CHC 1979-05-22 PH - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Basically you gather that I subscribe very wholeheartedly to that which we have advocated as a study group. The Sunset Laws I think dare very desirable. They would result in the termination of all ordinances and laws on a periodic basis that would be set so that unless they were re-enacted they would die automatically. That is the only way you can purge the record of it. Historically, we have seen cases where old ordinances have been :dragged up and revived after they were dead for seventy or eighty years and made applicable--nowhere approaching the original intent, but nevertheless they were a useful technical dodge. This is one of the major advantages of cleaning the slate and starting over--quite aside from the real economy of every operation whether it is a business or government has a certain amount of momentum to it and expenses keep going unless they are terminated and this is one way of making sure that they are terminated and only reinstigated when they will be useful and justifiable. MR. CADINHA: Do you have any specific duration or length of time in mind? MR. MURRAY: I would say that if we had it on an every eight or twelve year basis , assuming a four-year term because they don ' t accumulate that fast but that should be enough to make sure that the original intent :is well known and it can be referred to and decided whether it needs to be reinstigated or not because sometimes things do get lost with turnover personnel. It shouldn ' t be too long, but it shouldn 't be too frequently. I think that eight or twelve years--perhaps even twelve years would be desirable because that would only be two-thirds as often. CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Thank you, Mr. Murray. Next we will call on Mr. Jay Maixner. MR. MAIXNER: My name is Jay Maixner and I live in Kainaliu. Please excuse me for reading my statement to you because for clarity and to cover everything I have written it down. The first issue that I would like to discuss is the election of the council . The exact number of councilpersons is not so important to me as is the method of their election. I support one councilperson per district with none being elected at-large. This will better enable each councilperson to represent the needs of their districts. But , rather than to wait for and depend upon the accuracy of the 1980 census to determine the districts according to population , as others have suggested, I submit the following proposal. Go to the property tax ledgers and divide the county up into districts of equal tax contribu- tion. This method would not only be accurate but would also allow the people a say in what is done with their tax money in direct proportion to their contribution. The tax payers are supporting the county agencies and the taxpayers should have the say as to what services should be provided. -12-