MIN CHARTER 2019-01-25 (2018-2020)

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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -7 January 25, 2019 CA -7 and CA -13, special funds should never be slush funds for other uses. That is why they are earmarked as special funds. It sounds like they need to fix the emergency fund and the budget overdraft fund is what really the problem is. I agree with that. Also, I am for CA -9. I am actually going to be bold enough to suggest putting one more staff isn't enough, you probably need two more staff being funded out of the fund in order to make that two percent fund actually be where we can really use it correctly in a timely manner to get property that at this point in time is the most affordable it will ever be. We all want open space. I moved here from O`ahu because I didn't want to live on Oahu because it didn't have enough open space and I don't want the Big Island to look like O`ahu. Anyway, so again, I am against CA -7 and CA -13. I am very much against removing the perpetuity clause. I think that is a foolish act and it will make it so we can't get some of the outside grants that we have gotten. Thank you. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you so much. If I could have Ann Bosted please come up. Mr. Warshauer you have, I understand you are probably looking at seven, nine, and maybe 13, six minutes please. RICK WARSHAUER: Proposal No. CA -7 in opposition and Proposal No. CA -9 in support. MR. WARSHAUER: I have come here representing two different entities. CHR. ADAMS: Right. Six minutes, Sir. MR. WARSHAUER: One is for myself and one is for representing... CHR. ADAMS: And as you have heard, several folks are representing themselves and other organizations as well. Six minutes. Thank you. MR. WARSHAUER: Aloha Commissioners. Thank you for your consideration regarding the Charter. The proposed Charter amendments seven and nine were addressed by a letter from the PONC Commission and I will read that. It is on behalf of Kekaulike Tomich who couldn't be here today. "After discussion at our January 14th, 2014 PONC meeting, the PONC Commission has the following comments we would like to share with the Charter Commission regarding two of its proposed Charter amendments. CA -9, we encourage the Charter Commission to move forward with CA -9 which transfers administration of the maintenance fund from the Department of Parks and Recreation to the Department of Finance. Our own experiences is that the roles being split between the two departments has led to confusion, delays, and lack of efficiency in transferring funds from the management fund to the qualifying management partners. Page 25