2000-07-12 Charter Commission Minutes

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Charter Commission - Transcript of Meeting of July 12, 2000Page 10 of 45 elections, with no party identification appearing on the ballot? HERKES: Are those all of the county officers? Are there any more county officers besides the mayor, the council and the prosecuting attorney? SANTANGELO: That are elected? YUEN: That’s it, I think, that are elected. HERKES: I just want to make sure because I don’t want somebody to say, oh yeah, but you forgot such and such. SANTANGELO: So, this wasn’t a trick question? HERKES: No, it wasn’t a trick question because people will pick on that. RAY: Okay. IRVINE: I guess my question is is there a comma between county and officers, or are these – YUEN: I think that’s a quirk of my Xeroxing machine. I’m almost sure that is. RAY: Yes, okay. Yes, there shouldn’t be a comma between county and officers. 2. Should the managing director be given additional responsibilities over all county departments and agencies, and be confirmed by the council? Marni. HERKES: Now, I would like that to read ‘Should the managing director be given additional responsibilities and be confirmed by the council’. I think when you throw in that overall county departments and agencies, the draft of the Charter is available. There’s some stuff spelled out in here. The ballot question gets messy when you start to put overall – I mean it, just to me, seems less clear. It doesn’t seem quite a crisp as I’d like to see it on the ballot. IRVINE: I’d second that. RAY: Wait a minute. That’s not a motion yet. Let’s just discuss this. HERKES: No, it’s just a discussion. IRVINE: I was just seconding the idea. RAY: What do other people feel about that? John. SANTANGELO: I know when I took this to, at least, a Chamber or so – HERKES: Which Chamber? SANTANGELO: Portuguese. file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 07-12-00.html7/1/2011