2011-01-28 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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MS. NICHOLSON: So we can approve it at our February 11 meeting? And then the letter can go out immediately thereafter, in which case you’ll be signing it because I’ll be out of town. MS. GARSON: Okay. So we’ll wait on the letter until after the next meeting. Got it. MS. NICHOLSON: Any other discussion on that agenda item? DISCUSSON REGARDING ITEMS PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED TO BE PLACED IN DRAFT REPORT: MS. NICHOLSON: Now we will go back to Agenda item number 7, which is Discussion ofItems Recommended in the Draft Report. And we really wanted toboth review these items and the way they’re categorized, and start thinking about how we want to put this thing together, which is quite different from the last two Cost of Government Commission reports. But I just want to make sure that whatever we present is going to be easily readable, usable, actionable to those it’s intended for. So, format wise, do we like this sort of format? There are some Department-specific Suggestions, but for the most part, D are the department specific suggestions, but the other things are sort of across the board. So it’s not really aimed at departments for the most part. Do we like this format? Kind of a format that you think it’s usable, approachable, and actionable? MR. MATSUDA: Bill, is this format, how different is it from prior commissions, the Cost of Government Commission, as far as the recommendations? MR. TAKABA: We have the report. MS. GARSON: Maybe I can answer. I think that the past ones we broke down by department as opposed to by subject matter of the recommendations. And there were some miscellaneous items. MR. MATSUDA: Because it’s by departments, obviously it’s department specific, so you just give it to the departments, but having it this way is very general and whatever applies to the departments, I guess you’ll pick it up from here. But is it easier or better for the Cost of Government Commission to make a recommendation to each department? Is that what I’m hearing? MS. NICHOLSON: I think our audience is really the County Council members. This is going to be submitted to them, and they’re going to need to look at this. MS. GARSON: It goes to the mayor and the council. MR. MATSUDA: Good. I think this is good. This format is good. MS. NICHOLSON: And then, we’ve got right now, references to where this came from, the meeting minutes. Is that important? 16