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Charter Commission - Transcript of Meeting of July 12, 2000Page 13 of 45 <br />HIGASHI: Mr. Chair, in terms of process, you want a motion on each one, or we just move along, or try <br />to reach consensus? <br />RAY: Only if we need a change. <br />SANTANGELO: Because we’ve pretty much confirmed it already. <br />HIGASHI: Okay. So we can move along – <br />YOSHIYAMA: John, the reason I brought up my clarification is, on one hand, we have, for discussion, <br />the proposed language for 7/12, this blue thing; and on this one here, the word ‘authority’ is in here. So <br />we had two different words, so that’s why I was asking for clarification of which one we’re going with. <br />MARTIN: This is just a draft and it’s a real loose draft. <br />YOSHIYAMA: Yes, I know but this was distributed today, so I just wanted that clarified. <br />RAY: I like ‘authority’ more than ‘responsibilities’. <br />IRVINE: We do need to know what we’re doing. <br />HERKES: I thought you just said you liked the way it read. <br />YUEN: I think that the little pamphlet that you have – Sharron prepared that based on my May 31st <br />packet, and on May 31st there was some changes voted on and made which I am incorporating in this <br />July 12th, so they’re not exactly the same. So, as we go through this discussion, it would be better to use <br />this blue binder. <br />HERKES: And you’ll make this match? <br />YUEN: We will make that match later. I think Sharron did that as an exercise in showing what it would <br />look like if she just did it without hiring any kind of design people and so forth, rather than to try to <br />make that the authoritative or final version. <br />HENRY: Right, it was for another agenda item. <br />RAY: So, what about ‘additional responsibilities’ vs. ‘authority’? Anybody have any – <br />HIGASHI: Sounds fine to me. <br />YOSHIYAMA: Sounds good. <br />RAY: ‘Responsibilities’ is fine with the group? Okay. <br />3. Should there be a fire commission to appoint the fire chief and advise the fire department? <br />4. Should the solid waste, wastewater, and recycling programs of the county be transferred from the <br />department of public works to a new department of environmental management, with a new <br />environmental management commission? <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 07-12-00.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />