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Rule X. Parliamentary Practice: No change. <br /> Rule XI. Expenses : No change. <br /> Rule XII. Decisions : No change. <br /> Rule XIII. Salary of Commission Members : Deleted in its entirety. <br /> Rule XIV. Other Payments : Renumbered Rule XIII and insert <br /> between the words "secretary, mileage" , the word <br /> "semi-monthly" . <br /> Rule XV. Renumbered Rule XIV. <br /> Mr. Cadinhaa moved to adopt the <br /> rules as discussed. Seconded by <br /> Mr. Schutte and unanimously carried. <br /> SELECTION OF The commissioners authorized the chairman and <br /> SECRETARY: vice chairman to select a secretary for the commission. <br /> SELECTION OF The following discussion was had on the selection <br /> LEGAL of a legal counsel for the commission. <br /> COUNSEL: <br /> MR. ISHIDA: On the matter of selection of legal <br /> counsel, Mr. Chairman, if I may be permitted to just say something <br /> on it. <br /> It is my suggestion to the commission that I would <br /> be more, not concerned presently as to legal counsel per se as <br /> legal counsel, you know. I am sympathetic that in a lot of areas <br /> we would be required to have a lot of research done. Whether it <br /> will be done by legal counsel or otherwise, I know not. That' s <br /> a matter that can be determined when the time arises. But what I <br /> anticipate is that I don' t think it' s going to be incumbent upon <br /> us as members of this commission, or whether we are all qualified <br /> to do it, but when research is required, we would have to ask <br /> somebody to do the research. Now, is we' re going to have legal <br /> counsel to do that, then what I think we should consider is <br /> whether we will hire legal counsel on an hourly basis, private <br /> counsel from the outside on an hourly basis, or whether we would <br /> hire one on a salaried basis which would probably, if we' re <br /> talking about budgetary item, would probably be of a lesser cost <br /> to us. <br /> Mysuggestion is that the counsel that we look <br /> for is one that will work very closely with the chairman and that <br /> he would act not as a secretary but act like a reporter for this <br /> commission who would be able to work very closely with the <br /> chairman and get all the agendas together, see that we meet all <br /> the requirements, such as the sunshine law and like that, because <br /> I think if it is otherwise, to require the chairman or vice chairman <br /> that responsibility is quite burdensome. And I think if we can <br /> have somebody that we can have on our staff, regularly salaried <br /> staff member, then maybe it would help us expedite matters, too. <br /> - 7 - <br />