2011-04-08 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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DISCUSSION OF DRAFT OF PROPOSED PART 1 OF FINAL COST OF GOVERNMENT COMMISSION REPORT –“OVERARCHING COST AND REVENUE CONCERNS FOR COUNTY OF HAWAII”: MS. NICHOLSON: Again thank you Eileen for drafting this. Do we have anything we want to add, edit to this at the moment? Again it’s still in draft form so we’ll have a chance to do it butI think this is a good overview of our process and I love the quote that you put from the councilperson up front but I’m wondering if it might turn some people off. I don’t know. I don’t know what the feeling is among… Maybe Bill could give us a little guidance on this, is having a quote from Councilmember Hoffman right up front there, is that…. I mean I like it but I thought well it might put some people off. MR. TAKABA: Yeah, I think it might. Yeah. Although he was the only one who testified but I don’t know I don’t think it’s appropriate. MS. WONG: It made me pause every time I looked at it. MS. NICHOLSON: I like the statement. MS. WONG: If any statement came from anyone it ought to be the Mayor I think. MS. NICHOLSON: And the mayor is still planning to come and talk to us in May because I talked to him the other night and he said he still plans to appear. I think we should actually take it out to be diplomatic. MR. MATSUDA: I agree. MS. NICHOLSON: Maybe we can find another place to stick in something like that. MS. WONG: We could quote the chair. MS. GARSON: Okay so then you have to take out the first sentence. MS. O’HARA: You have to take out quite a bit. MS. NICHOLSON: Oh, yes. MS. O’HARA: It comes back to that over and over and over again. That’s the whole basis for the front piece. MS. NICHOLSON: That certainly is. MR. TAKABA: That’s up to you I mean that was just my thought but I think it’s more the commission comfort level you have to decide on. MS. NICHOLSON: Well what do you think? MS. O’HARA: We can just do as Kathy said take it out and take out the first sentence and see how it reads with that gone. 26