1999-10-13 Charter Commission Minutes

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minutes 10-13-99Page 24 of 31 IRVINE: Review and approve legislative positions being taken by the department? HIGASHI: Yes. OKABE: To review the positions taken by the department. HERKES: To review and approve. OKABE: Yes. HIGASHI: Review and approve, that section. OKABE: To review and approve. RAY: Can you refer exactly to which section? HIGASHI: I don’t have a copy. I take it from memory. IRVINE: Here. HIGASHI: Do you have a copy, Item G, review and approval legislative positions taken by the department? It’s a proposed Amendment by the Commission. What’s the rationale? You have a policy making body for review? I mean there is a lot of legislation that goes on in the Legislature. Are you proposing that you review and approve each position that the department has before they testify in the Legislature? Is that what they’re saying? OKABE: We felt that the Commission, as a body, that we needed to have the opportunity to review the information that was given to the Commission. Okay, in other words, we wanted to have that opportunity to approve positions that when complaints come to the Commission, the Commission has the opportunity to review all of the investigative situations, such as the complaints or the Police Department, their complaints, and also, we are trying to ask for some kind of investigation, any kind of investigation. We want that power, or that opportunity, to get that information so that we can make a fair decision. HIGASHI: I appreciate that, but in G, it’s specific talking about Legislative positions. RAY: It’s the one at the bottom. HERKES: To review and approve. RAY: Do you have this? I’m sorry. The one at the very bottom. OKABE: I have no - HIGASHI: So you have no objection with delete? OKABE: We’re going to have a Police Commission meeting this Friday so I will have to discuss it with the Commission. RAY: Let’s stay in order. Mr. Higashi’s got the floor. file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 10-13-99.html7/1/2011