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HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSIONPage 33 of 104 <br />They’ll both be at the meeting, they go back, she does the minutes, the minutes get circulated. To me, <br />it’s going to be a lot easier. Then they can divide up the work. If he -, if we want something researched <br />that he wants to tell the secretary go do it or whatever, that’s up to them; it’s a packaged deal. All we’re <br />going to say, any Board Member wanted something, to say go do it. <br />RAY: Okay. You know, what -. <br />HERKES: Is -? <br />RAY: Comes to mind is then you are asking your attorney to, you know, actually supervise, you know, <br />some other staff person and, you know -. <br />HIGASHI: When it gets down to a paralegal, the wages are $75.00 an hours. <br />IRVINE: I was going to say we might end up paying more under those circumstances. <br />RAY: Yeah, I think so, too. <br />HIGASHI: A paralegal is expensive. <br />HERKES: Is that normal for an attorney to kind of bring your secretary along? <br />SANTANGELO: I don’t know that it’s normal. In terms of a Charter, you know, Commission, I don’t <br />know, but I can see that that might lead to increased cost. <br />HERKES: Okay. <br />BALOG: Aren’t you going to -, when you hire the attorney, right, you’re putting out this ad, who’s <br />going to do the attorney’s paperwork? <br />BESS: Well, I guess, you know, we have to make sure that we are -, are we hiring a secretary or are we <br />hiring a paralegal? <br />BALOG: Well, that’s -, I’m saying a secretary. <br />BESS: Yeah. <br />BALOG: And most law firms have a secretary. And I mean if -, we only want them to have a place to <br />call, a computer at their desk, and to answer email, how hard can it be? <br />BESS: You know, I would say if, you know, that situation existed and the attorney we hired could <br />accommodate that -. <br />HERKES: Not -. <br />BESS: That might be great, but I don’t think we can guarantee that whatever attorney is going to have <br />necessarily an extra, you know, 20 hours available in their secretarial pool and going to be willing to do <br />all that. <br />HERKES: And that’s the main thing, is the secretary has to apply as a separate entity. <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 3-17-99.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />