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<br />MS. SCHOEN: I believe at the last meeting you accepted and filed the communication, <br />and then what was before you was what this Board would do, if anything—how it wanted <br />to proceed if it wanted to proceed or not. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Are there any comments as to how different Board members feel that we <br />should proceed? <br /> <br />MR. DILL: I think yeah, by Mr. Yagong’s own admission, there’s still some clarification <br />that needs to be done on their end in terms of what the County’s role is. And since he is <br />the Council Chairman and the direct supervisor of the County Clerk, I think we should <br />schedule an informal investigation into this so those things can be clarified, and just <br />make sure things are in the open and that there is no conflict of interest. If Mr. Yagong is <br />admitting that he has no clue in terms of what the State’s role is and now what the <br />County’s role is, then I think it’d be in our best interest to do our due diligence and look <br />into this a little further. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Any comments from the other Board members? <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: No comment. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Mr. Henricks? <br /> <br />MR. HENRICKS: I made my comment, thank you. <br /> <br />MR. YAGONG: Could I make a comment, too? <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Yes, you may. <br /> <br />MR. YAGONG: Thank you for that. Well, first of all, in terms of the State taking over the <br />elections, as far as my having no clue, what that basically comes down to is that I do not <br />know the details of which—what the takeover would be, but I can assure you that the <br />takeover by the State is something that’s being worked out between the State and the <br />County Clerk’s Office. It certainly isn’t something that’s delegated to the Chairman’s <br />office, and there would be no relationship between the Chairman’s office and this <br />takeover. Certainly they did not ask for my opinion or ask whether the Chair needs to be <br />involved. As a matter of fact, I think just from the letter that was sent from Scott Nago, I <br />think clearly states that they’re concerned that there is a relationship, and of course there <br />isn’t, but to make sure that there isn’t one. And I assure this body at this point in time <br />that there is—whatever would end up being the plan between the State and the County <br />Clerk’s Office has absolutely nothing to do with the Chair’s office or the County Council. <br />Thank you. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Is there a motion as to where we would want to go? Mr. Dill? <br /> <br />MR. DILL: Sure, I’ll move to schedule this for an informal investigation at our next <br />meeting so we can gather some more details in terms of how the roles are changing, just <br /> <br /> <br />