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d) Kokubun: check language that talks 2. Reword..budget about budget being approved late; in that language, so it's case, would mayor ' s or Council ' s budget be understood whether in effect? Council or mayor budget is used, if e) Bethea: budget process too detailed budget submitted and complicated. late. f) Kokubun: departments should not be 3. Don't allow able to transfer funds to new accounts departments to which were set up after the budget is transfer funds to approved; because then it seems Council set up new accounts has no authority as a policymaking body. after budget is approved. g) Bethea: commission could set limit of amounts may could transfer within depart- ments without going to Council . h) Hale: would like to have a program budget where money given for that Parti- ' cular project only and departments have the freedom to spend money on anything for that project. 1 3 . Miscellaneous. a) Kokubun/Lai : Change the Charter language gender to make it neutral . 4. Change gender in Charter. b) Greenwell : consider city-manager type of government instead of mayor type. Kokubun: discussed but Council had no consensus. Hale: should have profes- sional manager , responsible to and elected by Council (1: 2: 10) ; manager would also select department heads (1 : 2: 5) . Bethea: suggested Council might approve qualifi- cations and not individual department heads (2: 1 :45) if that alternative were changed in the Charter. Omonaka: feels people should have right to say who manages County' s affairs . Omonaka: indicated a politically selected mayor is closer to the people. Bethea,: wondered whether a professional manager might in turn be managed by amateurs. Greenwell/Juvik: discussed how much politics would exist with city manager 455