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<br />that.
<br />And I like the idea of the qualifications for the department heads. I mean, this is, you know, a
<br />tremendously complex, you know, and a huge area of responsibility, the number of employees and
<br />the size of this department, and I think it's, you know, crazy that we don't have more professional
<br />qualifications for that.
<br />As far as the Department of Human Services, I'm more than piqued by that. I'm interested in
<br />it. You know, I've done a lot of work, you know, with Maui County over the past few years, and
<br />they have a really different kind of organization there and they combine the Department of
<br />Housing and Human Services. And there wasn't anybody even in Maui that, you know, knew
<br />exactly how that came about and, you know, why they did that. But they have a very active and
<br />dynamic Department of Housing and Human Services, and the Human Service ends, end, rather,
<br />you know, I think offers a lot of advantages to the County, especially in terms of grant writing
<br />and, you know, real positive advocacy for, you know, fund-raising and doing a lot of things, so I
<br />think that's certainly something worth exploring, so I appreciate that comment.
<br />And I did note that you included here one, you know, another item, a mention of a Fire
<br />Commission or whatever, and I'm sure that's going to come up as a comment from the public,
<br />and so I appreciate that, as well. So, if there are no other questions for Ms. Tulang, thank you
<br />very much for coming. Just so you know, when we get into our more formal review of the
<br />Charter section by section, we'll ask you to come back and be available for questions as we, you
<br />know, get into discussing that.
<br />TULANG: Okay.
<br />RAY: So thank you.
<br />TULANG: You're welcome. Thank you.
<br />RAY: Next, we have Mr. Takahashi from the Finance Department. And we
<br />have written material being passed out right now.
<br />TAKAHASHI: Good afternoon. I took a slightly different approach to preparing, you
<br />know, some information for you. I looked at the Charter as still a valid document that, you know,
<br />is still functional. And looking at your task, I thought -, I didn't want to clutter it with too many
<br />housekeeping measures for fear that, you know, the general public may get confused, because I
<br />did not know what your major issues would be. But, however, what I did was I just cited a few
<br />obvious inconsistencies that, you know, I saw, like the vacancy in office where, you know, it still
<br />has provisions that were carried over when the Council was a four-year term. Unless this body is
<br />going to address some effort to restore the Council from a two-year to four-year term, you know,
<br />then maybe you can clean that up.
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