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RAY: Yeah. So we can get all that information out. Okay. So, did we formally vote on this public hearing schedule and -? HERKES: So moved. HIGASHI: Second. RAY: Okay. All in favor? COMMISSIONERS: Aye. RAY: Discussion? Okay. HERKES: Yes, we have. RAY: Okay. Okay. Other, none. New Business, Departmental Reviews. We have Mr. Wurdeman here, Corporation Counsel, and we circulated his comments at the last meeting, so Mr. Wurdeman. WURDEMAN: Thank you. My comments were a combination of matters of some substance and things that are just sort of tweaking the wording. So in the interest of saving time, I'll try and limit my remarks to those that I feel are significant. Also, I -, well, although I did go through the Charter, I intentionally stayed out of the Chapter 10, I believe it is, the financial and budget section, because I deferred to the Finance Department for that one. So, the first one I have is this Mandatory Program Review. Those of you who have been on the Council know that this comes up often, and the requirement that is presently in the Charter, that every program, which is not defined, be reviewed at least every four years, is a very ambitious requirement and would probably require a staff of 20 CPAs to do it correctly. As I say in my remarks, I talked to the Budget -, the head of the Budget Division, and he claims that from a budgetary perspective, there's about 200 programs in the County, which a little simple math would lead us to conclude that they'd have to do a program review about every week to keep up. RAY: Excuse me a second. That's -, just so you know, that's Article 3-16 in the Charter. So if you'd refer to that, just in case -. WURDEMAN: Okay. RAY: The people want to -. 5