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<br />IRVINE: I know you have your four division heads. Do you really need a deputy, as well?
<br />TAKAHASHI: Well, we have -, we had six divisions. We spun off one into a department; we have five.
<br />IRVINE: Okay.
<br />TAKAHASHI: In fact, funny you asked that. The Mayor has also asked me to look at my divisions to
<br />see whether we can -, how can we best, you know, restructure, because he’s hoping to -, we are hoping
<br />to absorb more responsibilities, like driver licensing. I’m not sure if some of the other permitting stuff
<br />will come to us, like PDLs and, you know, CDLs, you know, driver licensing kind of things. The Police
<br />Department feels it’s not part of their -, it’s not their responsibility, so they want to pass it over to
<br />Finance, so we are looking at it. And we hope to take it over maybe within the next year. Once we get
<br />more -, you know, the Penneys building up and running, we want -, we will move them there and they
<br />will become part of Finance, of course with the concurrence of the appropriate unions.
<br />IRVINE: What are your five -?
<br />TAKAHASHI: Budget -.
<br />IRVINE: Accounting.
<br />TAKAHASHI: Real Property, Accounts, Purchasing, and Treasury.
<br />IRVINE: Purchase, okay.
<br />TAKAHASHI: In fact, Treasury actually consists of two, you know. Treasury work as well as Motor
<br />Vehicle Registration.
<br />IRVINE: But you’ve got a deputy as well as -,
<br />TAKAHASHI: That’s right.
<br />IRVINE: These heads in place right now.
<br />TAKAHASHI: That’s right.
<br />IRVINE: That’s what I was wondering. Is that a necessary job?
<br />TAKAHASHI: Well, right now, he has been a help to me because of our dislocations. Real Property
<br />consists of almost 40-some odd employees. The Department of Finance is about 100 employees. And,
<br />you know, despite what people believe, we do have problems that need to be addressed, complaints. I
<br />don’t think the Director alone should -, can do it because the Director, you must realize, serves as a
<br />major advisor to the Mayor. You know, there are a lot of policy decisions that, you know, we work with
<br />the Mayor on, and sometimes with the Council in helping, you know, move things along, and there is
<br />just this awesome amount of things that need to be addressed, you know, besides in the nitty-gritty areas,
<br />complaints, inquiries.
<br />RAY: Okay.
<br />IRVINE: Okay.
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