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<br />be a little bit more open minded, and I think that’s the attempt there, is to try, in a way, uncomfortably force a little more
<br />input into the picture, and the strategic plan for this island. Now, you’ve got your mokus and then you’ve got the at-large.
<br />What’s the requirement on the at-large?
<br />PAVAO: There’s no requirement on the at-large. As long as the six representative districts is represented, then the remaining
<br />three can be from anywhere.
<br />SANTANGELO: Can come from anywhere.
<br />PAVAO: Anywhere.
<br />SANTANGELO: And like you said, that statement of ‘I’ll get back to you later’, a lot of what we’re looking at, the
<br />Commission is trying to look at the island as a whole, and not get back to them later too, so I’d hope you’d understand that.
<br />PAVAO: Right. No, I certainly agree with that, and that’s the reason why, I guess, our Commissioners went on record to
<br />oppose this because, as I said, in Water Supply, decisions have to be made island-wide. Although systems are specific, the
<br />decisions on priority spending, things like that, have to be looked at systemwide. You can’t have people pulling for separate
<br />things in their own districts which can happen. And by having people further separating the districts into nine specific areas,
<br />I’m not saying that it’s happened, but the potential for it happening is much greater.
<br />SANTANGELO: On the other hand, there’s a logic that says that you’re supposed to come to these Commissions with the
<br />tools and integrity, and we admit there’s an advantage to having district representation, and what we’re trying to do is create
<br />a little more district representation to enfranchise the people. But you’re feeling that that enfranchisement might be at too
<br />high a cost.
<br />PAVAO: Well, I guess what I’m trying to say is what’s logical doesn’t always happen.
<br />SANTANGELO: Been there.
<br />RAY: Milton, just one other question in regard to the qualifications of the Head of the Department. Would you describe your
<br />job as more administrative in nature or more technical in nature? I mean, the bulk of what you do, or takes up your time,
<br />because, obviously, that’s where we’re coming from, and we’re making the assumption that the Head of the Public Works
<br />Department and Head of Water Department is more of an administrative position.
<br />PAVAO: I appreciate that question. That’s a real good question and I think I can, kind of, answer it by saying the degree of
<br />administration is not as severe, not as much, as the technical portions. Good examples: I have an average of about 3 or 4
<br />meetings a day. Most of the meetings are with developers wanting to do projects, and if I didn’t have the engineering
<br />background that I had, I couldn’t understand what they were trying to do. It really helps because I know the system. I’ve been
<br />with the department a long time. I have the engineering history of what happened and that is a huge advantage because
<br />developers want to develop, and they want to know how to develop it, and if I didn’t know how to do it, they wouldn’t have
<br />answers. The management part, administration part, is a part too, but from what I’ve seen, it’s, I wouldn’t say minimal, but
<br />it’s not a major part of it. Administration would include personnel, direction, stuff like that, and believe me, you learn fast.
<br />You learn fast.
<br />RAY: Okay. Sue, do you have a question?
<br />IRVINE: Yes, I guess I did, concerning the same thing. They were having trouble in Public Works with this business of
<br />registered engineer. Would you mind if we just took the registered out of there and said engineer? Would that -
<br />PAVAO: I think that would be a disservice because say, for example, Public Works and us, when we design plans, when we
<br />have consultants to plans, whatever, it has to be signed by a registered engineer. So if the Department Head is not a registered
<br />engineer, then he cannot put his name on the plan and take responsibility.
<br />SANTANGELO: So there’s a delegation here. If you had to delegate one or the other, you’re saying you’d rather delegate the
<br />administrative part of it to an assistant, or something, rather than the technical?
<br />PAVAO: I already have. We have a wonderful personnel specialist that I constantly seek advice from. That’s in the matters
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