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Hawai‘i Island
Chamber of Commerce
106 Kamehameha Avenue
Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720-2862
Phone: (808) 935-7178
Fax: (808) 961-4435
E-mail: admin@hicc.biz
www.hicc.biz
December 17, 2009
2009-10 Board
President
Mary Begier
President-Elect
Mike Gleason
Vice President
Jon Miyata
Treasurer
Vaughn Cook
Past President
Barbara Hastings
Directors
Howard Ainsley
Kurt Corbin
Charles Ensey
Charles Erskine
Judith Fox-Goldstein
Stan Fortuna, Jr.
Stewart Hussey
Randy Kurohara
Karina Leasure
Linda Levine
Marco Mangelsdorf
Eugene Nishimura
Spencer Oliver
Robert C. Porter
Marcia Sakai
Glenn Santos
Margaret Shiba
Alice Sledge
Mele Spencer
Art Taniguchi
Ron Terry
Steve Ueda
To: Mr. Edmund Haitsuka, Chair
Hawaii County Charter Commission
From: Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee
Dear Charter Commission Members,
The Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee has
reviewed the proposed Charter amendments and we have the following
comments for your consideration:
Overall – We believe that “house keeping” items that can be delivered
through County Council or Administrative rules should be kept out of
the County Charter.
We oppose CA-12 INTIATION OF AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS
We support CA-18 FOUR YEAR COUNCIL TERMS if this is
reconsidered because it allows the Council member’s time to learn the
job, learn to work as a team, and accomplish legislation meaningful to
our communities without the interruption of having to campaign every 2
years.
We oppose CA-22 FILING OF COUNCIL AGENDA as we see no
need for change to the current Charter in this area.
We oppose CA-24 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS as we see no need
for change to the current Charter in this area.
We oppose CA-25 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANS (CDP)
Community Development Plans should be kept out of the Charter.
We oppose CA-30 BOARD AND COMMISSION WEBSITES this
would add additional mandatory expenses to the County budget.
We sincerely thank you for your consideration of our comments.