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CHIEF PAUL: Yes, there' s two way of doing it. Deleting it or spelling it out better. MR. TRULSON: The countytj:ail, is that now under the state? CHIEF PAUL: It' s a state function, yes, sir. MR. ISHIDA: You read from the revised statutes, I believe, the part as far as the duties of the commission. MR. RICHARDS: Yes , it was Chapter 52. MR. ISHIDA: My question was since it' s not listed as to what the duties of the police commission is here in this specific charter, do you feel that it should be? Or is the clarification, as far as you stated in the statutes , sufficient? MR. RICHARDS : I would think that, personally, as stated in the statutes would be sufficient. If there was some feeling at the part of the commission that they be delineated, as long as they followed the statutes and were not too confining, in other words , I would have no objection. Well, personally, I would think thatY ou did this for all commissions you might end up with quite a thick charter which, in other words, it may be muscle-binding to your commissions. I believe the state statutes gives the overall, let me say, the playing field. I would think that that should be sufficient. MRS. KOBAYASHI: Mr. Richards, do all the counties operate the same way? MR. RICHARDS : No. MRS. KOBAYASHI: Do the police commissions on Maui and on Oahu, for instance, have the same power to appoint and fire the chief? MR. RICHARDS: I quess they do at that point. MRS. KOBAYASHI: They have basically the same authority over the chiefs? MR. RICHARDS : Yes. The County Clerk informed the Commission that they could recall the department heads if there were further questions or inquiries of the departments. The schedule is flexible enough to permit this. DEPARTMENT MR. EDWARD SILVA: Mr. Silva read and presented his OF s'tagement. (See attachmentIII) PERSONNEL SERVICES : - 19 -