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WURDEMAN: Well, that's possible, but I don't think that' <br />HIGASHI: I mean workers' comp is a whole new game now, you know. <br />BESS: Do you see a problem with the Safety Coordinator being appointed by the <br />Mayor in terms of expertise? <br />WURDEMAN: No. I would think -. <br />BESS: I'm not tallcing about the current one. <br />WURDEMAN: I would think that, you know -. There's certainly no guarantee that <br />because someone's given Civil Service status they're going to have expertise. I mean, you've <br />been in government; you know how that works. <br />BESS: I'm just -, as worded here, it is not a Civil Service position, right? <br />WURDEMAN: It's not, and -. <br />BESS: And so -. <br />• WURDEMAN: I think we have to -, I mean, I would -. <br />BESS: I'm sorry, I missed the first part of it. <br />WURDEMAN: My personal view is that, you know, when we elect a Mayor that -, or <br />whoever the appointing authority is, that we should rely upon them to pick a qualified person. <br />RAY: Ms. Herkes. <br />HERKES: Do we -? That bothers me; you can say Marni. Do we need this in the <br />Charter, except for the workers comp? If we moved review process and maintain workers' comp <br />to Civil Service, do we need Safety Coordinator in the Charter? <br />WURDEMAN: You don't need it, no. <br />HERKES: I mean because I would -. <br />WURDEMAN: But, you know, if someone was -, and there is a difficulty, too, because, <br />you know, when the wrote the Charter, Chris back here probably knows better than I do, I get the <br />impression that they had -, the vision was that the Safety Coordinator would be kind of a, kind of <br />a -. <br />12 <br />