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the jurisdiction of the County. <br />OTTERSON: Well, how do you get to that, though? <br />RAY: That's not anything we're dealing with here. That's a State Highway — <br />OTTERSON: Are you sure of that? <br />RAY: Yes. <br />OTTERSON: Okay, yes, it would be a State — you're right. <br />RAY: And the high school is a State facility. <br />OTTERSON: I didn't think about that. Okay, I'm wrong there. I'II admit it. <br />Then, okay the Manager type you said you were going to kind of change the — <br />RAY: We've made substantial changes to the Managing Director position and to <br />the whole Executive Section of the Charter, putting the Managing Director in a direct line of <br />control over all the departments. <br />OTTERSON: Okay. <br />• RAY: So, that's been beefed up substantially. The main difference, and it's a <br />substantial difference from what you advocate, the Managing Director would still be hired by the <br />Mayor. He would have to be confirmed by the County Council, and he's not now, but the Mayor <br />would still be the Chief Executive Officer of the County. <br />OTTERSON: Well, that's a step in the right way. That's a step in the right way. <br />You know that I have worked in the Manager type way of government and you see how that <br />works, and it works so smooth, and then you come over here and you see they're so backwards <br />here. I know, you're probably saying 'well, why in the hell don't you go back to where you come <br />from'. Well, we love it here and we'd like to stay here. And we can see things that could be so <br />improved and modernized here. I mean the government modernized so it would work smoothly, <br />but you have told me that you've worked on — <br />RAY: Hopefully we're moving in that direction, yes. <br />OTTERSON: Okay. I guess that's about it really. <br />RAY: Okay, thanks for coming in and thanks for all your input. <br />OTTERSON: I appreciate it. <br />• RAY: John. <br />5 <br />