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HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSIONPage 10 of 42 <br />HERKES: There are three people outside. <br />RAY: Okay. Well, I guess we are, so we’ll deal with them, because we have some comments in regard <br />to this position from the -. <br />HIGASHI: What about -? <br />RAY: Departments. <br />HIGASHI: Privatizing a lot of those Safety Coordinator’s position? <br />WURDEMAN: Well, that’s possible, but I don’t think that’s -. <br />HIGASHI: I mean workers’ comp is a whole new game now, you know. <br />BESS: Do you see a problem with the Safety Coordinator being appointed by the Mayor in terms of <br />expertise? <br />WURDEMAN: No. I would think -. <br />BESS: I’m not talking about the current one. <br />WURDEMAN: I would think that, you know -. There’s certainly no guarantee that because someone’s <br />given Civil Service status they’re going to have expertise. I mean, you’ve been in government; you <br />know how that works. <br />BESS: I’m just -, as worded here, it is not a Civil Service position, right? <br />WURDEMAN: It’s not, and -. <br />BESS: And so -. <br />WURDEMAN: I think we have to -, I mean, I would -. <br />BESS: I’m sorry, I missed the first part of it. <br />WURDEMAN: My personal view is that, you know, when we elect a Mayor that -, or whoever the <br />appointing authority is, that we should rely upon them to pick a qualified person. <br />RAY: Ms. Herkes. <br />HERKES: Do we -? That bothers me; you can say Marni. Do we need this in the Charter, except for the <br />workers comp? If we moved review process and maintain workers’ comp to Civil Service, do we need <br />Safety Coordinator in the Charter? <br />WURDEMAN: You don’t need it, no. <br />HERKES: I mean because I would -. <br />WURDEMAN: But, you know, if someone was -, and there is a difficulty, too, because, you know, <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 5-26-99.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />