2011-01-28 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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MS. WONG: Madam Chair, I would certainly like to get Bill Takaba’s input before I actually finish coming out with the summary. MS. NICHOLSON: Well, you have a little bit of time if this is going to go on the agenda for the next meeting. We need to have that by sometime next week? thth, MS. GARSON: Yes, if it’s the 11, yeah. Six days prior to the 11the latest. MS. NICHOLSON: Do you think you can do that? If not it would just move into the next meeting. MS. WONG: I can do that. MS. NICHOLSON: Any other discussion? MS. GARSON: So, can I just be clear? What is it that we’re going to put on the next agenda? Do you want us to break down, put this on the agenda for discussion? Or are you going to come up with a subsequent MS. NICHOLSON: I think Gloria is going to probably talk to Bill and prepare a recommendation document which would go on the agenda. And then we’ll have that also as a discussion item because she’ll get it to you in time to go out with the agenda whether it’s the next one or the second meeting in February. And then we put that as an agenda item, and as long as we can make sure that all of these boards and commissions, including us, know that it’s going to be discussed, it will give them a chance to provide some feedback. MS. WONG: May I ask, since Glen is also on the committee, any comments that I might have missed? MR. MATSUDA: Well, the only comment that I would have is in regards to those commissions whichever they are, or committees that meet quarterly, how are you going to get responses back from them? Or monthly. Maybe they met for the month of February already, so how are you going to get any kind of response? That would be my concern. Because if we’re looking for responses from them we have to discuss MS. WONG: And to answer, MR. MATSUDA: That’s the only concern I would have. Because we’re really waiting for that. MS. WONG: And I think the communication would have to tie in, although it’s addressed to the committee members, it would have to tie in to whichever department oversees their function, supportsit, and should also be responding. MS. NICHOLSON: So then we are asking for a response, either in person or as Kathy said, they might not even get this and be able to respond for two months. What is the best? I guess that’s what we’re trying to get at. What is the best way? 7