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<br />people about it. I’ll just throw that open for discussion, all this stuff. First, Chris, in regard to the way this whole thing is set
<br />up, are there any red flags in your mind, as far as if we were to want to organize it this way in our Charter, along the lines of
<br />Maui?
<br />YUEN: It can be done that way. I think that what you have in mind actually goes a little bit farther than what Maui does
<br />because I think Maui leaves it more up to the Mayor to decide what agencies, if I’m understanding correctly. It’s, kind of, up
<br />to the Mayor to put them in there.
<br />RAY: Well, wait a minute. Look at 6-1.3, (a) Act as the principal management aide to the Mayor, (b) Supervise the
<br />administrative functioning of all agencies, department, boards and commissions assigned by the mayor. It’s the same
<br />language we have now. It doesn’t -
<br />YUEN: I just want to make sure I understand. Right now, our Charter is organized where there are some departments that
<br />report to the Managing Director, like Public Works, and Parks and Recreation, and some that do not, like Planning, although
<br />the Mayor could tell the Planning Director that henceforth I want you to report to the Managing Director. Do you want to
<br />organize it so that all, what are called in our Charter, the staff agencies that report to the Mayor now, that are not listed under
<br />the Managing Director, would necessarily be under the Administrative control of the Managing Director, or do you want to
<br />leave that up to the Mayor?
<br />RAY: I think that’s open for discussion.
<br />MARTIN: I think it leads to the question I was going to ask, as far as I see no place in here that this Managing Director, I’m
<br />sure he would though, make recommendations for the other Department Heads, or if he would have any say in who the other
<br />Department Heads would be.
<br />RAY: That is language that’s included in the Lexington Charter, just so you know, and I didn’t include it in this, but we
<br />certainly could. Like it says in here, that the Managing Director, Administrative whatever they call it, does make
<br />recommendations. I’ll pull that out. He does make recommendations so that certainly could be included. Other discussion?
<br />IRVINE: I have a question, John, and it’s under (d). Maybe it’s for our attorney. If we set up this oversight of the budget
<br />process, and appoint the necessary staff to assist in such evaluation and analyses, and to assist the executive agencies in
<br />improving their performance, etc., the way I read it, it sort of sets up a budget function under the Mayor, and it’s my
<br />understanding then, that those positions would be appointed rather than Civil Service?
<br />RAY: Yes, I think so.
<br />IRVINE: Which really changes -
<br />YUEN: No.
<br />IRVINE: Right now we have a budget division under Finance which is staffed with Accountants.
<br />YUEN: No, this creates a Department of Management and then, if the positions were created - Does the Managing Director
<br />have staff currently?
<br />HERKES: Yes.
<br />YUEN: How many people does he have?
<br />HERKES: Two.
<br />YUEN: If you have a Department of the Managing Director, the staff that gets appointed to that would be Civil Service,
<br />definitely, except for the personal secretary of the Managing Director, who is exempt.
<br />IRVINE: Okay, I see.
<br />YUEN: You’re not creating positions in the Office of the Mayor. You’re creating positions under a Charter Department.
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