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safe , if you want a dire ,,direct - ir emcntation of safety . than�uttingeit in the Lerfor o "•e managers position would be the most expeditious way of handling the safety program. I wish I had some .recozimendations for the Liquor • •- Commission. but I 'm stumped. I bought that idea that it should be placed in the Finence • iiepartment the last tithe, possibly for lack of abetter place to put it. . I think the .department of miscellaneous activities may be the best bet, but I think we . hive a real problem. • . Koehnen: In our review of the functions' of the department, it . • is- basically a large department- and seeing that it . performs a line function and if it is performing a' . line function, I really don 't hnc.i' wliy it shouldn' t be classified .as to C.cp�•.rtmentai. status . Chairman Kimura: That. may be the best solution. . Koehnen: • ' We welcome any ::ugr;estic..s the Board members may ' have. • . . • - Greenwell: Mr. Chairman, •I think the tenure should depend upon - the number of people who are going to be involved in the council. • Small coulic_l say fog years , but . if you are going to get iu;o a council of fifteen iaembers , I think we should go •for two-year terms because we . recognize the ar e. is going to be smaller, elections . may be .less costly and it gives the opportunity to .:the people within this a e _ to evale to their . •� representative to the council. They would be able ' to evaluate them euicl:er in the two years . I think . • the other problem too with the small jurisdiction of the long term is the •tendency for the councilmen to become over--la:tied within the area ar.d not listen to . anybody. . The charter completed last year I thought was probably the best thing th.e,T. cc"id come out with. - • The idea of the Liquor Commission being a department by itself is a pod idea. Yina:nce wculd only be there because there seem to be some sort of association . _ but other than that, they. cou'_d ' be _ut in the Police - Department. - Koehnen: I wonder if any of 'the other s , • Board members particularly, want to comment on. the ce ncil. Anybody have any idea . . on what constitutes a workable size? Greenwell: I think if we are going to fifteen then we should also weigh the city manager against- mayor. If we are going to have fifteen, I think we should stick wiry the mayor. With the smaller num'pers, I ..this:_: the city manager ' would be better. Thera is not as much shotgun influences. • . in the city manager type because you only have seven , people - involved. If you have fifteen, you have to have • a mayor who has auth.o-city of his own to determine the intent without having fifteen .people telling the. city . manager what to do. Koehnen: We have tt•e documents on h:'ad nog:;on the county manager system. One is a document on Riverside County, Californi. and the .other is :.'e.cre ante County; California which Supervisor M,atayoshi actual:1y brc_tght ' ack from the . �. . NCCA and these are more or less pposite c:ctremes in ' the county manager sy-stem . • The Riverside one has a county manager who makes almost- none .of the appointments as far as the functioning department heads . lie. is appointed by the council there but at the same time , most of the dci,a-;•t,.,o,it hca.C.:s ale appointed by separate • • -. 21 ..