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sure what you mean by that. <br /> ONO: Well, for one thing, Bruce McClure is here with <br /> me today ; he ' s the deputy chief engineer . Sometimes he <br /> feels he ' s a non-person because he ' s really not addressed <br /> any place in the Charter . And. . . so we talked about this a <br /> while back . In order to just do some house cleaning on <br /> this , I think it would be nice if it were included. And in <br /> order to not restrict the department to just one deputy, <br /> with its growing responsibilities , I would ask that some <br /> language be considered to keep the door open for more than <br /> one deputy. <br /> BETHEA: What I 'm asking, if I could just finish my <br /> question, are you suggesting that the chief engineer and a <br /> deputy be appointed by the mayor , confirmed by the Council <br /> and be removed by the mayor? Or what are you exactly <br /> suggesting with respect to the deputy engineer? Are you <br /> feeling that (inaudible) appointment . . .or simply that he <br /> should be mentioned in the Charter? <br /> ONO : Yeah, I feel that he should be mentioned. I 1, <br /> think the language at the present time makes allowance for <br /> appointing of. the . deputy chief engineer by the chief <br /> engineer just as the secretaries are now appointed. And I <br /> would prefer to have it remain that way. <br /> BETHEA: Well, I 'm sorry to be persistent on this, but <br /> are you simply talking about . . . I 'm not sure what you' re <br /> telling us . If I understand it by ordinance, you as the <br /> chief engineer appoint the deputy engineer. <br /> ONO : I . . .you may be right . I don' t have the <br /> ordinance with me . Perhaps when I put this together, it <br /> was a bit hasty. So I may have missed something along the <br /> way. <br /> BETHEA: Well, let me put it this way, 6-2.3 says the: powers, <br /> duties and functions of the Department of Public Works shall <br /> be prescribed by ordinance and shall be exercised and <br /> performed by the department . I assume that there ' s an <br /> ordinance which fixes the number of deputies and which, in <br /> fact , authorizes you to hire a deputy. In other words , it <br /> creates the position and then authorizes you to make the <br /> hire . Do you know whether that ' s true or not? <br /> ONO : I don' t know. I don' t recall . <br /> BETHEA: Well, let the record show that Bruce McClure, <br /> the deputy engineer ' s (inaudible) . <br /> McCLURE: It ' s not in the ordinance. The ordinance <br /> calling for the responsibility of the department is not <br /> named. The only place I believe it does appear is in state <br /> statute currently. <br /> BETHEA: Well, who selects the deputy engineer? <br /> 129 <br />