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• <br /> • ® • <br /> limit flexibility. <br /> Baldwin® Is there any way you can hire such a person? <br /> Markey: , Yes, presumedly. As was pointed out last week, the <br /> strong-mayor council form of government doesn' t guarantee , <br /> .that you get cocci govor i:i.lent- -the person can have good gov'ern- <br /> n ert if he knows what it is and he has a mind to give it to you® <br /> II® There was further discussion among members with regard to <br /> the .concept of council-manager form of government. <br /> • 1) Q,uoston of nol:S'tical and partisan politics . Dr. Noda <br /> ci-E. ea (T) a p;art_iL3 is r,ucsi"ETW,:+o Te involved with <br /> philosophy, party philosophy. The Model C <br /> osn<ti7 Ch ar <br /> er <br /> • ' states that parFircTh3] is LsL_d_ y � Ci :: a . O � n . <br /> federal or state level and that in most local governments <br /> it does not enter into the picture; ( ) political question <br /> would be concerned with, ego , districting—on what basis s • <br /> • are we going to elect councils cn-won district :e.pr'esen- <br /> talion, at-large,large, or as proportional ral)resentta tion? Most <br /> '0E -the local problems would be more administrative trative os <br /> procedural problems ; it goes beyond district representation. <br /> • <br /> Voda emphasized that most of our problems in the county <br /> government are not based on party affiliation. These are <br /> services or needs of people regardless of parties. It' s <br /> both political and procedural Since it' s up to the people <br /> .to decide which particular services they want and are • <br /> "wiling to pay for. <br /> • <br /> Loweth defined what she thought as procedural and political: <br /> the difference being that anything political can become <br /> partisan because a party will jump on it and _�.:a.` e it their <br /> i�ie L. <br /> • <br /> platform and if the o her party chooses - tooppose this , then <br /> it <br /> becomes a political issue. <br /> It was believed that in actual practice there is no such <br /> - thing as party politics on the local level as far as the <br /> County of Hawaii was concerned, that it seems to be more <br /> personality politics . . <br /> 2) Noda. informed the commission that in preparation for the <br /> discussion today , a reading of he Model County Char"�4 er <br /> showed that although type model i- of don a co4t3.C� <br /> manager form, simply by changing the name to a strong <br /> mayor„ the structure could apply .to either forme It' s <br /> about the same other than the difference being we have a <br /> professional administrator up there. <br /> III. The minutes of the last meeting as corrected, were approved <br /> Correction to :><tcm D, Page 3r` he rule at present is that <br /> • the policy-taking Board of Supervisors has a finance committee <br /> which forms the budget. " <br /> IV. Communications : - <br /> 1) Letter of thanks from the Hawaii Nurses Associations <br /> 2) Hilo Junior Chamber of Commerce requesting speaker. <br /> 3) Reply from Council Chairman Masato Doi, City -64 County of <br /> IionoltaluIie stated that he will be away on the dates <br /> we wanted him so he recommended Hom an Lemke and Clesson <br /> Chilzasuye. Noda wrote asking Doi to extend the invitation <br /> to either one or the other® <br /> • <br /> • -1p- <br />