2011-01-14 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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MS. NICHOLSON: Are there other points from his discussion? MS. WONG: Another point not necessarily that he made but I’d like to pose to the commission. MS. NICHOLSON: Well, I think we can stick with what he said because that’s our topic that we’re on. MS. WONG: But it’s related to what he said. We talked about he was not really aware of what the commission had been doing. And we have been calling people in to see us so we could collect information from them and have discussion. But towards the end when he was talking for the consideration that before we end, after we get the draft, before we end this commission, that we could call in the department directors and verbally tell them what we’d like to in jest, advise them or recommend to them. And instead of collecting information tell them what we’re advising. MS. NICHOLSON: Individually or as one big group? MS. WONG: I think one big group so they can hear what each department is being told, but I’m not real clear on the how, just that I’d like to pose that to the commission to consider maybe for the next meeting or something. MS. NICHOLSON: I think we already have an agenda item that talks about how we’re going to proceed. MS. GARSON: It’s item 10, Discussion regarding approach to take to timely accomplish mandate of the cost of government commission. MS. NICHOLSON: Okay, that’s a good point and we need to capture it and maybe we can talk more about it when we get to the agenda item. Anything else from Mr.Hoffmann’s comments? Are we ready to move on to agenda item 8? MS. GARSON: So, Madam Chairman, just so I’m clear. So the items that you listed, in the future you will want that under Discussion regarding items previously recommended to be placed in draft report? MS. NICHOLSON: They are I think items that we just want to carry directly into the draft report. MS. GARSON: Okay. CORRESPONDENCE: MS. NICHOLSON: So our process with the Correspondence is we will move to accept and file and therefore have the ability to discuss each one of these individually. And hopefully we can move through this quickly. First one is Comm. 2010-145: Response form Guy Toyama, Energy Advisory Commission. Do we want to move to accept and file? Do I hear a motion? 28