2006-11-20 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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Mr. Sakaguchi asked if they could advance to agenda item 17, as he needed to leave the meeting. 17. DISCUSSION ON DATE FOR NEXT MEETING AND ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON ITS AGENDA The Chair stated he felt they should work on their recommendation list before hearing any more department presentations. Ms. Nicholson felt they could talk to a smaller department, like Research and Development, at the same meeting. Ms. Garson pointed out that next on the list of priorities was the Department of Parks and Recreation, and then Research and Development. Mr. Joseph said they should look at finalizing their last few meeting dates first. Everyone indicated they could appear at the December 7 meeting except for Mr. Sakaguchi, who said he needed to check his schedule. However, a quorum would still be met, so December 7, 2006, was settled upon as the next meeting date. Mr. Joseph suggested that after the December 7 meeting, the next meeting be held on December 19 instead of December 21 because of the holidays. All commissioners except Mr. Sakaguchi confirmed December 19, 2006, would work for them. 2007. Ms. Garson reminded the commissioners that their report would be due on January 15, The commissioners agreed to a last meeting date of January 9, 2006. Mr. Joseph said that on December 19 and January 9, there should be no time limitations on the length of the meetings. Ms. Nicholson said she had to be somewhere by 1:30 p.m. on December 19, 2006. December 7, 2006, December 19, 2006, and January 9, 2007, were settled upon as the final meeting dates. (Mr. Sakaguchi left the meeting at 12:0 7 p. m.) The secretary asked the commissioners if they wanted to hear from both Parks and Recreation as well as Research and Development on December 7, 2006. Ms. Nicholson asked whether the Council had approved a new grants writer position, or whether it was in the works. Ms. Stremski said she believed Mr. Dworsky got clerical help, too. Mr. Joseph stated that he did not really want to talk to Parks due to the limited time frame, but he would go along with whatever the others wanted. Ms. Stremski pointed out that it was former commissioner Pamela Cushnie who wanted to talk to Parks. She said it was fine In