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But if we go to the executive branch , as I said, all the powers of the executive are vested in the mayor. This includes the power to, yes. L'ORANGE : Do you see any problem about (inaudible)? IBARRA : No. No . Realistically . . .realistically , and it certainly. . .realistically. . .the mayor. . .the mayor appoints the managing director. So if the mayor tells the managing director, I want you to supervise the rest of the 16 or 17 agencies , even though the Charter says they ' re under the mayor, I don ' t think any managing director in her right mind would say , hey mayor , the Charter says you supervise . Because. . . DUNCAN : Ron, what. . .what was the original (inaudible) now, however , for breaking out of (inaudible) three under the managing director? IBARRA : Okay. If you look at the three departments under the managing director, they ' re the most. . .they ' re the largest departments in the County. Parks and Recs is the largest department in the County with over 200 employees. Public Works , likewise. Fire. . .they ' re the largest line departments under the. . .under. . .well , in the County organization. The rest , if you like at. . .by it functions , they ' re either small line departments that are overseen by commissions, or just pure staff . Like , for example, in the Corp. Counsel, Finance , Planning , R&D, Safety. . .they ' re all staff departments that should certainly have direct access to the mayor for legal questions, financial questions, planning , and research and development. . . responsible for the development and assist in the. . .assist the public secretary in obtaining federal funds , as well as the Safety Coordinator, which is responsible for industrial accidents. So they ' re basically staff. . . BETHEA : Isn' t that the real difference , that they ' re staff ; they perform a staff or advisory function. . . IBARRA : . . .to the mayor. BETHEA: Yeah, while the others are big operating departments. IBARRA : That ' s right , and I. . . BETHEA : That ' s what it is. IBARRA : And I think that another reason is that , certainly , I know some of you , or most of you here are managers in your own occupation ; and as you know, you can ' t supervise too many at one time. The span of control is. . .you can ' t be an effective supervisor. But basically , this is the Charter setup. On the right side, the staff departments authorized by County Charter, 30