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fault. We're, as John Ray says, cleaning up the line of fire rather than authority. • BOUCHER: Okay. Well, we may want to present that. Make the public aware of that. Because my impression, reading it briefly, was, like you say, Council appointing Managing Director, I think would be a big mistake. RAY: No, that's not what this proposal is about. IRVINE: No, that's not it. I think the way we worded it in our summary. This is a work in progress. RAY: And this is really pretty much identical to the way Maui County operates under their Charter, so to give you a model. But, they are, as we know, very much a very strong form of government, and functions that way. BOUCHER: Well, in general, Maui runs very well, I think. Okay, well, I stand corrected, perhaps. But maybe we need to make the public aware of - RAY: Yes. We're just starting. This is our second public hearing and we've got eight months to go before the election so, hopefully, people will engage the discussion. BOUCHER: Item number 6, Planning Department Functions. I think that's a good idea to move to Public Works. Often these responsibilities are very inter -related already, and I think it's a good idea to try and consolidate as much as possible. RAY: Okay, so there again, Peter, what this does is - This was also an Administrative suggestion that we create a Division of Permitting, and take over all the administrable functions. We decided not to go with that suggestion in total, so what we're proposing is just to eliminate language in the Charter which would preclude a future Administration, if they wished, to reorganizing. So, in other words, all this does is takes some language out of the Charter which would mean - If you wanted to do that later, you'd have to make a change in the Charter, so it just eliminates that language so, if in the future, the Administration and the Council wanted to back a reorganization, so that's what this does. It's not setting up that Division of Permitting as was requested by the Administration. It just makes it easier for that to happen if it should be pursued in the future. BOUCHER: Well, I think that's a good idea. I think that's a good move. RAY: Okay. BOUCHER: Number 12, Impeachment. I think some of the events we've seen 22