MIN CHARTER 2018-11-09 (2018-2020)

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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -5 November 9, 2018 MS. RICE: I'd like to make a new motion that will strike the words "within each calendar year" in the motion on the floor. CHR. ADAMS: Is there a second? It's been seconded by Commissioner Galimba. So just for the purposes... if I may? So for the purposes of the amendment, the motion would read that the County Council hold an equal number of its regular meetings in East or West Hawai`i. MS. RICE: Should say "provided that." CHR. ADAMS: Mr. Henricks, you have it directly in front of you. Can you read it with the amendment? MR. HENRICKS: I'll just read the full sentence just for the record. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you. MR. HENRICKS: "The county council shall meet regularly at least twice in every month at such times and places as shall be established by rule of the council, provided that the council shall hold an equal number of its regularly scheduled meetings in East Hawai`i and West Hawai`i." Period. CHR. ADAMS: Okay. You have anything you'd like to add under discussion since you made the amendment? MS. RICE: That just simplifies it and it gives flexibility to the Council in case something comes up where they simply can't get across the mountain because the roads are closed or whatever might happen. CHR. ADAMS: Mr. Yoshimoto. MR. YOSHIMOTO: So I would add a little bit more rationale, so the record is clear as to why this amendment addresses the issue that we were just talking about, about emergencies, if we could just have that so that we would have some basis, additional basis, for what your amendment does. MS. RICE: Yeah. CHR. ADAMS: Okay, so for the purposes of establishing rationale, we recognize that there are times, particularly on this island, when we may not be able to have the transportation means or even the telecommunication means to hold a meeting within the rules that the Council sets up. And so the idea of not including the timeline helps with not incurring a penalty under the Page 31