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<br />MR. KITA: Under the Office of Aging there is a service, the Aging and Disability <br />Resource Center. And part of what the Office of Aging administers is an information and <br />referral service, and part of that service is by telephone calls or by internet or mail, or <br />walk-ins. So individuals come, they present questions or problems, and we try to advise <br />them as to what may be available resources or programs for them. <br /> <br />MR. HENRICKS: Okay, now when you’re in that office, when you change your hat and <br />you go into the other side, would you be one of the people that you would be referring to <br />if you were on the other side, doing your other job? <br /> <br />MR. KITA: It would actually be—I wouldn’t refer. I would offer information on <br />providers. It would not be myself, it would be— <br /> <br />MR. HENRICKS: --But you would be one of those providers, though, in your other job? <br /> <br />MR. KITA: I would have been contracted by one of the providers. <br /> <br />MR. HENRICKS: Yeah. <br /> <br />MR. KITA: Right. <br /> <br />MR. HENRICKS: So that puts you kind of in line from one service down to the other, <br />right? A straight—I don’t know, I’m trying to say—I’m trying to say, would you be <br />involved in referring to somebody that would use you on the other side? <br /> <br />MR. KITA: I would provide them information so they could choose. <br /> <br />MR. HENRICKS: Yeah. <br /> <br />MR. KITA: And I would not identify myself as being related to any of the providers. But <br />you are correct. <br /> <br />MS. SCHOEN: So then the provider would then—say you tell the person go to “X” <br />provider, then the “X” provider may retain you to provide that service. Is that what <br />you’re saying? <br /> <br />MR. KITA: Yes. Well, actually I would say they are provider “A,” “B,” “C,” and “D.” <br />I provide you an actual list of the providers and the contract information, and they can <br />decide to pursue it if they’re interested in receiving that service. <br /> <br />MR. HENRICKS: Okay, I guess— <br /> <br />MR. KITA: --I am contracted by one of those providers—I was contracted in the past. <br /> <br />MR. HENRICKS: It bothers me a little bit, because it seems like that you would have a <br />little bit of an advantage because of your initial County position. You would have an <br /> <br /> <br />