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Page 6 • Mr. Ikeda said he spoke to Administration and the Directors o Mr. Takaba and Ms. Crawford said necessary positions that were on hold because of the TAT scare are now being filled.. o Police Chief Kubojiri & Fire Chief Oliveira needs full funding because when recruiting, they must guarantee the job and they cannot offer unless fully fimded. o The Mayor said the best 1,000 acres of the Hamakua land has been saved for the County to be used for a volunteer fre, a park and a baseyard and the County will still have excess. The land they are selling is the less desirable lands. • Mr. Yagong said we must question if the departments are operating efficiently. Can we hold off on funding the supervisory positions? If they've been operating successfully with the positions empty till now, why fill them? These positions have always been there and always been funded. • Mr. Hoffmann said the Police have a recruit class beginning in ,Tanuary 2010. We should take the funds allocated for those positions for the six months while the positions sit vacant. Chief Oliveira has already done that with a couple of his positions. • Mr. Onishi noted, the Governor is proposing to eliminate the medical for anyone retiring after June 30`h. If this happens, there may be an exodus of retiring employees. • Mr. Hoffmann and Mr. Yagong noted that these positions are already fully funded. Also, it is highly unlikely that such legislation would survive. • Mr. Hoffmann did a breakdown of overtime by account numbers for the General Fund for most of the departments (excluding Police, Fire, Civil Defense). DO/kk