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5/29/79 Meeting <br /> three members from our union on the Charter Commission and their consensus <br /> is the same. They feel the same way, it's more beneficial to the consumer <br /> buying water from the County. <br /> TANAKA: Okay. Thank you. Perfecto. <br /> QUILAUSING: I assume to believe that the Department is in favor of retaining Section 8-1 ; <br /> and if that is so, I have no powers with the Department and am in favor of <br /> what we have now. <br /> TANAKA: Clarence. <br /> KEAWE: Well , I 'm a relatively new Commissioner here. My knowledge is limited as <br /> far as the type of operations in the past. Based on that and not knowing <br /> how adverse a change might be, I would say retain this semiautonomous <br /> department at this time. <br /> TANAKA: Raymond. <br /> KAWAMATA: Well , I guess I have a little bit more selfish motive as far as <br /> Section 8-1 . To date, the: Commission, for the last six months, I guess <br /> maybe a year, has done quite a bit as far as the input and the response <br /> from the staff has been really strong and I 'd say the Commission has done <br /> a good job to date but the load is getting quite heavy and I 'm getting <br /> a little bit scared. I 'm a realtor and in fact it places me in a much <br /> more precarious position at times and at times I just get balled up and <br /> sort of feel that maybe I should not participate in certain things and <br /> I feel at this time that unless the Commission can really carry the load <br /> and bear the load because we are responsible for whatever the outcome <br /> may be, I feel some of the load should be placed upon on other people <br /> and I may tend not to go withthe semiautonomous department. As I said, <br /> it may be a selfish reason but. . . <br /> TANAKA: Okay. Hardy, I know you came late and you may not have heard all of the <br /> discussion. <br /> IIDA: Well , I also feel that up to now, it seems like you know things have been <br /> running pretty smoothly; however, I feel the same way Raymond does that <br /> I think from now we're going to be faced with a lot of heavy decisions <br /> like rate increases and you know what we're going to do with West Hawaii <br /> and so on; and I think if either we have to allow let's say, I don't <br /> -7- <br />