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HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSIONPage 11 of 41 <br />TULANG: I just toss that out because -. <br />IRVINE: Okay. <br />TULANG: You know, there’s all this controversy of the Chief Engineer, you have to have all this <br />license and everything, and then anybody can be Parks and Recreation Director, even a home economist. <br />IRVINE: Okay. The other thing, do you have any thoughts on why you need a Deputy Director at the <br />Department of Parks and Rec? <br />TULANG: Why -? Good question. The Department of Parks and Recreation has, you might say we have <br />two extremes in activity. One is a multitude of maintenance activities, the other is recreational activities. <br />Say we were to slice it down the middle, we do the fun and games programming, and we do the <br />maintenance and upkeep of facilities and buildings. One person to oversee all is very difficult. <br />The other is that we are probably the largest employer, at this time, for County of Hawaii. On a regular -, <br />say from September to May, we have somewhere of 425 employees. For the summer, we go up to about <br />600 employees. If we add on to that all the contract work that we do that is everyone that does classes <br />and activities that we hire on a contract, we deal with upward of 700 employees. With that, you know, if <br />everything was good, it would be fine, but then we have multitude of complaints and things to follow up <br />on. We want our people out there doing work. We need -, I need to share that good work with someone <br />else to help follow up on, and so I think the Deputy Director can help, and it would be, you know, good <br />if one is strong in personnel or maintenance and the other has the overall planning and vision, and it just <br />forms a team. I hope that answers your question. <br />IRVINE: Yes, thanks. <br />RAY: Okay. Other questions? <br />BESS: Go ahead, Gary. <br />RAY: Gary. <br />YOSHIYAMA: Yeah, Julie, you’re talking, you know, the creation of a Human Services Department. <br />TULANG: Yes. <br />YOSHIYAMA: Within the Department of Parks and Recreation at this point, you know, as I look down <br />this list, would you be -, are you suggesting that the -? What are covered under the Department of Parks <br />and Recreation now, you know, these -? <br />TULANG: What is -. <br />YOSHIYAMA: I see that the majority of these are within your department now, is that correct? You <br />know, these examples. <br />TULANG: The only one in my department at the moment -. <br />YOSHIYAMA: Yeah. <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 5-19-99.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />