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HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSIONPage 14 of 41 <br />TULANG: Historically, it used to be the Hamakua Band, and then it got moved over to Kona, and in <br />later years it became known as the West Hawaii Band. <br />IRVINE: I -, does anybody known how many counties in the country have bands or whether maybe our <br />high school students should just represent us on a musical level? It’s kind of hard to legislate excellence <br />in music. <br />RAY: Okay. <br />HERKES: Not, however, impossible. <br />BESS: I find it interesting that it’s even mentioned in the Charter. I mean why should a band be a <br />Charter provision? Obviously, it has some historical -. <br />IRVINE: Historical value. <br />TULANG: Yeah. <br />BESS: Foundation. <br />TULANG: In the County, Hawaii County Band is like apple pie and Chevrolet. <br />RAY: Okay. <br />IRVINE: Right, except that we -. <br />TULANG: And motherhood. <br />IRVINE: We’ve never been quite so broke either, I don’t think, so I don’t -, I mean -. <br />RAY: Okay. Any other questions? <br />HERKES: That’s a good point. <br />RAY: Okay. Julie, I’ve got a couple questions. <br />TULANG: Okay. <br />RAY: In regard to the Safety Coordinator position, I agree with you that making that a Civil Service <br />position probably makes sense, and I think having the requirements makes sense, as well. But as far as <br />putting it under the Corporation Counsel’s Office, you know, in terms of the work comp angle, that <br />seems to make sense, but, you know, I kind of look at this as a position that’s, you know, voiced the <br />advocate for general safety and welfare for the County, and one part of his job, or responsibility is the <br />work comp thing, but I worry if we put it under, you know, Corp. Counsel or whatever, that’ll be, you <br />know, entirely the focus. And to me, the paramount focus should be, you know, safety and welfare of <br />the County, and I kind of like that person directly answering to the Mayor in regard to that. So I just <br />want to, you know, mention that. <br />And I like the idea of the qualifications for the department heads. I mean, this is, you know, a <br />tremendously complex, you know, and a huge area of responsibility, the number of employees and the <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 5-19-99.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />