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concerns like the dynamation exhibit. I don' t know if <br /> you' re aware of that . But that ' s a County-sponsored special <br /> event . Under the parameters of item (b) in the Charter, <br /> okay, you can get away. . . get away with that. But in my <br /> interpretation of the department , and that ' s why I say it <br /> that it really depends on the personality of the person in <br /> the seat , I wouldn' t sponsor an event like that because it <br /> is not related to the economic development. <br /> You can have a cultural event , i.e. Merry Monarch, that <br /> is related to economic development . Or the Billfish <br /> Tournament, or something that is cultural , something <br /> that . . .you know, even a social program, but you gotta relate <br /> it in my mind to economic development . That was my. . . that ' s <br /> my personal intent and that ' s how I 'm drawing the line. <br /> POPPE: Which the interest (inaudible) course is <br /> economic is not in there particularly. <br /> MAUNAKEA: Well , including economic, social and <br /> cultural . . . <br /> POPPE: But your comm. . . I mean so it could be <br /> interpreted either way. I would agree, Jim, that it ' s. . . it <br /> does have a flexibility in (b) to say, never mind the <br /> economic, let ' s look at social or something. So that <br /> flexibility is . . . <br /> GREENWELL: Mr. Chairman? <br /> BETHEA: Yes. <br /> GREENWELL: The department is run over the years by <br /> what the Council or the mayor wants it to do. And I think <br /> the thought is to. . .that that is (inaudible) they' re gonna <br /> make the decisions anyway, and the changes in their budget <br /> indicate (inaudible) . <br /> JUVIK: You can' t put their budget in the Charter. <br /> GREENWELL: Yeah. <br /> BETHEA: Well , what it seemed to me is that it ' s come <br /> down. . .we do need to do something about (c) , because it <br /> simply doesn' t reflect the reality. No. 2 , that this <br /> department , like the other departments , comes under the <br /> general supervision and control of the mayor. ( Inaudible) <br /> sentence out of there. I feel I detect a kind of a feeling <br /> that it needs to be a flexible type of department that could <br /> be assigned specific tasks by the Council or by the mayor. <br /> That kind of. . . <br /> GREENWELL: Councilperson Lorr. . . Inouye communicates <br /> that the County Code is in conflict with the present setup. <br /> 296 <br />