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line agencies would be responsible to the <br /> mayor and be appointed but not confirmed. <br /> The staff agencies would be confirmed. 3. Retain confirma- <br /> The 1978 commission requested the line tion of line <br /> agencies be confirmed as well . He doesn' t agencies. <br /> feel a Charter provision to remove that is <br /> necessary. <br /> Cushnie: New mayors wish to have new <br /> appointees function before confirmation <br /> and there are interpretation problems with <br /> the Charter. Matayoshi : Corp. Counsel ' s <br /> absence for two months is not crucial ; <br /> there is enough backup to handle any <br /> problems. The expense of changing minor <br /> language is not worth the expense involved <br /> in doing so. <br /> Bethea: There is Charter language saying 4. Yuen: Clarify <br /> that appointees are co-terminous with the appointee-confirma- <br /> mayor . Cushnie: There are financial tion language. <br /> overruns to keep two appointees on the <br /> payroll until confirmation. Yuen: The <br /> powers given new appointees before they <br /> are confirmed could be phrased more <br /> clearly. <br /> Juvik: Our Police Chief does not have to <br /> have police experience. Matayoshi : <br /> Previous Charter understanding was that <br /> administrative ability was most important ; <br /> if the mayor appointed someone incapable <br /> of doing the job, it reflected on the <br /> mayor personally. <br /> D. Commissions: <br /> 1 . Section 5-4 . 3 : Bethea: Questioned <br /> the phrase, "representative of the <br /> community and of the county geographical <br /> areas" and compared it with Section <br /> 7-2. 2: one from each district. <br /> Matayoshi: Difference had something to do <br /> with numbers. <br /> E. Council Elections: <br /> 1 . Juvik: Whether geographical areas 5. Have all at-large <br /> could be retained with single-member Council elections. <br /> districts; wanted comments on single <br /> 526 <br />