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Some other functions have been given over to me, where once upon a time the Liquor Commission appointed the head, they also appointed the staff. Under this Charter, I, as the head of the department, have the power to appoint the staff and train them. So all I'm saying is that the functions that are not given to the Board or to me are granted to the Liquor Commission as yet. One example I' ll give is this. It says that "one of the powers of the Liquor Commission is to limit the number of licenses of any class or kind. " So this is one of the powers that the Commission can do to limit the number if they wish, whether it' s retail license or dispensor licenses. The other powers and duties, most of them are already incorporated in the rules and regulations of the Liquor Commission. So primarily, like I said, item No. 4, the duties are spelled out in Chapter 281-17 of the State Liquor Laws. Now, I go to the Liquor Control Adjudication Board. This is the judicial body. The primary duty as stated is to hear and determine complaints of violations, liquor laws, and rules and regulations and at the same time impose fines or punishments if any violations have occurred in the opinion of the adjudication board. The third is the Director, Department of Liquor Control. I am the administrative head. I have the power of hiring, therefore, the recruiting, training and the removal. I administer the services to the Liquor Commissionwhenever they meet and to the Liquor Control Adjudication Board. I also prepare the budget for the total department which includes the operations of the board and the liquor commission, and I'm in charge of the enforcement and licenses. The enforcement and licensing is the day-to-day operations which takes up most of the time of our department. So these five powers are more or less under my direction. (Mr. Kuniyoshi then read his recommendations - See Attachment I - Page 2) MR. OMONAKA: Your Department is set up on the so-called commission system. Is this kind of set up working okay? In other words, you answer directly to the Commission rather than to the Mayor or the Managing Director? MR. KUNIYOSHI: May I answer you in this manner. As you noticed on the chart, primarily, I just render administrative services to the Liquor Commission. That only deals primarily, as I say, with the hearings on liquor licenses and on the adjudication board when we have filed complaints. Ordinarily, under the charter, the charter states that the Mayor shall have general supervision over our department. So in essence on day-to-day operation the Mayor has general supervision over me. On day-to-day operations, as I said, the Liquor Commission meets only once a month. Only, as I say, hearings, so I really am not under the supervision of the Liquor Commission nor the Adjudication Board. I don' t know whether I made myself clear or not. MR. OMONAKA: What about the system of appointing liquor commissioners? You have any comments with regard to that? Are you satisfied on how the charter is set up in terms of the numbers, for example? Where they come from, as another example? - 4 -