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enough to change our minds, we can reconsider. What I am saying <br /> is, let' s just temporarily put it out of sight. Otherwise we <br /> might as well just go home until the hearings are through. <br /> MR. OMONAKA: Then, are you suggesting that we <br /> go from page 1 and formally adopt anything which we feel would <br /> be a proper amendment? Let' s say we go through the Preamble <br /> and if that is okay we day, okay that stays. And we go through <br /> the First Article and we find something that needs to be <br /> changed--we go through the formal motion to amend or maintain? <br /> Is this what you. are suggesting? That we go page by page and <br /> formally take actions as we go along? <br /> MR. CADINHA: The suggestion is more an interest <br /> in saying that as a body, I 'd like a policy decision as to <br /> whether we, from what we' ve been given in written communications <br /> or oral, whether we want' to further examine other forms of <br /> government at this time, or whether we are pretty much committed <br /> to the strong mayor concept. Keeping an open`.;mind because we <br /> haven ' t completed our input. <br /> I 'm making this;o.motion only so we can facilitate <br /> the whole process and then if we are in agreement, as a body, <br /> that should other reason not pop up, we can discuss what are&:we <br /> going to do with commissions under the strong mayor concept ; <br /> what areswe going to do with the council under the strong mayor <br /> concept ; what are we going to do with the water function and these <br /> other things. <br /> Until we know that it is going to be an elected <br /> mayor situation, we've got to halt and I would like to move that <br /> we stick with our form of government. <br /> MR. OMONAKA: So assuming the motion does pass, <br /> then you are suggesting that we go from page 1 and review and <br /> adopt or amend <br /> MR. CADINHA: Well , not today. Now, whether <br /> we go to committees at that point, at least we know philosophically <br /> what we are looking at. We are looking at the present form. <br /> In essence, I am saying, let ' s cross the bridge that the Mayor <br /> gave us that first day in office in saying, "what you people <br /> have to decide is whether you are going to draft a whole new <br /> document, a whole new form of government, or try and streamline <br /> this thing and improve on it. " <br /> I think we can make an assumption. I 'd like to <br /> make an assumption. If the others want to leave it open , defeat <br /> the motion. <br /> MR. OMONAKA: If this motion carries-then the <br /> procedure is that we break up into committees. Is this what <br /> you are recommending? <br /> MR. CADINHA: Not necessarily, <br /> no. Then we <br /> at least know we are looking at this document and not starting <br /> to draft a whole new one. That is the only step I 'd like to take. <br /> - 7 - <br />