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<br />RAY: Okay. Well, let’s -, we can touch on this again at the end of the meeting, but since we’ve got our
<br />department heads here, let’s go ahead and move towards that. And actually, I had scheduled -, Ms.
<br />Tulang, Parks and Rec, is first on the list, so we’ll -.
<br />BESS: Mr. Chairman?
<br />RAY: Yes.
<br />BESS: I think since they’re here, they can go forward and testify, and I’d like that. I think what we need
<br />to do is we had advised both the -, your Commission -, your subcommittee on attorney selection, had
<br />notified two of the people that it was highly recommending to stand by, and if we’re going to go forward
<br />with this, I suggest that the attorney can just listen to the transcript, and the selection of the attorney can
<br />follow, and I’d like to call them and just say, hey, don’t worry about it.
<br />RAY: Okay. Well, let’s take a brief recess, yeah.
<br />RECESSED The Chairman called a short recess at 3:30 p.m.
<br />RECONVENED The meeting reconvened at 3:35 p.m.
<br />RAY: Okay, let’s call the meeting back to order. On the agenda, we’re at Item VII, New Business.
<br />We’re going to start our departmental reviews, and first we’re going to hear from the Director of the
<br />Parks and Rec Department, Ms. Julie Tulang, who submitted written comments to us earlier. So, Ms.
<br />Tulang, could you come up to the table. Thank you very much for coming today.
<br />TULANG: Thank you. Thank you for this opportunity to address you. Thank you for this opportunity to
<br />address all of you. First off, I need to clarify that the comments made are primarily from my department;
<br />it does not necessarily meet with the endorsement of the Mayor. We may not -.
<br />RAY: Okay.
<br />TULANG: Agree on all of this, so I need to say that up front. Okay.
<br />What I need to tell you is how we came about with our recommendations that was sent to the Chair, and
<br />that we sent -, or I sent the Charter out to all our division heads to give them an opportunity to voice
<br />their opinion. And so, collectively, this is from our department and our division heads and not just from
<br />me, alone.
<br />Some of the areas we call attention to are just minor changes. Others, one other may be a major
<br />overhaul, and you may not want to address that. But one of the areas that causes us some concern is the
<br />area of the Safety Coordinator, primarily because of work comp cases. And so we would like to
<br />recommend that perhaps the Safety Coordinator be a Civil Service position so there is continuity and
<br />follow-through on work comp cases rather than creating a new learning curve every time a new
<br />coordinator is appointed. And that’s Article V, Chapter 6, Section 5-6.2.
<br />The other area that probably needs to be cleaned up a little or clarified and may be a bit controversial is
<br />the County bands. Right now it reads in Chapter 6, Article VI, Chapter 3, Section 6-3.4, County bands.
<br />There should be one County band and, perhaps, that should move under the Office of the Mayor. Right
<br />now, it’s under the office of -, Department of Parks and Recreation. And the bandmaster can continue to
<br />be appointed, an appointed position. However, our recommendation is that if the monies are tight, it
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