2010-12-10 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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MS. O’HARA: And there’s further comments within the document are valid too. MS. NICHOLSON: So, should we MS. O’HARA: B Give it a . MS. NICHOLSON: Give this one a B, which is vehicle related. We are now down to County workers at higher levels have a larger percentage cuts or furloughs. Do we A want to put this into our category? MS. O’HARA: Yes. MS. NICHOLSON: Services provide by the county can be more efficiently provided by private parties on a bid basis. I think that’s the only one that was in this document like that related to bids. MS. O’HARA: C Let’s just give it a and see if there’s more about outside services. MS. NICHOLSON: C is outside services. On page 2, council members are supposed to agree to the negotiated union contracts, it’s about time for the council to participate in these contracts. What I heard today, council really has no choice in these contracts. MS. O’HARA: I don’t really follow the meaning of this comment in terms of cost savings. MS. NICHOLSON: Shall we toss this one out? MS. O’HARA: Yeah. I’d recommend that we toss it aside. MS. NICHOLSON: Jobs that have been vacant for one year or more should be A eliminated. category? Hamakua lands. First of all, is this the kind of thing we want to deal with? If so, is it something that fits into one of our subcommittees? Is it now kind of irrelevant? Or is it relevant to go from the commission? MR. ARMOUR: I suggest we pass on this one. MS. NICHOLSON: Agree? We toss that one out? MS. O’HARA: Yes. MS. NICHOLSON: Get away from manning and ramping up county operations based on best case scenario. Should we toss that one out? MS. O’HARA: Yes. MS. NICHOLSON: A Four day work week. That’s an , I would say. MS. O’HARA: Yes. 16