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kind of over -committed the County to keep a job moving, andto finish it, so I personally <br />• participated in that where I made the call, keep on going, keep hauling, and just hope <br />that the County would bail us out. <br />IRVINE: It's kind of hard to legislate for everybody's suing whim,. or <br />something. I just was wondering if we can solve all those problems or if we just have to <br />- I mean, they're not going to sue a clerk. They're going to sue Mr. Takahashi. <br />TAKAHASHI: Probably, because somewhere my name will appear. But 1 felt it <br />was very unfair to the - we're not sure how far they would take any suit. It would really <br />not be fair to the clerks. They're just doing their jobs. We have a lot of partnering <br />going on. A lot of good things come out of partnering but there may be things that fall <br />through the cracks. But I don't know if that is all that important. It has not happened <br />yet. <br />Contracts, Subsection (c) of 13-13 says the Mayor will sign all contracts unless <br />otherwise provided, and we have found that these, and I believe even the Mayor has <br />found, that it be overwhelming, the amount of paper he has to sign, and some of these <br />are just minor agreements; equipment agreements to maintain equipment and whatnot, <br />and we think that there should be more latitude. The department heads should be held <br />responsible, some of these, especially the minor ones. <br />• IRVINE: Would you look at a monetary amount that shouldn't be gone over <br />or would you say the department heads should sign contracts? <br />TAKAHASHI: Well, we call it the head of the Purchasing Agency. We would <br />recommend that you follow the State Procurement Code, which would be anything less <br />than $25,000. <br />IRVINE: Okay. Excuse me, I didn't keep reading. <br />BESS: Harry, I'm just wondering whether or not that subsection could just <br />be easily amended by saying, except as otherwise provided by ordinance, be signed by <br />the Mayor. And then it would be more flexible. <br />TAKAHASHI: Yes, that might be easier. <br />Claims. Right now the Claims Section seems to be restricted to damages. There are <br />other claims that need to be addressed, and there doesn't seem to be provisions for <br />those. And in particular, in the area of real property taxation, we've had claims <br />submitted because we were taxing people for buildings that were demolished a few <br />years back. So in fairness, there is that need to allow for claims other than just <br />damages. <br />38 <br />