2014-05-01 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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is a complaint about a specific person, names are not compromised. Ms. Maddox thanked Ms. Garson for the offer. Ms. Maddox is of the understanding that the subcommittees are already set up and procedurally there cannot be any changes. Ms. Garson replied that nothing has been done yet so now would be the time to make any changes. Ms. Maddox was thinking if there were others who would be willing to support Mr. Mitchell or Mr. Espejo since they have a couple departments they are working on their own, if not, they'll move forward with the subcommittees set up. Mr. Mitchell said he's going to depend on legal counsel, Ms. Maddox and Ms. Kualii to help out. Ms. Kierkiewicz asked what is the timeframe to complete all the interviews. Ms. Maddox said by September 4t" all the interviews should be completed and working towards a November 6t" deadline for a draft report. The report is due on January 15, 2015. Ms. Kierkiewicz asked if there is to be a physical presentation of the report to the Mayor and Council. Ms. Garson replied no. Ms. Garson noted there was a comment earlier about giving the departments an opportunity to review the draft report. Ms. Maddox said the police chief did request an opportunity to review his recommendations. Ms. Maddox said they have not touched on what format the report will take. She liked the format of the last report, there was a little bit of context, an overview and general recommendations and specific recommendations and it flowed nicely. Ms. Maddox likes the notion of continuing to refine a process that's in place rather than reinventing the wheel. Mr. Mitchell agreed. Ms. Garson said if she recalls correctly, everyone had input and in the end, it was to make the report readable. Ms. Garson asked that when the subcommittees get done with their meetings, if they could send the completed matrix to Ms. Kualii to be placed on the agenda for discussion. Ms. Kelly asked if okay to contact their subcommittee partner by phone — she does not have a phone list. Ms. Garson asked if all Commissioners consent to having their phone numbers given out each commissioner. All agreed. Consent will be needed from Mr. Masuda as he was not present at the meeting. Ms. Maddox asked if six commissioners were in the room, could they Facetime Mr. Masuda to get his consent. Ms. Garson replied no. 6. ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON NEXT AGENDA 7. DISCUSSION REGARDING LOCATIONS /DATES /TIMES OF FUTURE MEETINGSIVIDEO CONFERENCING Ms. Maddox asked the Commissioners if they could use the month of May to do as many interviews as they could and then meet again on the first Thursday in June E