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Commission review of Oahu neighborhood boards is postponed

Thursday’s Honolulu Charter Commission meeting — during which the future of Oahu’s neighborhood boards was to be discussed — has been postponed.

The state Office of Information Practices informed the commission that its agenda for the meeting was too vague and did not provide enough detail on some of the items to be discussed, Commission Chairman David Rae said today.

As a result, the commission has tentatively rescheduled the neighborhood board discussion for 3:30 p.m. June 9, Rae said. He and commission staff are still trying to decide when to hear other matters that were on Thursday’s agenda, he said.

The commission is expected to take up governance of rail operations at its June 2 meeting.

A subcommittee, of the commission last week issued a report recommending that a voters in this November’s election be asked if the city’s 33 neighborhood boards be abolished.

Supporters of neighborhood boards say they represent a valuable, grassroots level of interaction for the community. Detractors call them an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy and a waste of taxpayer money.

One response to “Commission review of Oahu neighborhood boards is postponed”

  1. eb808 says:

    get rid of the neighborhood boards. we don’t need more political groups. we need advocacy and that should come from city council members.

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