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MIZUNO: I haven' t . . . I don' t have a firm commitment one <br /> way or the other , but I think we ought to look at it. <br /> CUSHNIE: I thought in terms of staff hours , especially <br /> since one of our last meetings , a speaker made reference to <br /> the type crunch between the legislative budget arriving and <br /> the necessity of grinding something out on the County <br /> level . Having been on the Council , I could see where the <br /> Council might want to keep an annual budget and have closer <br /> control . Does anyone really benefit by having a biannual <br /> budget? Different departments , let ' s say, being able to <br /> plan over a two-year period. You think there' s some cost- <br /> effectiveness there? <br /> MIZUNO: I think so. . . I believe that would be the best; <br /> the biggest benefit would be in planning. As a matter of <br /> fact in. . . one of our activities has been to start imple- <br /> menting strategic planning type of budgeting in which we go <br /> out a minimum of six years , and going possibly out to 20 <br /> years. Now. . .and I 'm not talking about a precise financial <br /> exercise going on 20 years . Obviously, the further out you <br /> go the more vague it becomes. However , we need some sort of <br /> plan which puts things together based on some assumptions <br /> that we make today. And as we go down the road, we change <br /> our assumptions and make the changes to the strategic plans <br /> as necessary. But I think overall it will give us a good <br /> base to plan with. <br /> CUSHNIE: Uh-huh. <br /> MIZUNO: So I think a biannual would be one step closer <br /> to getting this total plan together. <br /> CUSHNIE: One last question if I may. June 30th is <br /> apparently a deadline at which the mayor must have made his <br /> vetos and the Council must have held hearings. . . it can be <br /> more specific. Yet there was an interpretation (inaudible) <br /> this year and addressed by the Corp Counsel . The feeling <br /> was that this was a vaguery in the Charter; it could have <br /> been interpreted either way. Are you more familiar of <br /> course with it than I am? Do you know a specific portion in <br /> the Charter that needs to be redefined or addressed? <br /> MIZUNO: I 'm sorry, I don' t know. <br /> CUSHNIE: Okay. I ' ll get more specific details then. <br /> Thank you. <br /> BETHEA: Yes. <br /> JUVIK: One follow-up on that . In terms of going to a <br /> biannual budget, for example, do you feel there' s any <br /> 259 <br />