2010-09-10 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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MS. PROVALENKO: That’s in two weeks, I don’t know. Get the letter out and get it back. MS. NICHOLSON: What’s your preference? Because obviously the responses then will fall back into the subcommittees that we have. Because if it is not implemented, and you say well maybe that’s something we should look at. MS. WONG: And if they’ve got five items they can say done, not done, in process. MS. NICHOLSON: I think we want more than that. I think we want, if it was not implemented, what was barrier. Because you don’t want to put that same recommendation forward again. MS. O’HARA: We need to know why if it was just a matter of not having the funds or if there were other possible reasons. MS. GARSON: If you would like something by the next meeting, what about inviting a representative of the department? When you come to your next meeting and respond verbally. MS. NICHOLSON: That’s a lot of departments, but we could certainly do that. MS. GARSON: Well you can invite them. MS. NICHOLSON: Or we could divide them into two different meetings. MS. PROVALENKO: I personally would still like to have a written information. MS. O’HARA: I do too. MS. PROVALENKO: I would really prefer that then having them come and make their presentation. Time is really constricting. MS. O’HARA: I think there’s only eight departments. MS. GARSON: I’m just thinking, we send a written communication, they have to write back in two weeks. That was my only concern. It would be more expeditious just to say like can you come to a meeting or send a representative two weeks from now to respond to that. MS. O’HARA: Could we just ask them to respond within the month? MS. NICHOLSON: The reason I like written is that it keeps them on track, and so they can’t go off on a tangent, but they really need to address 1,2,3,4,5. MS. WONG: Well they can bring their written response with them. 30