MIN CHARTER 2018-10-12 (2018-2020)

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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -4 October 12, 2018 MS. RICE: I have to look. lust a second. I was eating. Sorry. Mr. Chairman. CHR. ADAMS: Commissioner Rice. MS. RICE: On the Communication from Environmental Management, there was a... CHR. ADAMS: He just left. MS. RICE: Oh. CHR. ADAMS: Anyway, go ahead. MS. RICE: Well, it's alright. It's just, cause he says what he wants, like minor modifications. It's on page 12 attic, what we received, or what I have in front of me. Anyway, at some point, would that be something that we would put in a proposal to, if we thought that it was something that should be done? He is just talking about... let's see, he says changing the name. There are two sections I would be asking for minor modifications. Duties and functions of the department and I am just skimming this... "the Department of Environmental Management has the name environment in it. Because of that the Department is looked to as the environmental agency for the County, when in fact it is structured in the Charter as an operating company. We operate wastewater treatment. We operate solid waste facilities, etc." So, I think what he is asking for is for us to look at correcting the name to more reflect what they actually do. CHR. ADAMS: Right. And, so any of us has the opportunity to make a proposal. MS. RICE: Put a proposal. CHR. ADAMS: That's correct. MS. RICE: Okay. That was my question. Thank you. CHR. ADAMS: Alright. Moving on, we also had Communication No. 7.1 which was a response to the request for proposed amendments/recommendations that came back to us from the Fire Commission and as you can see that there was particularly on the second page, there are redlined suggestions or recommendations from the Fire Commission. Page 28