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the Charter. What I just described. Our proposed <br /> amendment to the Charter in these would provide us the <br /> opportunity to do this. And when I say, the opportunity <br /> to do this , it ' ll provide the mayor the authority to make <br /> these shorter-term appointments , so that after a while we <br /> will have five commissioners with five-year staggered <br /> appointments . <br /> BETHEA: On that issue, I would ask counsel to <br /> consider whether or not there' s some generic way to <br /> resolve the problem even if the Legislature changes , with <br /> respect to the staggered terms. Will you look at it? <br /> YUEN: Certainly, I . . . it appears to me that what <br /> happened in the appointments is that they followed the <br /> procedure for a seven-member commission where you have <br /> two dropping off at a time; if you' re gonna go five, <br /> you've got to have. . .you have to have some kind of <br /> transition. There' s certainly some easy way of doing <br /> that. <br /> LUKE: That ' s exactly what happened. When there <br /> were seven members , we had a member being appointed every <br /> year. But when they dropped two members (inaudible) <br /> staggered terms. <br /> BETHEA: Mr. Luke, let me ask you a question about <br /> your proposed amendment to 7-1 . 2. The. . .where you set <br /> out the Civil Service Commission (inaudible) and you have <br /> items 1 , 2, 3 . As I read the Charter provisions before, <br /> there was no specific description of the duties of the <br /> Civil Service Commission. It simply said that the Civil <br /> Service Commission shall function according to statute. <br /> Now, should we again, since the Civil Service Commission <br /> functions are regulated by statute, should we spell them <br /> out or simply leave in the statement that they shall <br /> function in accordance with statutes so that it is always <br /> conistent? <br /> In other words, we got into trouble because we had <br /> seven members and the Legislature changed it to five. If <br /> the duties of the Civil Service Commission and their <br /> powers are fixed by statute, which may change from time <br /> to time, and are completely beyond our control , I 'm <br /> simply asking you, would it be better rather than spell <br /> these duties out , which could change because statutes <br /> change, to simply leave in a sentence such that the Civil <br /> Service Commission shall function according to statute or <br /> shall have the powers and duties fixed by statute? <br /> LUKE: Mr. Chairman, that certainly is an option. <br /> And it would be an. . .probably a longer lasting type <br /> option. I did mention when I went through the functions <br /> of the Civil Service Commission, that the. . . their primary <br /> 356 <br />