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administration and Council . Greenwell : Deputies should be appointed by the administration. B. Motion: Mr. Greenwell made a motion to alter the wording of Sec. 4-5 (a) : "Appoint and remove a deputy or assistant and a private secretary, and such positions shall be exempt from civil service laws and classifica- tions , unless specifically stated in the Charter. " C. Further Discussion: Greenwell: It ' s automatically funded if the second sentence is deleted. Bethea: Mr. Yuen suggested that the administrative head have the power to appoint and the Council fund. Mr . Yuen should prepare language for us next meeting to specifically vote on accomplishing this . D. Count on Motion: There was no second to the motion; the motion failed. E. Further Discussion: Cushnie: Discussed memo of 12/8/89 from secretary (Exhibit D ) . Yuen: Mr. Luke is merely addressing technical issue stating these employees are exempt , where they in reality are not exempt . Bethea: Motion has been made to leave Sec. 4-5 (a) as it is with respect to Council approving the position(s) and appropriating money. F. Further Count on Motion: Mr. Fuertes seconded the motion. G. Further Discussion: Greenwell : No one approved of a deputy for Finance Director before because no one liked the Finance Director . Juvik: Nothing precludes from including under each department , specific positions. L'Orange: If can handle the wording under each department separately, then has no objection to the motion. Should include Deputy Managing Director in the Charter. Feels necessary for Finance Director to have deputy. Bethea: Feels Finance deputy should be mandated. Juvik: Not unreasonable to have mandated Parks deputy, and such other staff as shall be mandated by the Council (Tape 1 : 2 : 14) . Bethea: The motion on the floor is to leave this section exactly as is , to put period after "secretary" and delete rest . Juvik: Said to leave it all as is. Bethea: Objects because wouldn' t agree with State law. Omonaka: Whatever is not in accordance with state laws in the Charter should be deleted. L 'Orange: After we review 705