sex or ethnic group. J. Pomeroy: Section 13-23 : The phrase "morals of the community" is inappropriate wording; it should be replaced with "well being. " K. Pomeroy: . Public hearings: When a decision-making body takes action which is contrary to public testimony, the decision-making body should explain its reasoning. L. Pomeroy: Section 14-3 : A Council or board member who declares a conflict of interest should not be required/allowed to vote if he or she has a conflict of interest. M. Pomeroy: Charter amendments should be voted on in segments or portions . The commission should remain in service until after the election. Section 15-2 and 15-4 support that if someone initiates a change, that individual should have input on how their proposal will be worded for voting purposes. N. Pomeroy: Other changes are mentioned in Exhibit A. V. JOHN LAURANCE A. Laurance: The County lacks a commission to make qualified comments re energy production and utilization, science, technology. Would like the formation of an energy commission appointed by the (Corrected) 582