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the lines of the Charter that maybe could be clarified or <br /> amended to avoid this type of thing? <br /> MAUNAKEA: I think the nature of the Research & <br /> Development Department is such that the department can take <br /> on the characteristics . . . it reflects the personality of the <br /> person in the department. <br /> POPPE: So what you' re saying, it was more of a <br /> personality problem and not anything that we need to <br /> particularly look at? <br /> MAUNAKEA: I would say, yes , with the exception of <br /> perhaps c. That word "of" is just not accurate. We do not <br /> coordinate "informational and regulatory knowledge of all <br /> federal and state grant-in-aid participation programs which <br /> affect the County. " As I 've just said, the Housing and <br /> Community Development Department gets their CDBG monies. We <br /> have nothing to do with CDBG monies . The Transportation <br /> Department likewise would receive federal monies , and we <br /> have nothing to do with those monies . So just in order to <br /> keep things accurate, if you want to say that we' re respon- <br /> sible for coordinating some kind of informational resource <br /> materials for the County, that would be very accurate. <br /> Because we do that . Our resource information specialist is <br /> the person who goes around from department to department and <br /> who inputs and catalogs all of their information into the <br /> computer. That ' s misleading, I don' t mean all their <br /> information into the computer. Any of their. . . I don' t <br /> really know what she does for the other departments , what <br /> kind of information she ' s putting in. But a lot of their <br /> resource information she ' s cataloging into our li . . .County <br /> library system. And that isn' t spelled out any. . . <br /> BETHEA: What was that again? <br /> MAUNAKEA: We have an informational . . .her exact title <br /> is , resource material specialist. And she is not just a <br /> resource material specialist for the Department of Research <br /> & Development . She ' s a resource material specialist for the <br /> County. And she provides this service to all the <br /> departments and , I think, the offices in the County. So <br /> this is an overall function, a librarian if you will , <br /> function for the County. <br /> POPPE: So would you. . .are you saying you'd recommend <br /> changing c. completely to reflect this resource service <br /> rather than anything to do with federal and state grant-in- <br /> aids? Or kind of a mixed bag? <br /> MAUNAKEA: It could be a mixed bag. You could <br /> have. . . like if you want to mention, if you think it ' s <br /> important enough, because it is . . . it has been one of the <br /> 286 <br />