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want to look for, and then find out it’s not even in the report. Maybe we should look at redesigning the report. Chair Adams said she had been trying to come up with some formats with an easier way to find things. And we have had the series of questions and who had asked them, and most of the time there were answers right under the question. Sometimes it says, “see report.” We can work on that, where it doesn’t change, or maybe there is a way to highlight when there is new information. She definitely wants to keep any questions we have before the next meeting up there and in front, and say we expect answers. And one thing would be the chloridesreport. And most of the time we are getting the answers to it, whether it’s staffing and crisis issues that have prevented it, she’s not sure. But she should see something every month, and she would like to have someone from DEM – thank you Ms. Berrig – who can speak on behalf of the Department or answer the questions we have that come up, to be at our meetings. The devil lives in the details, Commissioner Olson said. Commissioner Cardwell said the most important thing is accountability. That is the role of the EMC, which is to oversee the Department. If our interaction with them is dwindling, then that’s a problem. It’s important to have regular correspondence. She said Commissioner McIntosh had a good idea, maybe the format of the report needs to change. Maybe there needs to be a Question and Answers. Maybe put questions at the top and the report to follow. Chair Adams said the way the Secretary has been setting it up is that he would have the specific questions the Commission had come up with, and a reference to the full report, and a copy of the full report. So he has been putting the questions we have had up front. Commissioner Cardwell said we know the questions; we need the answers. Chair Adams said she would work with the Director and the Secretary on how they could inform us when the Commission needs to be informed, but not overwhelming us with repetitive information. We will work on it, and if Commissioners have any more ideas or examples, then shoot it over, and she will agree with the general consensus of, kind of disappointed that we didn’t get him here this time. Commissioner Fulton added the Chair asked the question and got the feedback. Generally, the feedback what she heard is that we would like to have more of that connection, and that showing up quarterly is not palatable. Is there a concurrence with that assessment? Chair Adams read it as concurrence. We want something every month. What the detail of that monthly report may entail, we can see what we can negotiate. Definitely, we expect a set of questions to be answered, that we will come up with, and maybe don’t all havea lot of questions every month. But whatever we do, we want to see them, and we want to see a section on updates, things that have changed that month, to have it there, and then it’s more 22