2010-12-10 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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MR. MATSUDA: Okay. Very good. MS. NICHOLSON: G This is a ,energy thing, the lights. The CDP cost $500,000. MR. ARMOUR: I think that’s in the Charter that they have to do it. MS. NICHOLSON: Toss this one out? MS. GARSON: Doing the Community Development Plan is a legal requirement. It doesn’t mean you can’t change the law but it’s there. MS. O’HARA: It’s a requirement. MS. NICHOLSON: AG Solid Waste Supervisors is being . Street lights is another . GE Yano Hall lights is a . This is an , real property tax revenues. Is that an E? MR. ARMOUR: Could be a personnel issue too. MS. O’HARA: Yeah, it sounds like there are real concerns about training. MS. NICHOLSON: Where do we want to put this on? This is the last one on page 9. MR. ARMOUR: Would it be under A? MS. O’HARA: I don’t know it’s under A so much as operations. MS. NICHOLSON: Training? MS. O’HARA: Yeah it’s a training issue. Perhaps it’s a hiring issue. Who knows? MR. MATSUDA: I could be revenue too. MS. O’HARA: Yeah it’s a crossover to many. MS. NICHOLSON: It ultimately goes to revenue generating. Let’s put it in E. It’s a B barrier to rather than generation. This is a . Jet ski. I don’t know what to do with this one. We could put it in a draft report something along the order of that the Fire Department investigate the cost and use and effectiveness of using jet skies, and then see how they come back to that recommendation? Other suggestions on what we can do with this one including tossing it out or MR. MATSUDA: Along with Ocean Safety Division because they have a, I’m sure they have a program already out there. I think yes, asking the Fire Department as to how beneficial the implementing of a jet ski program would be inassisting them in their function of providing assistance to the public. MS. O’HARA: Operation? 28