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minutes 05-31-00Page 18 of 54 <br />Engineer, that engineer has no authority over, say, the Water Department’s engineers so it’s not like they’re an engineer <br />overseeing other engineers completely. So, having the requirement there and having it as a Department Head makes total <br />sense to me and I support it. <br />RAY: Yes, at first I didn’t like the idea but now that I think of it, I think it’s just, kind of, a – I don’t want to say anything <br />negative about engineers. They sure do like calling them Chiefs, though, I’ll tell you that. <br />IRVINE: Let’s vote. <br />RAY: Okay. All in favor of changing the name of the Head of the Department of Public Works from Chief Engineer to <br />Director of Public Works and including it in the same amendment, number 7 – all in favor? <br />RAY, ALONZO, BESS, HERKES, HIGASHI, IRVINE, KUROZAWA, SANTANGELO: Aye. <br />RAY: Opposed? <br />Commissioner Martin abstained. <br />IRVINE: This will involve some changes in other parts of the – yes. <br />YUEN: Yes, I’m going to have to look through the Charter because there’s probably nine other places that say Chief <br />Engineer and I will probably find eight of them and miss one, so if you folks can also look at that. <br />HERKES: I started going through the Charter and thought oh God and then I decided I really wanted to do this. <br />RAY: Number C, Change the Liquor Commission Membership to Nine Members and representative of the Council Districts. <br />HERKES: So moved. <br />ALONZO: Second. <br />RAY: Discussion? <br />HERKES: Janice is sitting out there. Do you have any comment on this? <br />RAY: I think this is just trying to move toward more consistent make-up and representation of the Boards and Commissions, <br />where possible, where they’re not mandated by State Law. <br />PAKELE: Thank you members of the Commission. We have no objections to this portion of it. We do have another Board <br />which is the Adjudication Board. It is that particular Board that we would say we’d like to keep it where it is. It’s a quasi- <br />judicial Board and I see that it’s not on the agenda and wonder if that can be kept as is. <br />SANTANGELO: Don’t say anything. <br />PAKELE: Oh, we have to bring it all up. <br />HERKES: Don’t say anything. It’s not on the agenda. <br />RAY: Okay, thank you. All in favor? <br />RAY, ALONZO, BESS, HERKES, HIGASHI, IRVINE, KUROZAWA, SANTANGELO: Aye. <br />Commissioner Martin abstained. <br />YUEN: Just for the sake of completeness here. There is a State Statute that says the Liquor Commission shall have seven <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 05-31-00.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />