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HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSIONPage 36 of 37 HIGASHI: Yeah, me, too, but anyway -. RAY: John, you haven’t reviewed the applications, but they are very talented, versatile people that we’re looking at that really have a lot of capability. SANTANGELO: But the process we’re using to hire them leaves that open for them to have a broad spectrum of responsibilities? It’s not like something that comes out of Civil Service? RAY: No. I think that -. HERKES: That’s an insult. RAY: I think their skill -. SANTANGELO: No, I didn’t mean that in a negative sense. RAY: Excuse me. I think their skills will accommodate the wishes of the Commission. It’ll be -. SANTANGELO: Okay. Thank you. RAY: Entirely a function of how many hours, you know, we want to -. HERKES: We want to pay them. RAY: Have them on the job. HERKES: Right. SANTANGELO: Thank you. RAY: And I believe, it’s my understanding that we’re going to just pursue all avenues of publicity affordable and available to us, you know, through the press and through direct mailings, and let’s start off that way rather than go into the public relations major ads. Mr. Martin. MARTIN: To augment what you’re saying, Mr. Chair, there’s that new flyer that’s being sent out for job openings and legal notices. Maybe we can put some information in there, too. I mean it’s another avenue. RAY: Okay. Anything we can think of. And, you know, we will get this, you know, one page or more, you know, description ready to go and sent out. Okay. All right. HERKES: Are we going to vote? Are we going to vote? MARTIN: There was a motion on the floor, I believe. RAY: Oh, excuse me, a motion on the floor. All in favor? COMMISSIONERS: Aye. th RAY: Opposed? Motion carries. Announcements, next meeting date is on May 19, in this room at 3:00 file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 5-12-99.html7/1/2011