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CUSHNIE: Thank you. <br /> BETHEA: Thank you. Are there other questions? <br /> Hearing none, you ' re excused , Chris . And we' ll go on with <br /> the scheduled meeting. <br /> YUEN: Okay. Thanks very much. <br /> V. FINANCE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS <br /> By Barry Mizuno <br /> (Verbatim begins) <br /> BETHEA: I want to thank you for being here today. Our <br /> practice in the past has been to invite people in various <br /> positions for the County to come and make a presentation <br /> about their particular department , and to feel free as well <br /> to offer suggestions for changes in the County Charter based <br /> on their observations and their position paper. You can <br /> begin in any way you want . Yours is obviously a very <br /> important department with a lot of space (inaudible) in the <br /> County Charter on financial matters and on your department. <br /> And I for one have lots of questions , but why don' t you, if <br /> you want to start with the summary of your department , <br /> what ' s the pleasure of the commission? Yours has been <br /> circulated (Attachment B) . Has everybody read it? Are we <br /> really ready to go into the questionnaire and into questions <br /> and answers? <br /> GREENWELL: Yes , I ' d like to make a comment which I <br /> hope you will want to agree with and that is where you bring <br /> into the total County government , the use of the computers . <br /> Where today it ' s pretty well limited to your department. <br /> But it could be better utilized from. . .throughout the whole <br /> County. I think that ' s a good idea. <br /> BETHEA: Yes. <br /> CUSHNIE: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Mizuno, I have <br /> a question. I believe in the Charter you are charged with <br /> an annual budget . Tell me if this is outside of your scope <br /> of things. Would you and how do you feel about a biannual , <br /> I mean, every two years , a financial budget? <br /> MIZUNO: I think there is merit to going to a biannual <br /> budget . I think our budget is growing now and very shortly <br /> is gonna exceed $100 million dollars a year . And we already <br /> spend , you know, countless hours preparing an annual <br /> budget. And I think thought should be given to going to a <br /> biannual. <br /> CUSHNIE: Thank you. <br /> 258 <br />