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minutes 03-08-00Page 17 of 35 <br />it needs rules that are necessary for the conduct of that business. <br />HIGASHI: Then my next step is maybe, part of our Charter, if it passes, we should have draft rules for them. <br />YUEN: Yes, let me think about that. What you’re getting at is a really good point, is that you don’t want them waiting a <br />couple of months, approving the rules, when the only thing the rules are going to say is, well, we meet on Thursday. Let me <br />try to figure out a way to handle that. <br />RAY: Anything else on 4. Fire Commission? 5. Department of Environmental Services. <br />YUEN: This is, kind of, just a simple - I didn’t go to any great detail on this but the Commission has not voted on this before, <br />or seen it before I wrote it up and sent it out. Just so we’re clear on that. <br />HIGASHI: I have one question. If it’s an advisory, does it need to be confirmed by the Council? <br />YUEN: You wouldn’t have to have it confirmed by the Council. It’s up to the Charter Commission on how they want to <br />handle that. <br />HERKES: Are all the other Department Heads confirmed by the Council? <br />HIGASHI: No, not Department Heads. The Commission, because it’s advisory in nature. <br />YUEN: Generally, the Charter has a catchall provision that says that members of advisory commissions do not need to be <br />confirmed by the Council. I’m not sure why I put in confirmed by the Council. I don’t think the Commission actually voted <br />on that, and so whichever way you want to have it, it’s really up to the Commission on that. <br />IRVINE: It depends upon how much weight we’re giving to their advice, I would say. If you want the Council to buy into <br />this, then it would be nice for them to confirm these people, having served on certain advisory commissions, that I would <br />never serve on again, when one person has the ability to just appoint anybody they want. <br />HIGASHI: I would just look at it in terms of being consistent, Chris. I know the advisory boards are not confirmed by the <br />Council. <br />YUEN: Yes, the way I’ve written it up, it’s not consistent with the rest of the Charter but this would override it because it <br />specifically says that it is confirmed by the Council. But, again, it’s up to you folks whether you want to have it confirmed or <br />not. <br />HIGASHI: Because they’re not policy makers, I would say that they need not be confirmed by the Council. <br />RAY: The other thing is you could take out ‘advisory’. <br />IRVINE: We haven’t specified that they have any duties like zoning permits at this time, but I think we were hoping that this <br />advice would have some weight here, rather than, and I don’t want to name specific advisory boards. <br />HERKES: Try landfills. I’ve been on three of them. <br />IRVINE: They meet and nothing happens. <br />HERKES: No, things happen, but maybe not what you recommend. <br />IRVINE: Yes, nobody necessarily pays any attention on the County level, and I had the feeling that if the Council were <br />involved, in sort of buying into helping appoint these people, that they would then expect reports. <br />RAY: What about, and I’m just throwing this out for discussion, eliminating ‘advisory’? <br />HIGASHI: Then they would be policy? <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 03-08-00.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />