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Hawaii State Association of Counties Counties of Kauai, Maui and Hawaii, City & County of Honolulu 4 [ember 2, 1998 ~ To: James Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the Hawaii County Council From: Al Smith, Vice President Hawaii State Association of Counties (HSAC) Subject: HSAC Executive Committee Meeting - August 27, 1998 The following highlights of the HSAC Executive Committee meeting of August 27, 1998 are hereby submitted. The Secretary's Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting June 9, 1998 were approved and placed on file (Attached for information). The Treasurer reports for the months of May, June and July 1998 was approved and placed on file (Attached for information). Under the heading of NACo Reports, the minutes of the NACo/NACoRF Board of Directors Meeting at the Western Interstate Regional Conference in Juneau, Alaska on May 22, 1998 were placed on file. Copies are available on request from the Legislative Auditor's Office. Also under NACo Reports, a memorandum from Diane S. Shea, Associate Legislative Director, dated July 27, 1998 on events before Environment, Energy and Land Use, to Environment, Energy and Land Use Steering Committee was placed on file (Attached for information). It was also reported that the new chair of this Steering Committee, Ron Houseman of Missouri, a long time friend and supporter of Hawai'i and its members, having lost his bid for public office in the primary election, may be stepping down. Finally under NACo Reports, it was reported that the Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau is in the process of submitting a bid for the NACo Annual Conference for July 2005. It is anticipated that both the Mayor and the County Council will be approached for welcoming endorsements of this venture. The first item under New Business was a discussion of Proposals for the 1999 HSAC Legislative Package. It is requested that proposals by members of the Hawai'i County Council be routed to me by October 7, 1998. Once endorsed by the Hawaii County Council, your proposals must then be reviewed and approved by our neighbor island counties (Action Requested). The County of Maui has already made a submittal of three proposals for inclusion in the 1999 HSAC Legislative Package. In light of previous accusation of conflicts with the electoral process, your Executive Committee has referred the first proposal, which authorizes county clerks to implement vote-by-mail elections, to the State Elections Commission (Attached for information). A second proposal attempts to clarify the subpoena powers of the legislative bodies. There was some discussion on this proposal as it could possibly violate the doctrine of separation of powers. It was suggested that counties check their charters and consult their respective Corporation Counsels before taking a position on this matter (Attached for information). ® FGoLum. No.-91&7 ile No. N Is Cr Ref. Date SP 0 2 1998 _Y