2014-04-03 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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4. CORRESPONDENCE Motion and Vote (Comm. Nos. 2014-001 to 2014-026): Mr. Perry moved to file these communications. The motion was seconded by Mr. Matsuda and all commissioners present voted aye. Motion and Vote (Comm. Nos. 2014-027 to 2014-054): Mr. Perry moved to file these communications. The motion was seconded by Mr. Matsuda and all commissioners present voted aye. Motion (Comm. No. 2014-055): Mr. Perry moved to file this communication. Amended Motion and Vote (Comm. No. 2014-055): A subsequent motion was made by Mr. Perry to defer this communication until the call of the Chair to be brought up later for discussion. The motion was seconded by Mr. Espejo and all commissioners present voted aye. Motion and Vote (Comm. No. 2014-056): Ms. Kierkiewicz moved to file this communication. The motion was seconded by Mr. Perry. Discussion: Mr. Perry asked if the Committee on Aging has a budget. Ms. Garson replied that she did not know if they had a budget but if they did, it would be a very limited budget. Ms. Kierkiewicz stated she would be more interested in seeing what the actual Office of Aging is doing. Vote: All commissioners present voted aye to file this communication. Motion (Comm. No. 2014-057): Mr. Matsuda moved to file this communication. The motion was seconded by Mr. Perry. Discussion: Ms. Kierkiewicz said she would like to carry the first bullet forward as there may be some merit to that concern. She stated the second bullet gets a bit tricky because it has to deal with the unions and feels that the Commission can make recommendations but does not know if that will have an effect on the negotiations and would rather steer clear from that. Ms. Maddox stated the Commission had discussed earlier about things that it cannot have any sort of impact for reasons well beyond their scope and would not be spending their time in those areas. The Commission is looking for areas that it could make recommendations that could be implemented. Ms. Maddox asked if the issues could be pulled forward for further discussion and still file the communication. Ms. Garson replied yes. Ms. Garson clarified that paragraphs 1 and 3 would be pulled forward for further discussion. She said you can pull the issues out of the letters to be agendized and discussed at a later meting and still file the communication. The letters are just giving the Commission ideas.