MIN CHARTER 2018-09-14 (2018-2020)

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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -3 September 14, 2018 grants-in-aid program and then the County said that the difficulty with grants-in- aid is you didn't know until the end of the legislative session how much money you were going to get from the State. So that then switched from grants-in-aid to a share of the TAT (Transient Accommodations Tax) which is set in the HRS (Hawai`i Revised Statutes) Statutes, so you can try and calculate it. It made it easier for the Counties to calculate what their revenue is. There are still some State programs and State monies that people go after but it is not like it was in the past, where that was the sole source of revenue sharing essentially and just like the federal revenue sharing, but that's what that emphasis on the State's grants-in- aid would have been. Is at one time that was a significant portion of the County's budget. Thank you. CHR. ADAMS: Commissioner. Commissioner Hopkins. MR. HOPKINS: Would you feel that Powers and Duties A, what is in C right now, that a much more broader thing could just be included just under A? It seems like the information, you know A is so broad that you could provide all the information in C. It's just sort of out of date, like you had said. MS. LEY: That would do it. I think. CHR. ADAMS: I do have a couple seeing no other Commissioners, I do have another question, two questions I guess, maybe. One is in 6-8.2, in the director paragraph, it identifies the director, in the qualifications portion- "shall have a minimum of five years of related experience." That seems pretty undetailed compared to some of the other, I am sorry I am just, I guess what I am doing is I'm asking is that enough qualification information from your perspective? MS. LEY: I believe so, in terms of being able to manage the diversity of the department, the mission, while it's somewhat focused it becomes very broad very quickly, and so I think having experience that is broad and has—if you're able to think on your feet when you need to and be responsive, be innovative, to me that serves the purpose and I think some of the skills that you need to be able to respond to this diversity and the need to stand up leadership and initiatives, only comes with time. It doesn't come necessarily with a degree because much of our work is engaging the cornrnunity and interacting and that community may be other departments and it may be other government entities, state and federal, but also the comrnunity, so. CHR. ADAMS: As a follow up to that, what is related experience in your mind? What's the definition here? MS. LEY: Related experience... Page 9