2006-12-19 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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believed the bills with envelopes issue should stay with the Finance Department because it ultimately processes the bills and sends them out. The commissioners discussed whether the recommendations under Finance should apply to all departments or stay under the Finance Department. It was decided that they should come under the umbrella of the Finance Department. Ms. Noda said that for consistency, if there is no recommendation for a department, the wording should be kept in the singular, as in "no recommendation was made by the COGC." Ms. Nicholson said it would be better to make them all plural, as in "no recommendations were made." The secretary was instructed to change the wording to plural, "no recommendations were made," for each department which did not receive a recommendation. Ms. Nicholson also pointed out that a closing parenthesis was needed under X on page 9. Motion and Vote: Mr. Joseph moved to accept the wording of VIII through XV of Draft 1, with the noted changes to "A" under VIII, as discussed, the pluralizing when no recommendations were made, and the closing parenthesis. Ms. Stremski seconded the motion, and all commissioners present voted aye. The commissioners continued on to page 10, XVI, the Planning Department. Motion and Vote: Ms. Nicholson moved to adopt recommendations "A" and "B" as written in Draft 1. Ms. Provalenko seconded the motion, and all commissioners present voted aye. The commissioners continued on to XVII on page 11, the Police Department. Mr. Joseph pointed out that for XVII, "C," the wording needed to be changed to match the wording for the Environmental Management Department, changing "gotten off the road" to "removed." Mr. Joseph said that on page 12, at the top, he would like to take out the last sentence: "The COGC was informed that the Fire Department and Mayor agree with this idea, but the logistics would need to be worked on." On page 12, at "D," Mr. Joseph said he would change the term "further illness" to take out "further," and delete the last line, as it was not relevant to the recommendation. Motion and Vote: Ms. Nicholson moved to adopt the recommendations under the Police Department as follows: "A" stays the same, eliminate the last sentence in "B," change "gotten off the road" to "removed" in "C," eliminate the word "further' ' before illness and eliminate the last sentence in "D," and keep "E" the same. Ms. Provalenko seconded the motion, and all commissioners present voted aye. 11