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HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSIONPage 17 of 51 <br />YOSHIYAMA: So it’s a wholesale move of bodies, right, from Planning into Public Works? <br />GOLDSTEIN: That’s correct. <br />YOSHIYAMA: I don’t want to get too far ahead over here but I’ll ask this question. You don’t see a <br />merging? <br />SUMADA: I don’t know if I’m getting to what you’re asking, but as far as the organizational chart, it’s <br />just a compilation or the re-diagraming of it. The actual duties, which would reflect the merging and/or <br />the sharing of responsibilities, has not been worked out. One of the examples would be that some of the <br />engineering functions that are now done upstairs in our Engineering Division, may be reassigned to <br />some of the building inspectors, or the plan checkers that review plans in Building Division downstairs. <br />But that would need to be worked out and we would need to consult with the Unions, but right now, it <br />doesn’t show that in that detail. <br />YOSHIYAMA: Jiro, I didn’t want to get a head of myself, too far ahead, but what I did want to address, <br />Virginia, last time you talked about redundancies, but the wholesale move doesn’t cover that. That’s <br />what I was really getting at. <br />GOLDSTEIN: Right. I can see what you’re saying, and in that sense, for example, we show here Zoning <br />Code Inspectors, two of them at two different levels, and likewise, on the other hand, there are all kinds <br />of Building Inspectors, Electrical Inspectors, Plumbing Inspectors, all of these different kinds of <br />inspectors on the Building Branch side, and if something like this were to happen, certainly some of <br />these positions might just merge with these other inspectors. <br />RAY: What does merge mean? <br />GOLDSTEIN: Some of the duties would be put in and redescribed, say for some of these overall <br />inspectors. That’s, to me, how we would have to do it. <br />YOSHIYAMA: Yes, okay. <br />RAY: Steve. <br />BESS: As proposed, even though there may be some reduplication of effort right now, there is no loss of <br />positions. Is that right? <br />GOLDSTEIN: Under this, we reflect existing, all, yes. <br />BESS: And this is what you’re proposing? <br />GOLDSTEIN: Well, the branches would have to move. <br />BESS: I’m talking about bodies now, or positions. Is there any reduction? <br />SUMADA: No. <br />GOLDSTEIN: No. <br />BESS: So everything remains the same? <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 9-29-99.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />