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minutes 12-04-99Page 15 of 39 IRVINE: Yes, but if you’re running for one office, you can obviously run for another, and at-large would be another office. RAY: Let’s ask our attorney to explore that because that’s obviously something that somebody’s going to think of and it’s going to come up. HIGASHI: So the consensus is not to dispose of this item at this point, but to continue to investigate the term limit issue? RAY: That’s fine with me. BESS: Let’s table it. I was going to move to table it. HERKES: Second it. MARTIN: If anybody has an idea if they want to move it from two years, four years, whatever the case may be, the scenario is open, I believe, but the term limit is the key issue. Like you say, Roland, is it going to be eight years or what’s it going to be? IRVINE: It’s going to be left just like it is when it goes to the vote. MARTIN: You sure? Positive? IRVINE: Yes. MARTIN: You a gambling person? RAY: Let’s table this for now. I don’t think we have anything firm, ready to vote on, or go on the table. Steve. BESS: I don’t know what the next item is, whether we’re going to Department of Permitting or not, but I would suggest that we return to the County Manager. Although we voted that down, while the arguments are fresh in our mind, and the issues are fresh in our mind, that we return to trying to beef up the Managing Director’s position, if that’s appropriate. MARTIN: Wouldn’t that be qualifications of Department Heads? Could we do it at that time? BESS: Okay. RAY: We can go ahead and finish up that entire discussion, and I guess the appropriate thing would be to see what language Chris could come up with in terms of job descriptions or possible authority, or do we all have our Charters here? Page 12, Managing Director. So under Powers, Duties and Functions, the Managing Director shall supervise the administrative functioning of all agencies except those under the direct supervision of the Mayor and if you look, directly, that puts Public Works, Parks and Rec, and Fire Department - So, on the Executive Branch, under the Mayor, you have Corporation Counsel, Department of Finance, Planning Department, R&D. MARTIN: Or even the Managing Director, comes under the Mayor at this point. RAY: Right. IRVINE: Yes, they do make a distinction, though, between the line agencies and the staff agencies that the Managing Director is over. HERKES: Civil Service employees are under the Mayor. RAY: So, why don’t we have our attorney look at some language, and do some research on that, and see what we can come up with. HERKES: On what? On the job description for the Managing Director? file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 12-04-99.html7/1/2011