2010-11-17 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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Ms. Garson said the draft could be posted on the county website. Mr. Matsuda asked, if their first draft is done by the first meeting in March, whether they would have enough time to come up with a final draft by June. The others felt there would be enough time. Vote: All ayes. Ms. Wong commented that she saw former mayor Harry Kim at the recent veterans' parade, and she asked him what his intent was in creating the Cost of Government Commission. He said it was so that the public has the opportunity to have a say on the way the government spends money. 10. DISCUSSION ON SENDING LETTER TO COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS The Chair explained that this agenda item was because of the county council's lack of response to the COGC's letter seeking input. Only Council Member Greenwell had responded. She asked whether their letter should be re -sent to the council members. The commissioners discussed whether they would send the letter again to the current council, or wait until the new council members were inaugurated. The Chair suggested they delay sending the letter until December 7 and give the council members a response date of early January so that responses could be agendized for the first January 2011 meeting. Ms. O'Hara suggested setting January 6, 2011, as the deadline for them to respond. That should leave enough time for the responses to be agendized for the COGC's first meeting in January of January 14, 2011. They discussed whether the wording of their letter needed to be changed. They decided just to change the reference to how long they have to submit their report and the timeline, since several months have passed since they first sent the letter. Ms. Garson was instructed to work on the letter, which is to be reviewed and signed by the Chair at the December meeting. 11. DISCUSSION REGARDING FUTURE MEETING DATES The Chair clarified that their meetings were confirmed through February but that some dates after that needed adjusting because of holidays. The following dates were discussed and changed, with all commissioners present being able to keep the new dates: March 25, 2011, reset to March 23, 2011 April 22, 2011, reset to April 20, 2011