Laserfiche WebLink
' COST OF GOVERNMENT COMMISSION <br /> c/o Office of the Corporation Counsel, 101 Aupuni Street, <br /> _= Suite 325, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 <br /> September 14, 2010 <br /> Warren Lee, Director <br /> Department of Public Works <br /> 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 7 <br /> Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 <br /> Dear Mr. Lee: <br /> The prior Cost of Government Commission issued a report on January 9, 2007. In that <br /> report the Cost of Government Commission made the following recommendations for your <br /> department: <br /> A. Highway Maintenance Division: <br /> • Recommend pursuing negotiations with the union to go to a 10-hour, 4-day <br /> work schedule for employees. <br /> • Recommend that County and State highways be"condensed"into one, <br /> with the County handling all the maintenance of the State highways,be <br /> pursued. <br /> B. Building Division: <br /> • Recommend exploring consolidating the review of building permits(so <br /> two departments are not reviewing the same thing). j <br /> Please advise us if your department implemented said recommendations. If said <br /> recommendations were not implemented,please state why it was not implemented (what were <br /> the barriers with implementation). <br /> Because we have only eleven (11)months to fulfill our Charter mandate, we would <br /> greatly appreciate a response no later than October 1, 2010. Please send your response to the <br /> i Cost of Government Commission c/o Office of the Corporation Counsel, 101 Aupuni Street, <br /> Suite 325, Hilo, Hawaii 96720. You may also fax your response to 961-8622 or email your <br /> response to the Cost of Government Commission's secretary, Sandy, at sarriola a,co.hawaii.hi.us. <br /> We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. <br /> V ry <br /> Maril I�Ticholson <br /> Chair <br /> MN/KAG:emc <br /> Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider <br /> II <br /> f <br />