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Charter Commission - Transcript of Meeting of July 12, 2000Page 19 of 45 <br />SANTANGELO: But how do you refer to something that hasn’t been changed? That’s a separate issue <br />and it isn’t changed, so you have to have it the way it is and then that name becomes something different <br />later. So it’s perfectly all right to put chief engineer because that’s what the person is until the next day. <br />HERKES: Now, wait a minute. <br />IRVINE: Wait. <br />HERKES: Mr. lawyer. <br />YUEN: This was a problem that I had in writing this and that’s why the chief engineer name change <br />goes in the middle and then I say ‘the director of public works’ at the end because you – <br />HERKES: You figure they’ve already voted on that middle one. <br />YUEN: Well right, because you just can’t say ‘director of public works’ because there isn’t a director of <br />public works so in the question I wanted to explain to people, well, we’re changing the name of the chief <br />engineer to director of public works and then, in the next clause, you’re adding a different administrative <br />experience qualification to the director of public works. Otherwise, it gets very convoluted to try to <br />decide which name you’re going to use in the body of this thing. <br />HERKES: It’s clear to me. I mean I don’t mind the language in number 7, but I like the bullets. <br />RAY: I don’t think it’s terribly critical one way or the other. Okay, are we ready to vote on number 7? <br />MARTIN: What are we voting on? <br />RAY: We’re voting on the substance of the question as presented with the addition of the Fire Chief and <br />it’ll be reformatted in a more bulleted form to clarify it, make it easier to read. <br />MARTIN: So the intent is to leave that name change in? <br />RAY: Yes. All in favor? <br />COMMISSIONERS RAY, HERKES, HIGASHI, IRVINE, KUROZAWA, SANTANGELO AND <br />YOSHIYAMA: Aye. <br />RAY: Opposed? <br />MARTIN: Aye. <br />RAY: Okay. <br />8. Should the police department have a statement of policy, and the police commission be required to <br />review the operations of the department and to perform an annual evaluation of the chief of police? <br />9. <br />SANTANGELO: Whoa, whoa. <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 07-12-00.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />