2011-01-28 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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MR. TAKABA: So Ag would be under? MS. WONG: I have HR. MS. GARSON: It can’t be HR. MR. TAKABA: R&D. Seems like Research and Development. MS. WONG: That makes sense to me, but I don’t know why I have HR in my notes. At this time, I just know that I will do a summary recommendation, how the process flows after that - MS. NICHOLSON: Well, I think you need to decide how the process is going to flow. So, Bill’s suggestion is that we send that summary out to the departments and ask them –maybe we should send this list too so we can actually figure out where all these belong. Is there an easy way to find out what department all these are so that we can make sure we cover them all? MS. GARSON: Oh yeah, we can do that for you. MS. NICHOLSON: And say, these committees are under your jurisdiction and send us the summary and ask for their comments on consolidations or frequency of meetings. And so we’re really asking for feedback from the department heads or departments that they may choose to give it to those subcommittees for comment. MS. WONG: Sounds good. MS. PROVALENKO: I like that idea. I think that would work better. Looks like Planning has their hands full. MS. NICHOLSON: So, is that fine with you, on what we’re doing? MS. GARSON: Yeah. And it should work most of the time. Just as an example, Board of Appeals, I can’t think of the department that it would be necessarily attached to. It hears appeals from the Planning Director and the Public Works Director, so in that case we’ll just send it to both of them. MS. NICHOLSON: And Gloria, you still want to request a written response? Or do we want to encourage them to appear or provide a written response? MS. WONG: Either/or. Bill, do you have a comment on that? MR. TAKABA: Asking them for a written response? MS. WONG: Either written or in person to appear. MS. GARSON: You can give them the option. MR. TAKABA: Yeah. It doesn’t matter. 13