HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP CofWH 001 1997-01-22 (1996-1998) Comms. 47 and 57.01 ad hoc on Council RulesREPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
DATE: January 22, 1997 RE: Comm. Nos. 57.01
PLACE: Councilroom & 47
TIME: 10:21 a.m.
Your Committee of the Whole, to which was referred Communication Nos. 57.01 and 47, reports
as follows:
Communication No. 57.01 is a memorandum from Finance Committee Chair Aaron Chung dated
January 9, 1997, referring Communication No. 57 to the Council for further deliberation.
Communication No. 57 is a memorandum from Council Member John Santangelo dated
December 26, 1996, requesting that the Council Rules be submitted to the Finance Committee
for consideration in an Ad Hoc Committee. Also considered by Your Committee was
Communication No. 47, a memorandum from Council Member J. Curtis Tyler, III, attaching a
letter dated December 9, 1996, from Richard R. "Dick" Frye, Project Manager of Oceanside
1250, which agreed with the desire from some people in the community to have materials
available six days in advance of a Council meeting.
Council Member Tyler suggested that the Council form a Rules Committee to discuss and make
recommendations regarding the Council Rules of Procedure rather than discussing this matter in
the Committee of the Whole. Council Member Santangelo expressed support for this
recommendation referring to rules from the other three counties and a desire to come up with a
document that accomplishes succinctly how the Council should conducts its business. In
response to this request, Council Chair Arakaki suggested he would select five members to sit on
an informal committee on rules. There were no objections to this suggestion with the
understanding that input from non -committee members could be given to committee members
for consideration.
Your Committee then proceeded to discuss a list of proposed changes to the Council Rules of
Procedure setforth in Communication Nos. 57.02 and 57.03 received from County Clerk Donald
Ikeda. The changes are as follows:
Rule 1(1) "The council shall hold regular meetings for the transaction of business 111
the County Councilroom on the first and third Wednesday of each month
or on the following day if such Wednesday be a public holiday"
Rule 4(1) "The chairperson of the council shall be the presiding officer of the
council. [In the absence of the chairperson, the vice -chairperson shall
preside. In the absence of the vice -chairperson, the chairperson of the
Committee on Finance shall preside and] The Chair shall have the right to
vote as other members[;]. [however,] When the chairperson is temporarily
unable to perform his/her duties, the vice chairperson shall have all the
powers and be subject to all the duties of such chairperson. In the absence
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of the chairperson and vice chairperson. the council shall elect from
among its members a temporary presiding officer."
These changes would be consistent with Charter language.
Your Committee of the Whole recommends that Communication Nos. 57.01 and 47 be filed; that
the Clerk draft appropriate legislation making the proposed amendments to Rules 1 and 4 for
adoption by the Council at a subsequent meeting; and that the Council Chair select five members
to a Committee on Rules.
ADR
Respectfully
ARAKAKI, CHAIR
'EE OF THE WHOLE
CW Report No.
Adopted: JAN 2 2 1997